Vocab

Question 1

Karma

Answer 1

How a person lives determines what form the person will take in the next life.

Question 2

Reincarnation

Answer 2

Rebirth of the soul continues until a person reached spiritual perfection

Question 3

Polygyny

Answer 3

Men could have multiple wives

Question 4

Suttee

Answer 4

The practice of committing suicide by throwing themselves on their husbands burning body

Question 5

Monsoons

Answer 5

Lots of rain
Winter: dry and moderate temp.
Summer: rain causes flooding

Question 6

Inoculation

Answer 6

The practice of infecting a person with a mild form of the disease so they will not become ill from the more serious form.

Question 7

Caste system

Answer 7

People were born into a caste, and couldn’t change. Laws indicated what each caste could/couldn’t do

Question 8

Panchatantra

Answer 8

Collection of fables

Question 9

Math

Answer 9

Abstract and negative #’s, algebra

Question 10

Astronomy

Answer 10

Identified 7 planets
understood rotation of earth
Predicted eclipse

Question 11

Medicine-ball

Answer 11

Set bones, evidence of plastic surgery
Free hospitals
Small pox vaccine
Knew about cleanliness