Social Studies Vocabulary Crossword

A large area of land isolated from the rest of a continent by geographic features.
A seasonal wind.
A fortlike structure.
a storehouse for threshed grain.
relating to or denoting a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC, displacing the Dravidian and other aboriginal peoples
A language of India first spoken by the ancient Aryans.
Writings that formed the foundation of ancient civilizations of India and that are some of the oldest writings in the world.
A group of people in a particular social class.
A religion that developed from the Aryans' religious beliefs of Brahmanism and the beliefs of the ancient people of India.
The belief that souls are reborn into other beings after death.
A religious duty.
Actions that determine the caste into which a person will be reborn.
A religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Guatama, who became known as the Buddha.
To concentrate so deeply that the mind becomes clear and calm.
The complete understanding of truth.
In Buddhism, the highest state of the human mind, free from the desires that lead to human suffering and ignorance.
A man who devotes his life to studying and teaching religious beliefs.
A point at which a sudden change occurs.
A person who takes his or her religious ideas to other parts of the world.
a positional decimal numeral system, is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world.