Mr.Pentzak Vocab IRVC

Question 1

People ranked one above another in status or authority?

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Hierarchy

Question 2

Indo-European nomadic group invaded IRVC, bringing their religious & cultural beliefs to India

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Aryan

Question 3

a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent

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Sub-continent

Question 4

A major wind system that seasonally reverses its direction that brings heavy rainfall in summer

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Monsoon

Question 5

extreme scarcity of food

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Famine

Question 6

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

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Indigenous

Question 7

a system that determines by birth your social status, rank, job, and who you can marry

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Caste System

Question 8

A social outcast

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Pariah

Question 9

an ancient Indo-Aryan language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism.

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Sanskrit

Question 10

The indigenous population of India that was displaced by the Aryans c. 1500 BCE.

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Dravidian

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