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India and Russia
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12/12/2005

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World War 1
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1914-1918
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monsoon
Definition
seasonal wind that dominates the climate of India
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Putin
Definition
2nd elected leader of Russia, still there today
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Stalin
Definition
Bolshevik dictator, launched the 5-Year Plans and the Great Purge, killed millions
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dharma
Definition
the duties and obligations of each caste
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Five-Year Plans
Definition
Lenin's plan to increase industry and agriculture
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World War 2
Definition
1939-1945
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Lenin's Philosophy
Definition
-Terror is an instrument of the government
-Religion is an opient of the people
-The end justifies the mean
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Romanovs
Definition
The last ruling family of Russia
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subcontinent
Definition
a large landmass that juts out from a continent
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delta
Definition
area formed by soil deposited at the mouth of a river
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alluvial
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describes deposits of soil made by running water
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landform
Definition
a natural fixture of the Earth's surface
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plain
Definition
broad area of fairly level land that is usually clase to sea level
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plateau
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large area of high land that is flat ofr gently rolling
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irrigation
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manmade watering system
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pass
Definition
opening or trail in th mountains
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The Tropics
Definition
an area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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mouth of a river
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place where a river empties into a larger body of water
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source of a river
Definition
place where a river begins
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deluge
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a downpour
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cyclone
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a hurricane in the Eastern Hemisphere
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untouchables
Definition
lowest class
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dialect
Definition
a regional version of a language with its own words,expressions and punctuations
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Hindi
Definition
a major language of India
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decipher
Definition
to determine the meaning of something written in code
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rajah
Definition
hereditary Aryan chiefs who ruled the villages
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varna
Definition
four classes into which the Aryans divided people: priest, warrior, landowner, peasant
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caste
Definition
a system of social groups based on birth
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brahman
Definition
in Hinduism, the single,supreme force or reality of the universe
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sect
Definition
religious group
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atman
Definition
in Hinduism, the essential self of every individual,which in turn, is also part of a universal soul called the brahman
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reincarnation
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in Hinduism,the belief that the soul is reborn in various forms
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karma
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in Hinduism, the belief that every deed, mental or physical, affects a person's fate in a future life
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nirvana
Definition
in Buddhism, the condition of having no desires
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tundra
Definition
a climate with cold summers and freezing winters; a fozen plain in the Arctic that supports moss and lichens
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permafrost
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a layer of soil below the surface that remains permanently frozen
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taiga
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a belt of evergreen forests
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steppe
Definition
a huge plain that stretches across parts of Ukraine and Russia
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xenophobic
Definition
fear of foreigners
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Byzantine Empire
Definition
eastern half of the Roman Empire split into 2 parts in AD 330- included Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Fertile Crescent
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Cyrillic Alphabet
Definition
composed of Greek and Hebrew letters that was devised for the Slavic peoples in AD 850
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mir
Definition
village commune that regulated village life in Russia before 1917
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Boyars
Definition
Russian noblemen or aristocracy
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Rus'
Definition
the Vikings that settled in Russia
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Slavic
Definition
the sounds of the Russian alphabet
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Tribute System
Definition
conquered give the conqueror goods or food
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feudalism
Definition
system of government in which local lords ruled the land but were bound by ties of loyalty to the higher lords and the monarch
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Renaissance
Definition
rebirth of learning lost in the Middle Ages: human reasoning was a very important idea
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pogrom
Definition
organized acts of violence against Jews
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Enlightenment
Definition
period of time in Europe in which philosophy, reason and individuality were important
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bourgeoisie
Definition
middle class in Russia, very small
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intelligentsia
Definition
upper class in Russia
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Russo-Japanese War
Definition
war in 1904 caused by conflict with Japan over Korea and Manchuria- Japan won
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