Chapter 3 Flashcards
Vishnu
Preserves the universe
Brahma
Create the universe
Shiva
Destroyer of the universe
Reincarnation
The process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding
Karma
The good and bad deeds performed by a person, which is believed to determine his or her fate after rebirth
Enlightenment
A state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe
Jainism
Values all life
Siddhartha Gautama
Founder of Buddhism
Vedas
Means knowledge, written to educate priests about rituals
Caste system
Division of social ranks and tasks developed by Aryans durning conquest
Brahmins
The priests
Kshatriyas
The Warriors
Aryans
White
Vaishyas
The merchants
Shudras
Unskilled workers and peasants
Moksha
Detached state of being
Buddha
Teacher
Dharma
Teachings
Sangha
Community
Nirvana
An awakening to the truth
Buddhism v.s. Hinduism
Buddhism:
Founder- Buddha (quite prayer, karma, reincarnation)
hinduism:
Sacred animal-cow (polytheistic,oldest religions, yoga)
Indo-Europeans
A group of people began to migrate to the Indian subcontinent(white)
Asian steppes
Dry, grass-covered plains
Ganesh
God of wisdom and good luck the son of shiva
Canaan
Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea
Torah
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
Covenant
A mutual promise or agreement
Moses
The man who led the Israelites out of slavery
Israel
A kingdom of the United Israelite last from about 1020 to 922 bc; now the Jewish homeland
Tribute
A payment made by weaker power to the stronger power to obtain an assurance of peace and security
Abraham
To be father of the Hebrew people
Solomon
Build the temple
King David
Establishes Jerusalem as the capital
Confucius
China’s most influential scholar
Daoism
Taught that people should be guided by a universal forced called the dao (the way)
Legalism
Qin shi hanugdi
Strict
Great Wall of china
Burns the analects
Warring States period
Zhou falls: Confucius, daoism, legalism
Shi Huangdi
First emperor
Qin Dynasty
Replaces the Zhou dynasty in the third century BC
autocracy
Government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner
bureaucracy
System of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of Government
filial piety
Respect shown by children of their parents and elders
yin and yang
Chinese thought, the two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life
Laozi
Founder of Daoism
Dao
The way
Upanishads
meaning of the Vedic hymns. The teachers’ comments were later written down
Varna
Skin color of the four major groups of the caste system
4 noble truths
Life is suffering
The cause of suffering is desire
Cure for suffering is to remove desire
To remove desire follow the eight fold path
8 fold path
Know the truth Say nothing to hurt others Practice meditation Control your thoughts Resist evil For your mind from evil Work for the good of others Respect to life
Saul
the first of the three kings, was chosen largely because of his success in driving out the Philistines from the central hills
The Ark of the covenants
contained the tablets of Moses’ law
Exodus
“Let my people go” and they remember it every year during the festival of the Passover and Moses led the Israelites out of slavery
Analects
Confucius spent the remainder of his life teaching. His students later collected his words in a book called the Analects (Confucius book)
Name 4 hindu gods
Ganesh
Shiva
Barmah
Visha
Name the caste system
Brahmans
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
Desas
Dark skin
Civil service exam
To serve in the government
Yin
Evil
Cold
Unclear
Mysterious
Yang
Clear
Good
Warm
