Indian lesson 1 and 2 Flashcards
What is a subcontinent
Land that is cut off for the rest of the country by land forms
What kind of farmers only grow food for their consumption
Subsistence farmers
which season is the rainy season during the summer months
Monsoon season
The tallest peak on earth found in the Himalayan
MT. Everest
who was the people who worked the land and who were at the bottom of the caste system
Sudras
The Aryans ancient language
Sanskrit
Aryians Book of Knowledge
The Vedas
Who are the people that was priest and teacher and were the highest people in the caste system
Brahmins
What is the name of the ancient city in Pakistan
Mohenjo daro
This the the river in Indian which Indians first civilization
Indus River
In Buddhism, a way of cleaning the mind
Meditation
In, Buddhism, a state of pure goodness the goal of reincarnation
enlightenment
The religion that is based on the teaching o the Buddha
Buddhism
“enlightened one” what Siddhartha Gautama came to known
The Buddha
In Buddhism, Beliefs about human suffering
Four Noble truths