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India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ascetic | characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons |
| Brahman | a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood |
| Canals | an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation |
| caste system | each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status |
| Dharma | the principle of cosmic order |
| Karma | the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences |
| Monsoons | a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain |
| Polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god. |
| reincarnation/samsara | the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound. |
| Stupa | a dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine. |
| Subcontinent | a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa |
| urban planning | a technical and political process concerned with the development and use of land |
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