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What is ethnocentrism?
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Judging a culture against your own, because of your narrow point of view.
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What is "culture"?
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Your total way of life.
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What is climate related to?
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Altitude
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What is the most important effect of a society's customs, religion, and family structure?
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To create social order.
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How do miles relate to kilometers?
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6/10 mile = 1 km
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How do the seasons relate with each other in the northern and southern hemispheres?
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They are opposite.
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What does every 15 degrees of longitude relate to in time?
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1 hour/1 time zone.
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What is geographic isolation and its effects?
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Society will remain unchanged, as the world evolves around it.
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What is "economics"?
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The study of money and how to make it.
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What is "archaeology"?
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The study of finding and studying the remains of plants.
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What is anthropology?
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The study of man/.
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What is "history"?
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The written record of the history of man.
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What is "frame of reference?"
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How you view things.
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Ganges River
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Holy River of India
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Himalayas
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Mountains that border China and India.
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Brahmaputra River
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Starin Himalayas, runs through India and Bangdalesh, empties into Bay of Bengal.
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Indus River
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Runs through Pakistan, India.
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Khyber Pass
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Major pass through mountains wen Pakistan and India.
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Bay of Bengal
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On eastern side of India.
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Arabian Sea
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On western side of India.
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Karma
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Your actions in life determine your fate.
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Dharma
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Rules of Karma and your caste.
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Satyagraha
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Gandhi's soul force/life force.
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Untouchables
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The lowest caste, 5th from the top.
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Kshatriyas
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Warrior caste - 2nd from top.
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Vaisyas
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Merchant class - 3rd from the top.
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Sudras
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Laboure clas - 4th from the top.
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Brahma
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Creator God
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Vishnu
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Preserver God
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Siva
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Destroyer God
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Law of Karma
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Every deed in this life affects the next life.
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Moksha
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Hindu heaven
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Reincarnation
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Hindu belief that the soul is reborn in various forms.
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Aryans
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Nomadic and warlike people who took over control of India.
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Dravidyans
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Southern Indians, built kingdoms in the Deccan Plateau after the dissapearance of the Indus Valley civilisation.
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Sanskrit
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Aryan Writing
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Suttee
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When a woman jumps on her decesased husband's funeral fire.
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Vedas
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Sacred books of Hindus.
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Siddhartha Gautama
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The Buddha
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4 Noble Truths
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Suffering is unversal, the cause of suffering is desire, the only way to end suffering is to crush desire, and the way to end desire is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path.
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The Noble Eightfold Path
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The Buddha's practical guide to right conduct.
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Nirvana
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Buddhist heaven
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Atman
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Buddhist soul
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Purdah
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Complete seclusion for women.
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Shakti
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The creative energy Indian women have.
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Chandragupta Maurya
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First person to create an empire in India.
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Asoka
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Spread Buddhism after being a mass murderer - Jekyll and Hyde
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Chandragupta I
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Began the Gupta Empire, India's "Golden Age"
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