Indus/ Ganges River

Question 1

Subcontinent

Answer 1

a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.

Question 2

Plains

Answer 2

a large area of flat land with few trees.

Question 3

Plateau

Answer 3

an area of relatively level high ground.

Question 4

Monsoons

Answer 4

a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).

Question 5

Brahman

Answer 5

an ox of a humped breed originally domesticated in India that is tolerant of heat and drought and is now kept widely in tropical and warm-temperate countries.

Question 6

castes

Answer 6

each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.

Question 7

Hinduism

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a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion.

Question 8

atman

Answer 8

the spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual.

Question 9

reincarnation

Answer 9

the rebirth of a soul in a new body.

Question 10

karma

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(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

Question 11

dharma

Answer 11

virtue, righteousness, and duty, especially social and caste duty in accord with the cosmic order.

Question 12

mobility

Answer 12

the ability to move or be moved freely and easily