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Ch. 17 Sect. 2 Vocab
South Asia Geography & History
Term | Definition |
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isolation | separation or being set apart from others |
cultural hearth | center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread |
caste system | a social structure in India composed of four main levels, which was started by the Aryans |
empire | a group of peoples or states ruled by a strong single ruler |
tolerance | acceptance of others' beliefs |
deity | a god or goddess |
reincarnation | the birth of the soul into another physical life |
colonialism | the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit |
civil disobedience | the nonviolent disobeying of laws |
symbol | an object or idea that can be used to represent another object or idea |