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6th EE Chapter 4
6th EE Chapter 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Subcontinent | A large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent |
| Grid | A set of intersecting lines |
| Latitude | Lines which run east and west on the globe |
| Longitude | Lines which run north and south on the globe |
| Parallel | Also known as the lines of latitude, are always the same distance apart and never meet. |
| Degrees | A unit of measurement in geography that indicates the distance between the lines of latitude and longitude |
| Meridian | Any line of longitude east or west of Earth's prime meridian |
| Prime Meridian | 0° longitude |
| Global Grid | Lines of latitude and longitude cross to form this |
| citadel | A strong fortress |
| Hinduism | One of the world's oldest religion, began with the Aryan invaders of India |
| Vedas | Contains the basic beliefs of Hinduism and also known as the "Books of Knowledge" |
| caste system | Organizes all of India's Hindus into hundreds of groups and levels |
| reincarnation | A Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth |
| dharma | Includes hundreds of rules that tell Hindus of each caste how to live |
| monk | A man who gives up all he owns and gives his life to his religion |
| karma | A force caused by a person's good and bad acts |
| Four Noble Truths | In Buddhism, the principles that rule life and promise an end to suffering |
| Eightfold Path | A set of instructions on the proper way to live |
| Middle Way | In Buddhism, a way of life, that is neither too strict nor too easy that results from following the Eightfold Path |
| Buddhism | A religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace by ending suffering |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Became known as the Buddha |
| tribute | A tax, often in the form of crops, paid by one ruler to another, usually to ensure peace or protection |
| architecture | The art and science of designing buildings |
| Asoka | Emperor of India from 265to 238 B.C., was a ruler of the Maurya Empire and had united almost all of the Indian subcontinent for the first time |
| Chandragupta Maurya | Built an empire called the Maurya Empire that lasted 140 years |
| Chandragupta I | Founded the Gupta Empire in northeastern India |
| Samudragupta | Expanded the Gupta Empire and ruled from 330 to 380 and allowed the conquered kings to remain in power |
| Chandragupta II | Son of Samudragupta, he was the emperor from 380 to 415 |
| Kalidasa | A poet and playwright who wrote the play "Shakuntala" |
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