Ch. 6 vocab
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| 7340489184 | monsoon | rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | 0 | |
| 7340489185 | vedas (rig veda) | sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests | 1 | |
| 7340489186 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 2 | |
| 7340489189 | Mahayana Buddhism | one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone | 3 | |
| 7340489192 | Mauryan Empire | The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes. (184) | 4 | |
| 7340489193 | Ashoka | a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism | 5 | |
| 7340489196 | Tamil kingdom | kingdom on the southern tip of India; traded with the Roman Empire and China | 6 | |
| 7340489197 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 7 | |
| 7340489199 | Malay peoples | A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, and the Philippines, then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190) | 8 | |
| 7340489200 | Funan | An early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries C.E. It was centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam, and it controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus. (p. 191) | 9 | |
| 7340489201 | varna | Varna are the four major social divisions: the Brahmin, the Kshatriya, the Vaishya, and the Shudra | 10 | |
| 7340489202 | Brahmin | Priest class | 11 | |
| 7340489203 | Kshatriya | Warrior/administrator class | 12 | |
| 7340489204 | Vaishya | Merchant/farmer class | 13 | |
| 7340489205 | Shudra | Laborer class | 14 | |
| 7340489206 | Jati | Regional groups of people who have a common occupational sphere and who marry, eat, and generally interact with other members of their group | 15 |
