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What does mahatma mean?

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Great soul

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What does monsoon mean?

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Seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year.

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What does nirvana mean?

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A state of blissful peace without desire or suffering.

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What does missionary mean?

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Someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion.

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What does meditate mean?

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Calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single object.

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What does dharma mean?

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A person’s duty or what is right for him or her.

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What does caste mean?

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Fixed social class into which a person is born.

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What does subcontinent mean?

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A large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.

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What does ashram mean?

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Experimental village with multi-races and religions living together in a classless commune. Hindi for community or the world.

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What does karma mean?

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In Hinduism, the effect of a person’s actions in this and in previous lives.

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Result of Aryan and Indian cultural blending.

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Hinduism

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In what way is Hinduism different than most religions?

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They believe in reincarnation.

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The effect that India’s mountains and waterways had on it’s development.

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They were separated from other countries.

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Why is Asoka thought of as one of India’s greatest rulers?

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He had become one of India’s greatest ruler because he had created one of the best armies India has ever seen and then gave up war after the war at kalinga.

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According to Hinduism, what happens to faithful followers when they die?

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The will reborn in a higher class.

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Why are monsoons important to India?

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It brought rain to India.

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An important result of the Ayran invasion of India.

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The Caste system

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What did Chadragupta have in common with the Egyptian pharaohs.

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He had absolute rule.

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The source of the Indus and the Ganges rivers.

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Himalayan mountains

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According to Buddha, what is the cure for human suffering?

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Following the eightfold path.

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Method of resistance that Gandhi used against the British empire.

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Non cooperation

21
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Conditional result of Indian independence.

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Pakistan

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What does civil service mean?

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The people who work for a government.

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What does loess mean?

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Yellow brown soil

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What does warlord mean?

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military ruler

25
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What does currency mean?

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The type of money used by a group or a nation.

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What does silk mean?

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A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms.

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What does philosophy mean?

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A system of beliefs and values.

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What does dike mean?

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A protective wall that holds back water.

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What does extended family mean?

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Closely related people of several generations.

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What was the center of Chinese society?

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Family

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How did Shi Huangdi attempt to control Chinese thought?

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Banning Confucius.

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According to Confucian philosophy, government jobs could be held by…

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A legible man who’s literate.

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China’s geographic influence on its civilization.

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It is separated from other countries.

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Confucian belief about authority figures.

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Set an example for other people.

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China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt all developed around this geographic feature.

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Rivers

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Why was the Silk Road important?

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It was a trade route for products and ideas.

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Wudi’s main goal for China.

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Military/war

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Why did the influence of Confucianism grow during the Han dynasty?

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Because they wanted to restore old traditions.

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One of shin Huangdi’s greatest achievements

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Great Wall of China.

40
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An important invention during the Han dynasty.

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Paper

41
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Country that borders China to the north.

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Mongolia

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