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Sam Tickel History
Indian History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subcontinent | A large region separated by water from other land areas |
| sundra | a serf, the lowest position in Aryan society (hint: think under (low position)--and the undra in sundra) |
| enlightenment | a state of pure goodness (Hint: light is good, the word light is in enlightenment) |
| Eightfold Path | A way of living that helps people find a way out of suffering (Hint: a way out of suffering, think a path out of suffering) |
| Sanskrit | Language spoken by the Aryans, language of the wealthy (Hint:comic sans is a font on the computer, sanskrit is a language like that font) |
| Persian Empire | Built the roads to India and developed trade (Hint: Persia was very wealthy, trade =wealth) |
| Vedas | Religious books of knowledge from the Aryans (Hint:Both Bible and Vedas have 5 letters, both are religious books) |
| Ashoka | Muarya's grandson; he organiszed the empire's government which controlled many parts of life (Hint:Ashoka kind of sounds like Obama, both are in government) |
| reincarnation | the process in which a person goes from one life to the next, what you become is controled by karma (Hint: the re in reincarnation means "again" like replay) |
| monsoon season | the rainy season Hint-(baseball games will be RAINED out SOON) |
| subsistence farming | farming to make enough food for your family's use (Hint: exist sounds like subsist, your family exists on the food you farm) |
| caste | a lifelong social group into which a person is born; the system still exists in India today (Hint: a broken bone is stuck in a cast, people are stuck in a caste in society) |
| Siddhartha Gautama | First Buddha, founded Buddhism (Hint:Siddhartha has two dd's just like Buddha) |
| Chandragupta Maurya | Took over India and started the first Indian Empire |
| The Himalayas | Physical feature that separates India and Asia |
| Buddha | means "The Enlightened One" Hint: Buddha is not "light" pictured as a big fat guy |
| Industry | includes fishing, farming, and clothing manufacturing |
| Four Noble Truths | Explain human suffering (Hint: it is true humans suffer) |
| mediation | a way of clearing the mind |
| brahmin | a priest or teacher, the highest position in Aryan Society (Hint: your bro is your highest friend) |
| order of the empires | Aryans-->Persians-->First Indian Empire-->Huns |
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