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Religion
Section 5
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100
divided Indian society into groups based ona person's birth, wealth, or occupation
What is caste system?
100
the largest religion in India today
What is Hinduism?
100
the science of working with metals
What is metallurgy?
100
a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
What is a subcontinent?
200
the avoidance of violent actions
What is nonviolence?
200
based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira
What is Janism?
200
the numbers we use today (0, 1, 2,...)
What is Hindu-Arabic numerals?
200
the process of rebirth
What is reincarnation?
300
going without food
What is fasting?
300
"Enlightened One"
What is the Buddha?
300
mixtures of two or more metals
What are alloys?
300
the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul
What is karma?
400
the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas
What is meditation?
400
a religion based on the teaching of the Buddha
What is Buddhism?
400
the study of stars and planets
What is astronomy?
400
seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
What are monsoons?
500
people who work to spread their religious beliefs
What are missionaries?
500
a state of perfect peace
What is nirvana?
500
injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease
What is inoculation?
500
the most important language of ancient India
What is Sanskirt?