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12 Cards in this Set
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Pases
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A gap in between Mountains
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Monsoon
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A strong seasonal wind that brings heavy rain
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reincarnation
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The belief that the soul lives on after death and returns to life in a new body
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Peasant
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A poor person who lives on and farms the land
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Tyrant
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A cruel ruler
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Legalism
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Chinese teachings that tell people to obey there ruler out of fear, not out of respect
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Subcontinent
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A large land area isolated from the rest of the continent.
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Caste
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A system in which a person's positions in society is determined by his or her berth into a particular social class
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Philosopher
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A person who studies the meaning of life;a thinker
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mandate
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An order for or a right to something
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loess
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sandy, yellow fertile soil
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civil service
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The part of a bureaucracy that oversees the day-to-day life business of running a government
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