Soc.St. Chapter 5

Question 1

A large area of land that is separated from other countries by water and land

Answer 1

Sun continent

Question 2

Rainy season in monsoon climates in which wind blows from the southwest for six months

Answer 2

Monsoon season

Question 3

The process of growing food mainly for self-consumption

Answer 3

Subsistence farming

Question 4

A priest who held the highest position in Aryan society

Answer 4

Brahmin

Question 5

A surf in Hindu society

Answer 5

Sudra

Question 6

The Hindi belief that the spirit or soul goes from one life to the next

Answer 6

Reincarnation

Question 7

In Buddhism, a way of clearing the mind

Answer 7

Meditation

Question 8

In Buddhism, a state of pure goodness, the goal of reincarnation

Answer 8

Enlightenment

Question 9

In Hinduism, a lifelong social group into which one is born

Answer 9

Caste

Question 10

Lowest of the caste system

Answer 10

Chandala

Question 11

Middle caste system

Answer 11

Vaishya

Question 12

“Books of Knowledge” that contain much of the stories and songs of the Aryans

Answer 12

Vedas

Question 13

Second highest caste under the Brahmins

Answer 13

Kshatriya