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61 Cards in this Set
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Dominate religion of India
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Hinduism
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Belief in many gods
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Polytheistic
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Belief in one god
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Monotheistic
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The Creator, single spiritual power, all things are aspects of...
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Brahma
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The Preserver, Brahma in human form
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Vishnu
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The Destroyer
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Shiva
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Ancient Hindu writings that record heroic tales that express Indian/Hindu ideals
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Vedas
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Longest poem known today about a war between two familys. Explains many basic ideas of Hindu
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Mahabharata ("Great War")
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Explains the concepts of Reincarnation and Karma
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Bhagabad-Gita
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Emphasizes family, marriage and social structure.
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Ramayana ("Story of Rama")
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To achieve oneness with the universal soul and to be released from the cycle of rebirth (reincarnation)
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Moksha
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The accumulated actions of ones lifetime that determines how the soul will be born into the next life
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Karma
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The religious and moral duties of an individual according to class, gende, occupation and age
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Dharma
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To acquire material wealth
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Artha
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Idea of non-violence
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Ahimsa
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Religion that emphasizes meditation and self denial
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Jainism
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Rigid hierarchieal system of social class
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Caste System
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Priests, teachers, judges (CS)
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Brahmin
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Warriors (CS)
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Kshatriyas
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Farrmers and merchants (CS)
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Vaisyas
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Craftsman and laborers (CS)
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Sudras
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Outcasts. Had to announce their presenceswith a wooden clapper. (shadow could pollute)
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Untouchables
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meditative religion with emphasis on attaining enlightment through eliminatioin of suffering
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Buddhism
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Indian prince born in Northeast India (562BC- 483BC)
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Dukkha, Sumadaya, Nirodha, Magga
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Four noble truths
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All life is suffering
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Dukkha
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Suffering comes from desire
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Sumadaya
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End addiction to selfish desire, end suffering
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Nirodha
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Follow the middle path (Dharma) between suffering and discipline
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Magga
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Right:
View, Aspiration, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration |
Eighth Fold Path
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State of Enlightenment when a person has been released from the circle of birth and rebirth
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Nirvana (Blowing Out)
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Individuals achieve understanding through their own efforts
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Therevada "Way of Elders"
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Buddha is a deity/savior of man kind
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Mahayana "Great Vehicle"
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Instead of entering Nirvana, people can choose to be reborn to help others and acheive understanding
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Bodhisattvas
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Large landmass that juts out from a continent
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Subcontinent
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Eastern Mount Range in Pakistan and Afghanistan
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Hindu Kush
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Served as gateways for migrating people and invaders for many years
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Khyber Pass
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Seperate the subcontinent and China allowing two distant cultures to form
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Himalaya Mountains
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Fertile region fed by the snow covered mountains to the North
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Northern Plain
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Arid and sparsly populated triangular plateau that extends south into the Indian Ocean
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Deccan Plateau
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Separated from the Deccan Plateau by the low lying Eastern and Western Ghats
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Coastal Plains
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Seasonal winds, one of the defying features of Indian life
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Monsoons
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Broad expanses of land along riverbanks, made of rich, fertilesoil left by the flooding of the rivers.
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Alluvial plains
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Special regard, for cattle and other animals
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Veneration
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Nomadic people from modern day southern Russian
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Aryan
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a local form of a language
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Dialect
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a sudden rise in water level of the ocean
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Storm Surge
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the belief that the souls of living things go thought a series of births, deaths and rebirths
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Reincarnation
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opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violence
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Nonviolent resistance
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refuse to purchase or use
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Boycott
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divide into parts
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Partition
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the custom where some Indian women cover their faces completely with a veil when outside of their home
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Purdah
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when a man marries the new wife is brought into his parents house. Usually the house has, uncles, widowed sisters, and other relatives
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joint family system
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people employed in these industries produce good in their homes using their own tools and machines
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Cottage industries
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a country that separates two political enemies
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Buffer state
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Student, Householder, Hermit, Wanderer
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Stages of Hindu Life
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Neolithic people who first civilized the Yellow River
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Hsia (2200-1766BC)
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The "Bronze Age"
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Shang (1766-1040BC)
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animal bones or turtle shells used to communicate with ancestors
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Oracle Bone
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First and longest of the Chinese Dynasties
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Chou/Zhou (1100-220BC)
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succession of rulers of the same line of descent
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Dynasty
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