Human Geography
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| Aryans | light skinned people group who invaded Inida from the north
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| Vedras | sacred texts of the Aryans
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| Sudras | bottom of the caste system - slaves
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| Brahmins | top of the caste system
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| Caste system | class system into which a person is born and stays in for their entire life
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| Brahman | supreme spirit but not a god
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| Vishnu | Hindu god "The Preserver or Renewer"
Siva
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| Siva | Hindu god "The Destroyer"
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| Trimurti | Brahma, Sina, and Vishnu
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| Karma | what goes around comes around; fulfill Dharma to best of abilities= good karma
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| Samsara | another word for reincarnation
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| Reincarnation | belief that when a person dies he will be reborn into another creature
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| Moksha | similar to enlightenment - not a place attained when the soul becomes completely pure and detached from everything on earth
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| The "Buddha" | Sidhartha Gautama
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| Four Noble Truths | *suffering is everywhere
*suffering is cause by greed and selfishness
*to escape suffering a person must renounce desire
*eightfold path is how to renounce desire
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| Noble Eightfold Path | "right" actions to achieve gaol to renounce desire
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| Dalai Lama | leader-monk of the Tibetan Buddhists
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| Enlightenment | clarification - gaining understanding of something - learning
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| Nirvana | highest state of enlightenment in Buddhism
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| Order of Indian Caste system | Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Untouchables
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| Similarities between Hinduism, Buddhism | Karma, reincarnation
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| Why was Hinduism more successful in India than Buddhism? | Hinduism is polytheistic (more than one god); absorbed Buddhism
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| How is the Dalai Lam chosen? | by supernatural mean or by things like watching a child's attraction to the Dalai Lama's possessions
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| How is Buddhism different from other major world religions? | No God, no soul
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