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India Vocab
Chapters 27 and 28
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| teak | one of the most valuable types of wood, grows in India and Southeast Asia |
| Sanskrit | Indo-Aryans language; still used in religious ceremonies |
| sepoys | Indian troops commanded by British officers |
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| reincarnation | the belief that the soul is reborn again and again in different forms |
| karma | the positive or negative force caused by a person's actions |
| nirvana | the escape from suffering |
| caste system | groups of people whose birth determines their position in society |
| Dalits | the people at the bottom of the caste system |
| green revolution | beginning in the 1960s the Indian government started agricultural programs know as__________. This effort encouraged farmers to adopt more modern methods |