Ancient India Vocabulary

A wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons is a

• hurricane

• typhoon

• monsoon

• tornado

This is a social order that determines one's place in society.

• pyramid

• caste system

• social order

• vedas

A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

Monsoons are winds that are ​ (a)   in the winter and ​ (b)   in the summer.

• dry
• wet
• strong

The first written language of Ancient India

• cuneiform

• heiroglyphics

• sanskrit

Sacred text used by both Hindus and Buddhists

• Holy Bible

• Vedas

• Quran

• Torah

A large landmass that is smaller than a continent

• Region

• Country

• Subcontinent

• Place

To move from one place to another

• meditate

• estimate

• migrate

• immigrant

The rebirth of the soul

• Jainism

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Dharma

A system in which people remain in the same social group for life based on their status of birth, wealth or occupation

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Dharma

• Caste