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11th Grade
10/08/2009

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Indo-European
Definition
Relating to family of languages/people spoken over greater part of Europe and Asia, and N. India
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Semitic
Definition
Relating to languages/people who speak Hebrew, Ababic, Phoenician, Akkadian, etc.
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Bantu
Definition
Group of native people in central/southern Africa
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Aryans
Definition
Group who spoke Indo-European language and migrated to N. India in 2nd millenium BCE
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Vedas
Definition
Most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit
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Varna
Definition
Each of 4 Hindu castes: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra
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Jati
Definition
Used to denote communities and sub-communities in India; associated with job function and last name
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Upanishads
Definition
Hindu scriptures that constitute core teachings of Vedanta
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Oracle bones
Definition
Pieces of bone/turtle plastron that answer divination (Shang Dynasty)
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Chavin Cult
Definition
Religion developed arond 900 BCE in Andes, named after city Chavin de Huantar
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