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21 Cards in this Set
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monsoon
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seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia
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varna (Aryans)
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4 classes into which the Aryans divided people
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atman
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in Hinduism, the essential self of every individual, which in turn, is part of a universal soul that is also called atman
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brahman
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in Hinduism, the single, supreme force or reality of the universe
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reincarnation
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in Hinduism, the belief that the soul is reborn in various forms
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monsoon
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seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia
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varna (Aryans)
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4 classes into which the Aryans divided people
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atman
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in Hinduism, the essential self of every individual, which in turn, is part of a universal soul that is also called atman
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brahman
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in Hinduism, the single, supreme force or reality of the universe
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reincarnation
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in Hinduism, the belief that the soul is reborn in various forms
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karma
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in Hinduism, the belief that every deed, mental or physical, in this life affects a person's fate in a future life
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dharma
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in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste
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nirvana
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in Buddhism, freedom from the cycle of birth and death
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Amritsar Massacre
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bloody uprising in Amritsar, a city in northwestern India, that was the turning point in India's struggle for independence from Britain
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parliamentary democracy
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government ruled democracy by a national representative body that has supreme legislative powers
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secular
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worldly or unrelated to religion
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Sepoy Rebellion
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beef and pork on rifles of the British army
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caste system
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divided people within a class; if you were spiritually clean, you were higher in the system; each occupation had its own caste; gave stability and order to Indian life
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Hinduism
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worship thousands of gods; reincarnation; karma
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Buddhism
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nirvana; worship only one god; 4 noble truths
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satyagraha
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Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance to end injustice
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