India's Vedic Age - Vocabulary

India's Vedic Age

(1500 - 500 BCE)

Vocabulary

Veda

a collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India

Migrate

to move from one region to another in order to live there

Sanskrit

a written and spoken Indo-Aryan language

Caste

a fixed social class into which a person is born

Varnas

grouping based on one's skill

Jati

an occupation-based caste, meaning "birth group"

Status

a position in society

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What does the term migrate mean?

• a fixed social class into which a person is born

• to move from one region to another in order to live there

• a collection of texts

• position in society

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What is a jati?

• a caste that is also known as a birth group

• a collection of hundreds, and even thousands, of sacred hymns

• position in society

• problem or subject to be discussed or decided

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The language in which the ancient Indo-Aryans composed the Vedas.

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• Hindi

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What are varnas?

• groupings based on one's skill

• position in society

• a fixed social class into which a person is born

• to move from one region to another in order to live there

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How many varnas are there?

• 1

• 7

• 5

• 4

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A collection of hundreds of sacred hymns and text composed by the Aryans of Ancient India

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status

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a position in society, where some people will have more influence on others based on their wealth, position, or leadership ability.

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status

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Fixed social class into which a person was born

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status