AP World History | Hinduism Flashcards

9977488948	Vedas	An Aryan religious text that became the basis of Hinduism	0
9977492337	Aryans	The ethnic group that migrated from the Caucasus to the Indo-Gangetic Plain	1
9977507170	Brahmins	The top level of the Hindu caste system; said to "speak to the gods"	2
9977507171	Kshatriyas	The second level of the Hindu caste system; warriors	3
9977512709	Vaisyas	The third level of the Hindu caste system; merchants and artisans	4
9977514148	Sudras	The fourth level of the Hindu caste system; laborers and farmers	5
9977530564	dharma	One's role in life and society, determined by caste	6
9977547621	samsara	The cycle of rebirth and reincarnation	7
9977554349	What happens after someone dies if they fulfilled their dharma?	They get reincarnated into a higher being	8
9977557837	moksha	Hindus' ultimate goal; the "release" from samsara	9
9977569118	karma	The principle of good being repaid with good and bad being repaid with bad	10
9977576576	the Upanishads	Later religious texts that are also commentaries on the Vedas	11
9977588677	Essentially, in Hinduism, everyone has a _____, and if everyone fulfills theirs, society will stay in _____.	role, balance	12