Monsoon

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 13 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details TROPICAL LANDS AND PEOPLES The Tropical Environment -The environment of tropical Africa and Asia is governed by wind patterns across oceans and the resulting rainfall -Deserts and rain forests mark the extreme climate variations in these regions, while mountain ranges produce further variations Ibn Battuta-Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time Tropics-equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn Monsoon-seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia and the slowly changing ocean waters

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 6 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details FOUNDATIONS OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION, 1500 B.C.E.-300 C.E. The Indian Subcontinent -The Aryas, pastoralist warriors, migrated into the Indus River Valley ca. 1500 B.C.E. and the Ganges plain after 1000 B.C.E., driving the Dasas into the southern part of the peninsula Monsoon-seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia -The Indian subcontinent encompasses the modern nations of Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, and the adjacent island of Sri Lanka