Chapter 9

Emotional or spiritual state of peace and happiness

• dharma

• nirvana

• karma

• reincarnation

A person who travels to honor or pray at holy sites

• stupa

• pilgrim

• contribute

• declines

seasonal wind

• raja

• guru

• monsoon

• caste

the force that decides the form that a person will be reborn into in their next lives

• reincarnation

• karma

• nirvana

• dharma

an Indian teacher or wiseman

• guru

• monsoon

• caste

• raja

Buddhist shrine, or place of worship

• contribute

• stupa

• decline

• pilgrim

The northern part of India is made up of:

• 3 Large River Systems

• The Deccan Plateau

• Two Old Mountain Systems

• Several Mountain Systems

The group of people who started the early civilization in northern Indian settled along the ______________ River

• Indus

• Ganges

• Brahmatputra

From about 1500 BC to about 1000 BC, a group of people called the _________________ migrated to northern India

• Sudras

• Kshatriyas

• Aryans

When the Aryan religious beliefs merged with Indian religious beliefs, the religion of _________________ was formed.

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Judaism