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India Vocab
Chapters 27 and 28
word | definition |
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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 |