Vocabulary Flashcards
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Subcontinent
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A large landmass a little smaller than a continent
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Passes
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Mountain gaps or mountain passes that people can walk through
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Monsoon
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Winds that cause wet and dry seasons
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Caste system
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A system that divided Indian society into groups based on birth, wealth, and occupation (job)
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Reincarnation
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The process of rebirth
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Yoga
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Physical and mental exercise, meditation
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Peasant
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A poor, hard working farmer
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Karma
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Effects that good/bad actions have on a person’s soul
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Fasting
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Going without food
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Mandate
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Permission to rule (from the gods)
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Oracle
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A prediction
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Ethics
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Moral values
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Legalism
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The belief that people were usually bad and needed to be controlled
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Silk Road
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A long network of trade routes from Asia to Europe
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Seismograph
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A device that measures the strength of an earthquake
