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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subcontinent | a large mass that is continent but is considered a independent province |
| Monsoons | seasonal winds in India |
| Citadel | a fortess |
| Vedas | sacred writing of the Indo-Aryans |
| Rajas | leaders of ancient cities in India |
| Varnas | the four social classes in Vedic society |
| Castes | social classes in the ancient Indian class system |
| Hinduism | the most popular religion in India |
| Reincarnation | the belief of a person dies and is reborn into another form |
| Karma | the belief that a persons actions good and bad effect there life |
| Moksha | the escape from the cycle of rebirth |
| Dharma | the religious and moral duties practiced in Hinduism |
| Yoga | a series of physical and mental exercises that teaches people how to focus body and mind |
| Jainism | a religion founded in India and focuses on worldly things and practice of self discipline |
| Ahimsa | nonviolence and respect for all living things |
| Buddism | the religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama |
| Buddha | the founder of buddhism and based it on Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path |
| Four Noble Truths | the essence of the Buddhas teachings |
| Eightfold Path | the Middle way and known as the nirvana or enlightenment |
| Nirvana | the release from the world and all peace/enlightenment |
| Middle Way | advises people to live in moderation the extreme s of either comfort or discomfort in the search of nirvana |
| Loess | fine yellowish soil blown from he desert region |
| Court | a gathering of nobles around a monarch |
| Oracle Bones | inscribed animal bones used to predict the future |
| Mandate Of Heaven | the Chinese belief that royal authority is the result of divine approval |
| Dynastic Cycle | the rise and fall of the Chinese dynasties |
| Confucianism | the belief of the Chinese that the stressed treating one another humanely and honoring ones family |
| Daoism | a system of ideas based on the teachings of the Chinese thinker Laozi |