chapter 5 vocab words

Question 1

subcontinent

Answer 1

is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent

Question 2

monsoons

Answer 2

seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

Question 3

sanskrit

Answer 3

the most important language of ancient India

Question 4

caste system

Answer 4

divided Indian society into groups based on a persons birth wealth or occupation

Question 5

hinduism

Answer 5

the largest religion in India today

Question 6

reincarnation

Answer 6

this process of rebirth is called

Question 7

karma

Answer 7

the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul

Question 8

jainism

Answer 8

was based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira

Question 9

nonviolence

Answer 9

or the avoidance of violent actions

Question 10

fasting

Answer 10

or going without food

Question 11

meditation

Answer 11

the focusing of the on spiritual ideas

Question 12

the buddha

Answer 12

or the enlighted one the buddha spent the rest of his life traveling

Question 13

nirvana

Answer 13

a state of perfect peace

Question 14

missionaries

Answer 14

or people who work to spread their religious beliefs

Question 15

Chandragupta Maurya

Answer 15

seized control of the entire northern part of India

Question 16

Asoka

Answer 16

Became king Asoka was a strong ruler

Question 17

Candra Gupta

Answer 17

took the throne in India gupta society reached its high point during his rule

Question 18

metallurgy

Answer 18

the science of working with metal

Question 19

alloys

Answer 19

mixtures of two or more metals

Question 20

hindu-arabic numerals

Answer 20

the very numbers we use today

Question 21

inoculation

Answer 21

or injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease

Question 22

astronomy

Answer 22

the study of stars and planets

Question 23

buddhism

Answer 23

a religion based on the teaching of the buddha