Topic 4 Ancient India Vocabulary Quiz

monsoon

• fixed social class into which a person is born
• seasonal wind that brings rain to India during parts of the year
• avoiding harm to any living thing
• thinker or teacher

guru

• fixed social class into which a person is born
• seasonal wind that brings rain to India during parts of the year
• avoiding harm to any living thing
• thinker or teacher

ahimsa

• fixed social class into which a person is born
• seasonal wind that brings rain to India during parts of the year
• avoiding harm to any living thing
• a person's duty or what is right for him or her

caste

• fixed social class into which a person is born
• seasonal wind that brings rain to India during parts of the year
• Buddhist burial mound
• to move to a new region to live there

stupa

• fixed social class into which a person is born
• seasonal wind that brings rain to India during parts of the year
• Buddhist burial mound
• to move to a new region to live there

decimal systme

• fixed social class into which a person is born
• seasonal wind that brings rain to India during parts of the year
• counting system based on units of ten

• to move to a new region to live there

enlightenment

• In Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom
• a person's duty or what is right for him or her
• Buddhist burial mound
• state of blissful peace without suffering

nirvana

• In Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom
• a person's duty or what is right for him or her
• calm or clear the mind
• state of blissful peace without suffering

meditate

• In Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom
• the effects of a person's actions in this and previous lives
• calm or clear the mind
• state of blissful peace without suffering

karma

• a cat
• the effects of a person's actions in this and previous lives
• the guy from the chiefs
• my boyfriend