| A | B |
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| Arable | suitable for use as farmland |
| Anthropologist | a scientist who studies the origins and development of human life and culture. |
| Archeologist | a scientist who studies the things that people made long ago, in order to learn about how people lived back then. |
| Artifact | item produced by humans (bowls, coins, etc.); used by archeologists to learn about past cultures |
| Assimilate | to become or allow to become part of or like another social group |
| Civil Disobedience | nonviolent opposition used to gain concessions from authority. |
| Karma | a fate or destiny shaped by one's past actions in this lifetime or in a previous lifetime. |
| Meditate | to think deeply |
| Nirvana | a state in which a person has achieved perfect happiness because he or she wants nothing. |
| Pilgrimage | a trip to a place that has special religious importance. |
| Population | the whole group of people in an area. |
| Primary Source | original documents such as diaries, government records, letters, and so on. |
| Reincarnation | rebirth into a new body or physical form in this world; a belief held by the Hindus, Buddhists, Jainists, and Sikhs |
| Secondary Source | writings about events that are based on primary sources or on other secondary sources. |
