India

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India

• Social Studies
• Grade 6

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Lesson 1
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Mount Everest

• The highest peak in the Himalayas and the tallest
  mountain on Earth.

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Indo-Ganges Plain

• A region in India through which the Ganges and
  Brahmaputra Rivers flow.

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Indus River Valley

• The land surrounding the Indus River in Pakistan.

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Deccan Plateau

• A dry, high region south of the Indo-Ganges Plain.

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Western Ghats

• Rolling mountains west of the Deccan Plateau in
  southern India.

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Eastern Ghats

• Rolling mountains east of the Deccan Plateau in
  southern India.

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Subcontinent
S u b c o n t i n e n t

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

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Monsoon Season

• Rainy season in monsoon climates
• in which winds blow
• from the southwest for six months.

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Subsistence Farming

• The process of growing food mainly for
  self-consumption.

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Lesson 2

• Lesson 2

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Harappa

• The site of one of the earliest civilizations in
  south Asia.

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Mohenjo- Daro

• An ancient city
• in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan.

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Cyrus II

• 585 B. C. 529 B.C.
• Persian king who established the Persian Empire.

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Darius I

• 550 B.C. 486 B.C.
• Persian king who expanded the Persian Empire to
  include India.

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Chandragupta Maurya

• 360 B.C. 298 B.C.
• Soldier who started the Mauryan Empire, the first
  Indian empire, and later became a monk.

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Ashoka

• 304 B.C. 237 B.C.
• Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, who used stone
  columns to mark the territory of his empire and
  make announcements.

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brahmin

• A priest
• who held the highest position in Aryan society.

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sudra

• A serf in Hindu society.

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Sanskrit

• The main language of the Aryans.

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Vedas

• Books of Knowledge that contain much of the
  stories and songs of the Aryans.

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Zoroastrianism

• A religion founded by the Persian prophet
  Zoroaster based on the belief of one god as
  supreme and the enemy of evil.

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Lesson 3
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Ganges River

• An important river in India
• Hindus believe it represents purity.

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reincarnation

• The
• Hindu belief
• that the
• spirit or soul
• goes from
• one life
• to the next.

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caste

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

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Hinduism

• The main religion of India that is based on the
  Aryan beliefs.

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Rig Veda

• One of the best-known books
• of the
• Vedas, containing more than 1,000 hymns.

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Brahman

• Believed
• by Hindus
• to be the
• universal truth being,
• which is the
• source
• of everything.

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dharma

• In Hinduism, the order of the universe.

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Lesson 4
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Bodh Gaya

• The town in northern India where Siddhartha was
  enlightened and became Buddha.

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meditation

• In Buddhism, a
• way
• of
• clearing
• the
• mind.

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enlightenment

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

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Buddhism

• The religion that is based on the teachings of
  the Buddha.

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the Buddha

• The Enlightened One,
• what Siddhartha Gautama came to be known.

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Four Noble Truths

• In Buddhism, beliefs about human suffering.

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• The Buddhist way of living that can help
  Buddhists find relief from their suffering.

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yoga

• A system of exercises used to achieve mental and
  physical well being

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OM or AUM

• A sacred symbol representing Braham

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