Module 5 Vocabulary (Ancient India)

a large landmass smaller than a continent

• reincarnation

• subcontinent

• Chandragupta Maurya

• karma

seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

• nirvana

• Jainism

• monsoons

• Sanskrit

a stamped image with images of humans and animals

• alloy

• astronomy

• missionaries

• seal

ancient India's most important language, on which the Hindi language

• monsoons

• Sanskrit

• Jainism

• alloy

a division of Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation

• Buddhism

• missionaries

• caste system

• astronomy

the most widespread religion in India today

• fasting

• Sanskrit

• reincarnation

• Hinduism

The belief that the soul, once a person dies, is reborn in another person.

• alloy

• reincarnation

• metallurgy

• fasting

The effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul.

• the Buddha

• subcontinent

• karma

• Sanskrit

9. Rites of passage to prepare a person for an event or next stage in life.

• nirvana

• Mahavira

• samskaras

• karma

A nonviolent religion based on the teachings of Mahavira.

• the Buddha

• Jainism

• inoculation

• karma