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24 Cards in this Set
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Subcontinent |
Subcontinent is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
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Monsoons |
Monsoons are seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry season |
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Sanskirt |
Sanskrit is the most important language of ancient India |
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Caste system |
Caste system is divided Indian society into groups based on a person´s birth, wealth or occupation. |
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Hinduism |
Hinduism is the largest religion in India today |
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Reincarnation |
Reincarnation is the process of rebirth |
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Karma |
Karma is the effects that good or bad actions have on a person´s soul |
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Jainism |
Jainism is based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira, who is believed to have been born around 599 B.C. |
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Nonviolence |
Nonviolence is the avoidance of violent actions |
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Sikhism |
Sikhism is the roots of in teaching of Guru Nanak who lived in the AD 1400s |
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Fasting |
Fasting is going without food |
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Meditation |
Meditation is the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas |
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The Budduah |
The Buddha is the Enlighten one |
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Buddhism |
Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of the Buddah |
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Nirvana |
Nirvana is a state of perfect peace |
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Missionaries |
Missionaries are people who work to spread their religious beliefs |
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Chandragupta Mauryan |
Chandragupta Mauryan seized control of the whole entire northern part of India |
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Asoka |
Asoka was a strong ruler |
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Chandra Gupta |
Chandra Gupta took a throne in India |
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Mettallurgly |
Metallurgy is the science of working with metals |
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Alloys |
Alloys are a mixture of two or more metals |
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Hindu Arabic numerals |
Hindu Arabic numerals are the very numbers we call today |
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Inoculation |
Inoculation was injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her to build up to defend a diseases |
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Astronomy |
Astronomy was the study of stars and planets |
