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India chapter 5
chapter 5- India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subcontinent | large landamss that is smaller than a continent |
| monsoons | seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons |
| Sanskrit | the most important language of ancient India |
| Harappan | civilization that grew up in the Indus River Valley |
| caste system | divided Indain society into groups based on a person's wealth, birth, or oocupation |
| Hinduism | largest religion in India today |
| reincarnation | the process of rebirth |
| karma | the effects good or bad actions have on a person's soul |
| Jainism | based on the teachings of Mahavira- nonviolence |
| fasting | going without food |
| meditation | the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas |
| the Buddha | the Enlightened One |
| Buddhism | a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha |
| nirvana | a state of perfect peace |
| missionaries | people who work to spread their religious beliefs |
| Asoka | Candragupta's grandson- a Buddhist |
| Candragupta Maurya | seized control of the northern part of India in the 320s |
| Candra Gupta | India reached it's high point under his rule |
| metallurgy | science of working with metals |
| inoculation | injecting a person with a samll dose of a virus to help him build up a defense to a disease |