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History-india
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stupa | mounded stone structures built over Buddhist holy relics |
| steppe | dry, grass-covered plains |
| Shiva | Hindu god; destroyer of the world |
| silk roads | a system of ancient caravan routes aqcross Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and ohter trade goods |
| nirvana | in Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightment |
| karma | in hinduis and buddhism, the totality of the good and bad deeds performed by a person, which is believed to determine his or her fate after rebirth |
| enlightenment | in buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe |
| reincarnation | in hinduishm and buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding |
| indo-europeans | a group of seminomadic peoples who began to migrat from what is now southern Russia to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, and southwest asia |
| vedas | four collections of sacred writings produced by the aryans during an early stage of their settlement in india |
| Vishnu | hindu god; preserver of the world |
| jainism | a monotheistic religion that developed in arabia |
| Brahma | hindu god; creator of the world |
| aryans | an indo-european people who began to migrate into the indian subcontinent |
| Anatolia (modern turkey) | the southwest asian peninsula now occupied by the asian part of turkey-also called asia minor |
| Hittites | an indo-eruopean people who settled in Anatolia |
| Mahabharata | a great indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the aryans as they moved south into inda |
| migration | the act of moving from one place to settle in another |
| patrearchal | relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family |
| Buddha (siddhartha) | enlightened one; founder of buddhism |
| varna(s) | skin color; four major groups in the caste system |
| caste system | a system where aryans were organized into four groups based on occupation when they first arrived in india |
| noble eightfoldpath | path to overcome desire and reach enlightenment |
| moksha | a state of perfect understanding of all things |
| dharma | buddhist doctrine or teachings |
| krishna | one of the most famous incidents in indain literature occurs when krishna intructs the young warrior on the proper way to live, fight, and die |
| lama | spiritual teacher |
| prayer wheel | beautiful art, inscribed with prayers, and spin it, and the prayers are sent to heaven |
| the big five | christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and judaism |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage. |
| atman | self; soul; ego |
| guru | one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others |
| zen | school of Mahāyāna Buddhism |
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