SS Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

a major subdivision of a continent

• plateau

• domesticate

• monsoon

• subcontinent

the study of the stars, planets and other features in space

• astronomy

• canal

• seals

• monsoon

a large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding lands

• monsoon

• plateau

• noble

• terra-cotta

a high moral standard

• virtue

• seals

• subcontinent

• noble

a wind from the south or southwest that brings heavy rainfall to Asia during the summer months

• plateau

• monsoon

• stupa

• canal

a member of a high social class

• seals

• canal

• noble

• virtue

to tame and use for agricultural or other purposes

• domesticate

• subcontinent

• canal

• stupa

a channel dig by people

• stupa

• subcontinent

• monsoon

• canal

baked or hardened brownish-red clay

• terra-cotta

• monsoon

• seals

• canal

a dome shaped monument where special religious objects are kept

• monsoon

• astronomy

• stupa

• subcontinent