Topic 2 Ancient Asia

A person sent out to carry a religious message.

• Missionary

• Migrant

• Dharmic Faiths

• Metaphysical

People who leave their home and move somewhere else.

• Missionary

• Migrant

• Dharmic Faiths

• Metaphysical

Term for one of the two major types of religions in the world.

• Missionary

• Migrant

• Dharmic Faiths

• Metaphysical

The philosophical exploration of complex yet fundamental concepts such as being, identity, time, and space.

• Missionary

• Migrant

• Dharmic Faiths

• Metaphysical

A seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cooler, drier air from the northeast during the winter.

• Monsoon

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Caste System

• Aristocracy

The language and later writing system of ancient Indian societies.

• Monsoon

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Caste System

• Aristocracy

The name given by ancient Indians to a group of people in what was believed to be an ideal social structure of four groups.

• Monsoon

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Caste System

• Aristocracy

A set of rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person's occupation and economic potential as well as his or her position in society.

• Monsoon

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Caste System

• Aristocracy

An upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed from one generation to another.

• Monsoon

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Caste System

• Aristocracy

The major Indian religious system, which may have had its origins in the religious beliefs of the people who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.

• Hinduism

• Yoga

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Dharma