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History chapter 4
chapter 4 section 1-4
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History
9th Grade
10/30/2009

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atman
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- in Hindy belief, a person's essential self.
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Reincarnation
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- The belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
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Karma
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- the good or bad emanations felt to be generated by someone or something.
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dharma
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- essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one's own nature.
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ahimsa
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- the principle of noninjury to living beings.
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nirvana
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- freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva
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stupa
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- a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
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joint family
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- a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
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patriachal
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- the male head of a family or tribal line.
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filial piety
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- respect for parents
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alchemy
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-  medieval science whose aim was to transform ordinary metals into gold
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monopoly
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- complete control of a product or business by one persom or group
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