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India - Geography, Hinduism and Buddhism
India - Geography, Hinduism and Buddhism
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History
9th Grade
02/11/2013

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Subcontinent
Definition
Name given to India because it was too big to be a peninsula and too small to be a continent.
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Himalayas and Hindu Kush Mountains
Definition
Blocked invaders and traders from getting to India.
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Khyber Pass
Definition
Allowed some invaders and traders through the Northern Mountains in India
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Indus and Ganges River
Definition
Allowed farming in the northern part of India
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Monsoons
Definition
Annual wind patterns that bring rain in summer months and cold dry air in the winter.
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Reincarnation
Definition
When a being dies it comes back as another living form – sometimes in a different form then before.
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Dharma
Definition
Roles/duties in life (based on where the person is in the caste system)
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Karma
Definition
What you do in this life will effect what you become in your next life.
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Caste System
Definition
class system that tells people what there Dharma is
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Brahman
Definition
Hindu priest – highest position in the Caste System
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untouchables
Definition
Lowest class of the Caste System considered to have polluted souls
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Moksha
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– Hindu heaven – the only way to get out of the reincarnation cycle.
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Ahisma
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Non-violence towards all living things
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Siddharta Gautama
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Person who made the religion of Buddhism
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Four Noble Truths
Definition
The four things that Buddhist must believe to follow the religion
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Eight Fold Path
Definition
The steps one must take in Buddhism to end suffering
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nirvana
Definition
Buddhist Heaven reached by meditation and getting rid of desire
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