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chapter 12 section 4 flashcards
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04/17/2011

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sati
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to kill your self at your husbands funeral by throwing yourself at his funeral fire in the Hindu tradition.
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sepoys
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Indian soldiers, forced to do overseas battle when it was against their religion by the East India Company.
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viceroy
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a British leader in India.
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deforestation
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the destruction of forests
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Ram Mohun Roy
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the founder of Hindu College in Calcutta and reformist.He believed that India could learn from the west.
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purdah
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The respectful separation of men from women in Hinduism.
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