Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 16

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
-Sanskrit

• A)Groups of people who move from place to place in search of food, water, and pasture for their animals, usually following the seasons.
• B)Grasslands that are too dry for crops but support pasturing animals; they are common across much of the center of Eurasia.
• C)Tents in which the pastoral nomads lived; they could be quickly dismantled and loaded onto animals or carts.
• D)The title given to the Mongol ruler Temujin in 1206; it means Great Ruler.
• E)The states ruled by a khan; the four units into which Chinggis divided the Mongol Empire.
• F)Assigning the collection of taxes to whoever bids the most for the privilege.
• G)The Muslim classification used for Hindus, Christians, and Jews; they were allowed to follow their religions but had to pay a special tax.
• H)The thousands of Indian castes.
• I)A practice whereby a high-caste Hindu woman would throw herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
• J)India's classical literary language.
• K)A maritime empire that held the Strait of Malacca and the waters around Sumatra and adjacent islands.

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Definitions:

Axons

The long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

Interneurons

Neurons located in the central nervous system that process and relay information between sensory neurons and motor neurons.

Endorphins

Substances produced by the body that bind to brain receptors to diminish the sensation of pain and induce a state of intense happiness.

Central Nervous System

The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord, responsible for processing information and controlling most functions of the body and mind.