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India Ch.6 Mrs. L.
India Ch. 6
Question | Answer |
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What does it mean to move from one place to another to live, especially when with a large group of people? | migrate |
What does it mean to have a seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons? | monsoon |
What is the most important language of ANCIENT India? | Sanskrit |
What are the sacred hymns and poems that came to ancient India from the Aryan people called? | Vedas |
What is the social system in Hindu society called, in which a person's place is determined by the rank of the family that he or she is born into? | caste (system) |
What is the Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of birth, death and rebirth? | reincarnation |
What is a large land mass that is connected to the rest of a continent called? | subcontinent |
What are the laws and rules of a given caste level called? | dharma |
What is the Hindu and Buddhist belief that the end result of a person's good and bad acts helps to determine his or her next life? | karma |
What is the state of perfect peace in the Buddhist faith called? | nirvana |
What is the river valley that flows through modern day Pakistan that the early Indian cultures of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro developed along? | Indus River Valley |
What is the highest mountain chain in Asia that helps to separate India from other cultures | Himalayas |
Who led a nonviolent movement to help Indians regain independence from British rule? | Gandhi |