Intro To 2nd Grading Period Flashcards
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Cast System
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Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vaisyas, sudras, and Harijans
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What is Vedas
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Ancient text
2
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What is reincarnation?
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When you die your soul is transferred to another living thing
3
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What other thingdo they believe in
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Karma
4
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What is Upanishads?
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Later religious texts that began as commentaries on the Vedas
5
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Siddharth Gautama-
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Becomes “budda”
6
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What does Nirvana mean?
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Meaning of life
7
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What are the four Noble truths?
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- All life is suffering
- Source of suffering is desire
- To stop suffering is to rid yourself of desire
- Follow the eight fold path.
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What Is the eight fold path?
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- right view
- right invention
- right speech
- right action
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Hinduism -
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Polytheistic, stayed in India. Beloved in karma and dharma
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Buddhism-
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Went out side of India
11
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What does the Silk Road connect?
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Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia
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Did it only travel on land?
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No it traveled land and water.
13
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What did Mediterranean export?
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Olives and olive oil
14
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What did china export?
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Jade, silver, iron
