Gr. 6, Ancient India L 17, 19-20, 22

a strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer

• monsoon

• karma

• pilgrimage

a flat area of land that is elevated, or raised, above the land around it

• subcontinent

• plateaua

• nirvana

a large landmass that is smaller than a continent

• province

• subcontinent

• plateau

a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life

• dharma

• monism

• ascetic

a religion that developed in India over thousands of years and spread across the world; most Hindus believe in one Supreme Being that can take many forms

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

a social group that does a particular job and that a person is born into. There are thousands of jatis.

• nirvana

• alms

• jati

a concept found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions about how the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one's soul in the next life

• reincarnation

• pilgrimage

• karma

the idea that all existing things in reality come from one original source

• alms

• monism

• karma

a journey to a holy place

• jati

• enlightenment

• pilgrimage

the belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death

• reincarnation

• varnas

• province