| A | B |
| sharecroppers | Villagers who rented farmland from landowners& got part of crop |
| Hinduism | Beliefs-worship1 God & God take on human or animal forms |
| Buddhism | Indian religion which had greatest impact on Asia |
| Brahman | Priests, 1st group in caste system |
| monsoon | Wind that blows from land to water in 1 season & water to land in another |
| vedas | Religious poems and hymns |
| Aryans | Nomadic people/invaded India from North |
| Siddhartha | Founder of Buddhism |
| Asoka | Taukght and spread Buddhism |
| caste system | 4 social groups or classes/1-Brahman, 2-kings, chieftains,warriors, 3-merchants & landowners,4-farm workers & servants |
| Candragupta | He began the Mauryan Empire |
| reincarnation | Belief that soul of every person has lived before in other human & animal bodies |
| subcontinent | Larg mass smaller than continent |
| tributary | Small river or stream that flows into larger body of water |