Section 1 Assessment

1. Indo-European- The Indo Europeans were nomadic people that traveled from place to place.
2. Steppes- Steppes are flat grassy planes that stretch for miles and miles
3. Migration- Migration is when groups move from one place to another.
4. Hittetes- A group of people that spoke Indo-European languages.
5. Anatolia- A peninsula located in modern day Turkey. It is rocky and a high plateau.
6. Aryans-  Indo-European peoples that came around 1500 B.C and lived around the Caspian and Aral seas.
7. Vedas- A collection of religious rituals that belonged to the Aryans.
8. Brahmin- Indian priests.
9. Caste- A social system created by the Aryans.
10. Mahabharata- One of the Sanskrits epic poems.