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Social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subcontinent | A large area of land that is separated from other countries by water and land |
| Subsistence | Farming the process of growing food mainly for self-consumption |
| Monsoon | Rainy season in monsoon, climates in which winds blow from the southwest for 6 months |
| Mount Everest | The highest peak in the Himalayas and the tallest mountain on Earth |
| Deacon Plateau | A dry, high region south of the Indo-Ganges Plain |
| Western Ghats | Rolling mountain west of the Deccan Plateau in southern India |
| Eastern Ghats | Rolling mountain east of the Deccan Plateau in southern India |
| Indo-Ganges Plain | A region in India through which the Ganges and the Bramabrahmaputra rivers flow |
| Indus River Valley | The land surrounding the Indus River in Pakistan |
| Harappa | The site of one of the earliest civilization in South Asia |
| Mohenjo Daro | An ancient city in Indus River Valley in Pakistan |
| Cyrus II | Persian King who established the Persian Empire |
| DarIus I | Persian King that expanded the Persian Empire to include India |
| Chanddragupta Maurya | Solider who started the Mauryan Empire, the first India Empire, and monk |
| Ashoka | Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who used stone columns to mark the territory of his Empire and make announcements |
| Brahmin | Believed by Hindus to be the universal truth being, which is to source of everything |
| Sudra | A serf in Hindu society |
| Sanskrit | The main language of the Aryans |
| Vedas | "Book of Knowledge" that contain much of the stories and songs of the Aryans |
| Zoroastrian | A religion founded by The Persian prophet Zoroaster based on the belief on god as supreme and the evil enemy |
| Caste | In Hinduism ,a lifelong social group into one is born |
| Reincarnation | The Hindu belief that the spirit or soul goes from one life o the next |
| Ganges River | An important India; Hindus believe it represents purity |
| Hinduism | The main religion of India that is based on aryan beliefs |
| Rig Veda | One of the best known books of the Vedas,containing more than 1000 hymns |
| Dharma | In Hinduism ,the order of the universe |
| Meditation | In Buddhism ,a way of clearing the mind |
| Enlightenment | In Buddhism a state of pure goodness ,the goal of reincarnation |
| Buddhism | The religion that is based on the teachings of the Buddha |
| The Buddha | The "Enlightened One" what Siddhartha Gautama came to be known |
| Four Nobel Truths | In Buddhism , beliefs about human sufferings |
| Eightfold Path | The Buddhist way of living that can help Buddhist find relief from there suffering |
| Bodh Gaya | The town of Northern India where Siddhartha was Enlightened and became Buddha |
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