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The Indo-Aryans originally migrated from _________.Answer
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a. dualism
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a. agni
b. jiva
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b. cosmic man
c. he who sees all
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The __________ provides evidence of the development of an anatomically informed medical art.
a. Agni-Veda
b. Atharva-Veda
c. Rig-Veda
d. Sama-Veda
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What is the Rig-Veda?
a. an anthology of religious poetry
b. an explanation of the caste system
c. an oral history of the divas
d. directions for preparation of the sacrifices
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Tribes with a __________ heritage have held territories in northeast India since at least the early second millennium B.C.E.
a. Indo- Aryan
b. Indo- European
c. Mongoloid
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The _________ were Indian natives that resisted the invasion of the Indo-Aryans in the northwest of India from about 1800-1500 B.C.E.
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a. Jupiter Optimus
b. Maximus Pater
c. Optimus Maximus
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a. Ceres
b. Consus
c. Minerva
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a. human frailty
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b. advances in the art of pottery
c. domestication of animals
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The BaVenda believed that the soul was a combination of ________ and _________.
a. breath, shadow
b. light, dark
c. male, female
d. sun, moon
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Upper Paleolithic burial customs included covering the bones of the deceased in red ochre. The red ochre may have symbolized the _________.