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Chapter 6 vocab

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SUBCONTINENT

LARGE LANDMASS THAT IS PART OF A CONTINENT BUT DISTINCT FROM IT

HIMALAYA

THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD
Photo by SamHawleywood

INDUS RIVER

RIVER IN ASIA THAT BEGINS IN TIBIT AND FLOWS THROUGH PAKISTAN TO THE ARABIAN SEA

MONSOON

A STRONG WIND THAT BLOWS ONE DIRECTION IN WINTER AND THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN SUMMER
Photo by Yogendra174

GANGES RIVER

RIVER IN INDIA THAT FLOWS FROM THE HIMALAYAS TO THE BAY OF BENGAL
Photo by rahuldlucca

HARAPPA

ANCIENT CITY IN THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY IN PRESENT-DAY PAKISTAN
Photo by sunil_shanbag

MOHENJO-DARO

ANCIENT SETTLEMENT IN THE INDUS VALLEY
Photo by Comrogues

ARYANS

A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SETTLED IN INDIA

SANSKRIT

A WRITTEN LANGUAGE SPOKE IN INDIA

RAJA

A LEADER OF TRIBE THAT RAN THEIR OWN SMALL KINGDOM
Photo by wazari

BRAHMINS

A SOCIALLY OR CULTURALLY SUPERIOR PERSON, ESPECIALLY A MEMBER OF THE UPPER CLASSES FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Photo by abderian

GURU

A TEACHER

HINDUISM

ONE OF THE OLDEST RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD, AND TODAY IS THE THIRD LARGESTS
Photo by Anoop Negi

BRAHMAN

A MEMBER OF THE HIGHEST HINDU CASTE, THAT OF THE PRIESTHOOD.
Photo by jikatu

REINCARNATION

THE IDEA OF PASSING THROUGH MANY LIVES TO REACH THE BRAHMAN
Photo by cauld lad

DHARMA

DIVINE LAW THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO PERFORM THERE DUTIES OFTHEIR CASTE
Photo by Akuppa

CASTE

A SOCIAL GROUP SOMEONE IS BORN INTO AND CANNOT CHANGE
Photo by theirhistory

KARMA

THE CONSEQUENCE OF HOW A PERSON LIVES

BUDDHISM

A NEW RELIGION FOUNDED BY SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA
Photo by JapanDave

SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA

A PRINCE THAT FOUNDED A RELIOGION CALLED BUDDHISM
Photo by wili_hybrid

NEPAL

A SMALL KINGDOM NEAR THE HIMALAYAS
Photo by Prashant_sh

NIRVANA

A STATE OF WISDOM
Photo by Wonderlane

TIBET

A COUNTRY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Photo by reurinkjan

THEOCRACY

A TYPE OF GOVERNMENT WHERE RELIGION RULES
Photo by Travis S.

DALAI LAMA

THE LAMA WHO HEADED THE GOVERNMAENT

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA

A PRINCE WHO CONQUERED A LARGE AREA IN THE GANGES
Photo by Wonderlane

DYNASTY

A SERIES OF RULERS FROM THE SAME FAMILY
Photo by kevinpoh

PATALIPUTRA

A CAPITAL
Photo by iamrawat

ASOKA

A KING WHO RULED FROM 273 B.C TO 232 B.C

STUPAS

BUDDHIST SHRINES THAT HAVE THE SHAPE OF A DOME OR MOUND
Photo by Eileen Delhi

PILGRIMS

PEOPLE WHO USED TRADE ROUTES TO TRAVEL TO A RELIGIOUS SHINE OR SITE
Photo by sameffron

KALIDASA

AN IMPORTANT WRITER FROM THE GUPTA PERIOD
Photo by romana klee