India Vocab

a situation in which one country has a lot of power or influence over others, especially in political and economic matters

• Imperialism

• Colonization

• Nationalism

• Ashram

the act of sending people to live in and govern another country

• Imperialism

• Colonization

• Nationalism

• Hindu

a nation's wish and attempt to be politically independent

• Imperialism

• Colonization

• Nationalism

• Muslim

a place where a group of Hindus live together away from the rest of society, or a place where Hindus can go in order to pray

• Ashram

• Sikhism/Sikh

• Hindu

• Muslim

a member of the main religion of India, which is based on four holy texts, has a very long history, and supports the belief that when a person or creature dies, the spirit returns to life in another body

• Muslim

• Sikhism/Sikh

• Seditious/Sedition

• Hindu

a religion that developed in the 15th century, based on belief in a single god and on the teachings of Guru Nanak

• Hindu

• Sikhism/Sikh

• Repudiate

• Seditious/Sedition

a person who follows the religion of Islam

• Sikhism/Sikh

• Hindu

• Muslim

• Repudiate

language or behavior intended to persuade other people to oppose

their government and change it, sometimes by using violence

• Apartheid

• Brahmin

• Repudiate

• Seditious/Sedition

to decide that an agreement is no longer effective and that you will not do what it says you must do

• Apartheid

• Muslim

• Brahmin

• Repudiate

in the past in South Africa, a system under which people of different races were kept separate by law, and White people were given more political rights and educational and other advantages

• Apartheid

• Brahmin

• Hindu

• Ashram