Indus River Valley Vocabulary

a period of great cultural achievement

• monsoon

• golden age

• yoga

• nirvana

social hierarchy in India that divides people into classes

• caste system

• dharma

• karma

• reincarnation

a state of being influenced by a person's actions and conduct

• dharma

• karma

• nirvana

• yoga

a state of bliss or the end of suffering caused by the cycle of rebirth

• karma

• nirvana

• yoga

• inoculation

Yoga is a series of postures and breathing exercises.

• True

• False

a large, distinct landmass that is part of a continent

• monsoon

• Sanskrit

• subcontinent

• dharma

In Hinduism, the rebirth of a person's soul into another body after death

• karma

• dharma

• reincarnation

• inoculation

a strong, seasonal wind in South and Southeast Asia

• monsoon

• nirvana

• caste system

• subcontinent

a vaccine containing a mild form of a disease

• inoculation

• nirvana

• karma

• reincarnation

the Aryan language

• Arabic

• Hebrew

• Sanskrit

• English