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16 Cards in this Set
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Ashkenazim
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One of the two main ethnic groups within Jewish culture
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Brahman
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A Hindu of the highest caste, most often a priest; a person believed to possess sacred knowledge and to be of the greatest purity
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caste system
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The strict social segregation of people- specifically in India's Hindu society- on the basis of ancestry and occupation
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Confuncianism
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A philosophy of ethics, education, and public service based on the writings of Confucius and traditionally thought of as one of the core elements of Chinese culture
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diaspora
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From the Greek "to disperse," a term describing forceful or voluntary dispersal of a people from their homeland to a new place
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Feng Shui
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Literally "wind-waler," it is the Chinese art and science of placement and orientation of tombs, dwellings, buildings, and cities
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Imam
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The political head of the Muslim community or the person who leads prayer services
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Jainism
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A rival South Asian religion to Buddhism that bears certain similarities to it and has become influential beyond its numbers
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karma
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In Hinduism and Buddhism, the force generated by a person's actions that affects transmigration into a future existence, determining conditions and position in the next early stage of life
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reincarnation
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A principle in which acting correctly in life gets you to a higher level and bad behavior will move you to a lower level in the next life
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Sephardim
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One of the two main ethnic groups within Jewish culture
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Shiite(Shiah)
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An adherent of one of the two main divisions of Islam and represents the Persian variation of Islam
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Sunni
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An adherent to the largest branch of Muslims that is called orthodox or traditionalist
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Taoism
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A religion that bases off of Chinese philosophy made by an older contemporary of Confucius that published a volume that is the basis of this religion
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untouchables
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The lowest class of the castes that could not enter temples, were excluded from school, and restricted to perform unpleasant tasks
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Zionism
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The movement to unite the Jewish people of the diaspora and to establish a national homeland for them in Palestine
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