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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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