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Unit 3 Ch 5 Secs 3-5
Buddhism, Indian Empires, Indian Achievements
Term | Definition |
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fasting | going without food |
meditation | focusing the mind on spiritual ideas |
Buddhism | a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama |
nirvana | a state of perfect peace |
missionaries | people who work to spread their religious beliefs |
Asoka | Mauryan Emperor who converted to Buddhism |
Siddhartha Gautama | Indian prince who became known as the Enlightened One, or Buddha |
metallurgy | the science of working with metals |
alloys | mixtures of two or more metals |
Hindu-Arabic numerals | the numbers 0-9 that we use today |
inoculation | injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease |
astronomy | the study of stars and planets |