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| Question | Answer |
| Himalaya Mts. | Highest mountains in the world |
| Monsoon | Seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia |
| Harappa | An advanced civilization flourished in this city for hundreds of years |
| Aryans | Moved south across the Hindu Kush mountain range into the plains of northern India |
| Sanskrit | An Indo-European language |
| Varnas | Social groups that ranked people from high to low |
| Caste System | Every Indian was believed to be born into a caste or social group defined by occupation and family lineage |
| Hinduism | Origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryan peoples who settled in India |
| Yoga | A method of training designed to lead to such union |
| Reincarnation | A belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death |
| Karma | The force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life |
| Dharma | The divine law |
| Buddhism | Appeared in northern India and soon became a rival of Hinduism |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Known as the Buddha or "Enlightened One" |
| Nirvana | Ultimate reality the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul |
| 4 Noble Truths | The truth of suffering The truth of the cause of suffering The truth of the end of suffering The truth of the path that frees us from suffering |
| Eightfold Path | It consists of eight steps |
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