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27 Cards in this Set
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subcontinent
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a large continent surrounded by land and water
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monsoon season
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the rainy season
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subsistence farming
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when people live on the food they grow
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brahmins
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priest or teachers
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sudras
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serfs
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reincarnation
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to process through which a person goes from one life to the next
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caste
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a lifelong social group which he or she is born
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meditation
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a way of clearing the mind
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enlightenment
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a state of pure goodness
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Mount Everest
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the highest peak of the Himalayas
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Indo-Ganges Plain
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the plain where the Himalayas resources flow in
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Indus River Valley
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a valley that lies on the plain in Pakistan with one of the world's oldest civilizations
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Deccan Plateau
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a diamond-shaped region between the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
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Western Ghats
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mountains on the east and west of subcontinent ****
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Eastern Ghats
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mountains on the east and west of subcontinent
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Harappa
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city in the Indus River Valley
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Sanskrit
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a different language from other people who were living in the valley...Aryan language
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Vedas
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"Aryan's Book of Knowledge"
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Zoroastrianism
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a religion founded by the Persian prophet Zoroaster
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Hinduism
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the main religion in India
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Rig Veda
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the oldest out of the four Vedas
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Brahman
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the source and final destination of everything
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dharma
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the order of the universe
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Ganges River
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a river used to purify and clean your sins to be worthy to your God
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Buddhism
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religion spread by the Buddha
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Four Noble Truths
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the truth based on Buddhism about human suffering
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Eightfold Path
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a way of living that can help them find relief from suffering
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