India

seasonal wind patterns that bring wet (summer) or dry (winter) air across India

• plateau

• monsoon

• blizzard

• tsunami

wealthy Indian Prince that looked for meaning of life and cause of suffering. Believed people should consider others before themselves.

• Prince Siddhartha Gautama

• Pharaoh Ramses

• Ptolemy

• Vishnu

the divisions or social classes in India. Although not as strong as it once was, there are still restrictions on communication and interactions between groups.

• untouchable

• caste

• karma

• dharma

A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

80% of India's population practice _____.

• Catholicism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

What is the major religion in India?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Judaism

an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism)

• varnas

• sanskrit

• karma

• dharma

religion created when the Aryan beliefs were incorporated. Believed one invisible force "Brahman" connects life.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

immigrants from the north who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC

• Egyptians

• Mesopotamians

• Aryans

• Prince Siddhartha

Another word for the social classes in the Caste system that ranked people from high to low

• varnas

• untouchables

• Sudras

• Brahmins