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define Himalaya Mountains
the mountains that separate China, Nepal, & India. Also the highest and longest mountain range in the world
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define monsoon
a seasonal wind pattern in south & southeast Asia
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define Aryans
people who spoke European language
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define Sanskirt
an ancient India language of speaking. **first writing**
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define suttee
the hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husbands funeral (fire)
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define varnas
a social group in hindu that ranks people in 4 groups, categorized by skin color
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define caste
a set of categories in ancient India that determined a person's occupation and position in society.
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define Silk Road
route that connected China and the Roman Empire, significant for the trade of silk
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define pilgrims
people who travel to religious places
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define aristocracy
upper class where wealth is based on land and whose power is passed on from one generation to another
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define Mandate of Heaven
claimed that the Chinese King of the Zhou dynasty had direct authority from heave to rule
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define dynastic cycle
rise and fall of ruling families
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define filial piety
belief for the respect of ones parents, ancestors, and elders
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define ethnocentric
chinese belief that your culture is superior to someone else's
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define subcontinent
a large land mass that juts out of a continent
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