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- 3. The type of land with nutrient filled soil, good for growing plants
- 5. A specialized job where people sell items
- 8. The time period of the 'new' stone age when farming allowed for more advancements
- 9. an ancient Indian written language
- 10. The time period before written language
- 11. how the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one’s soul in the next life
- 13. The land feature which makes civilization development possible
- 15. The process of taming or raising animals for human use
- 17. A fortress building in Ancient India
- 18. The name to describe the earliest humans
- 20. This landform in India has a large elevated flat area on its top
- 22. An empire in ancient India from around 320 C.E. to around 550 C.E., during which many achievements happened; also called the golden age.
- 23. An object found that has historical value
- 24. A religion which teaches that life brings suffering that one can escape by seeking nirvana or ultimate happiness
- 27. The process of farming crops to gain food or resources
- 28. an empire in ancient India lasting from about 322 to 187 B.C.E., during which a specific family unified India for the first time
- 29. A feature on a map that tells you what symbols and colors represent
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- 1. One of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus valley civilization
- 2. A math concept created by Ancient Indians to show that something is endless, or larger than any number.
- 3. The natural event which happened each summer near rivers making the land fertile
- 4. the belief that a person’s soul is reborn into a new body after death
- 6. a religion that developed in India over thousands of years and spread across the world; they believe in one Supreme Being that can take many forms
- 7. The word to represent the system of social structure in Ancient India
- 12. Someone's specialized job to craft or create items
- 14. The nutrient present in the soil of fertile land, it comes from the minerals in mountain rocks
- 15. a belief found in Hinduism that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life
- 16. A Sanskrit name meaning “awakened”; the name given to the man who founded Buddhism
- 19. The study of the landscape and features of the earth using maps
- 21. An item often traded by Ancient India on the Silk Road trade network
- 25. A feature on a map that tells you distance
- 26. Using complex water systems to quickly hydrate plants while farming