Name that Caste
Social Studies Vocabulary
Absolute Value
Greater than, Less than or Equal
Is it positive or negative?
100

Made up of foreigners, lawbreakers, and people suffering from contagious diseases 



Untouchables

100

Group of nomadic warriors that settled in northern India in about 1500 BC

The Aryans

100

What is the absolute value of -33?

33

100
23   _____   32

< (less than)

100

Gain 0f 12 yards

12 (positive)

200

Top of the caste system; These were the priests and they held a tremendous amount of power over everybody.



Brahmin

200

The rigid social system of Ancient India was called

Caste System

200

What is the absolute value of 55?

55

200

-78 ___ -43

< (less than)

200

Loss of 10 pounds

-10 (negative)

300

 Known as the warriors who also ran the government and made everyday decisions for the civilization

Kshatriyas

300

The Aryans wrote songs and stories about their gods called 

the Vedas

300

Which is greater... the absolute value of -67 or the absolute value of -32?

The absolute value of -67 is 67.

300

-192  ____  -324

> (greater than)

300

A debit of $100

-100 (negative)

400

 The lowest of the four varnas; Slaves, servants, and unskilled workers




 Shudras

400

Another name for caste groupings based upon religious status was called the

Varnas

400

What is the absolute value of -22 + the absolute value of 25?

47

400

Put the integers in order from least to greatest...

0, -1, -10, 32, 76, -22, 49

-22, -10, -1, 0, 32, 49, 76

400

a credit of $230

$230 (positive)

500

Expected to tend cattle, farm or trade and could only learn, but not teach the Vedas

 Vaishyas

500

The name of the system of writing of the Aryans

Sanskrit

500

What is the opposite of the absolute value of -456?

-456

500

Put the integers in order from greatest to least...

-533, -353, -335, -535, -333

-333, -335, -353, -533, -535

500

ascending 50 feet in the air

50 feet (positive)