SS Finals : India
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- subcontinent
- larg landmass that juts out from a continent
- monsoon
- seasonal wind that dominates the climate of south asia
- caste
- in India,system of social groups based on birth
- Brahman
- in Hinduism,the single,supreme force of reality of the universe
- recarnation
- in Hinduism, the belief that the soul is reborn in various forms
- karma
- in Hinduism, the belief that every deep mental or physical, in this life affects a person\'s fate in a future life
- dharma
- in Hinduism, the duties and obligation of each caste
- nirvana
- in Buddhism,the condition of having no desires
- sepoy
- Indian troops who served in the British army
- untouchables
- lowest position in the caste system
- Kshatriya
- warriors in the second social class.
- Vaisya
- third in social class;were landowners,merchants and herders
- Sudra
- bottom of social class; were servants, peasants who waited on others
- Siddhartha Guatma
- the \"Buddha\" spiritual teacher who found Buddhism
- 4 Noble Truths
- the life teachings of Gutma and what he learned under the tree
- East Indian Company
- company owned by British, forced Indian rulers to sign treaties granting it greater power
- Mohandas Gandhi
- urged indians to use nonviolence and civil disobedience t o win independence with Britain