Pre AP world history Flashcards
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| 8545479381 | monsoon | A seasonal wind. | 0 | |
| 8545484094 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 1 | |
| 8545486168 | Indo-Aryan | Indo-European tribes who moved in slow waves into India in about 1750 B.C. | 2 | |
| 8545487342 | sanskrit | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) |  | 3 |
| 8545489357 | Brahman | A single spiritual god that existed beyond the many gods of the Vedas and that resided in all things | 4 | |
| 8545494588 | Brahma | the creator the first member of the Hindu trinity | 5 | |
| 8545498855 | brahmin | the highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests | 6 | |
| 8545500367 | rajah | a Hindu prince or king in India | 7 | |
| 8545500369 | mystics | a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect. | 8 | |
| 8545503760 | caste | a rigid and hereditary social class | 9 | |
| 8545511049 | Atman | In Hindu belief, a person's essential self | 10 | |
| 8545514826 | Moksha | Becoming liberated for the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism. | 11 | |
| 8545514829 | reincarnation | Belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death | 12 | |
| 8545518849 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 13 | |
| 8545518850 | Karma | The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life. | 14 | |
| 8545519830 | Ahimsa | Hindu belief in nonviolence and reverence for all life | 15 | |
| 8545521413 | Avatar | A representation of a Hindu god or goddess in human or animal form. | 16 | |
| 8545524246 | Mahavira | Founder of Jainism | 17 | |
| 8545527857 | Siddhartha | Founder of Buddhism | 18 | |
| 8545530238 | four noble truths | the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching. | 19 | |
| 8545532551 | Eightfold path | In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end of suffering | 20 | |
| 8545532552 | nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness | 21 | |
| 8545533683 | sect | a subgroup of a major religious group | 22 |