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Vishnu

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Preserves the universe

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Brahma

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Create the universe

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Shiva

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Destroyer of the universe

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Reincarnation

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The process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding

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Karma

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The good and bad deeds performed by a person, which is believed to determine his or her fate after rebirth

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Enlightenment

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A state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe

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Jainism

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Values all life

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Founder of Buddhism

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Vedas

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Means knowledge, written to educate priests about rituals

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Caste system

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Division of social ranks and tasks developed by Aryans durning conquest

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Brahmins

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The priests

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Kshatriyas

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The Warriors

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Aryans

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White

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Vaishyas

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The merchants

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Shudras

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Unskilled workers and peasants

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Moksha

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Detached state of being

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Buddha

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Teacher

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Dharma

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Teachings

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Sangha

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Community

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Nirvana

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An awakening to the truth

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Buddhism v.s. Hinduism

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Buddhism:
Founder- Buddha (quite prayer, karma, reincarnation)
hinduism:
Sacred animal-cow (polytheistic,oldest religions, yoga)

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Indo-Europeans

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A group of people began to migrate to the Indian subcontinent(white)

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Asian steppes

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Dry, grass-covered plains

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Ganesh

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God of wisdom and good luck the son of shiva

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Canaan
Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea
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Torah
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
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Covenant
A mutual promise or agreement
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Moses
The man who led the Israelites out of slavery
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Israel
A kingdom of the United Israelite last from about 1020 to 922 bc; now the Jewish homeland
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Tribute
A payment made by weaker power to the stronger power to obtain an assurance of peace and security
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Abraham
To be father of the Hebrew people
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Solomon
Build the temple
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King David
Establishes Jerusalem as the capital
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Confucius
China's most influential scholar
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Daoism
Taught that people should be guided by a universal forced called the dao (the way)
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Legalism
Qin shi hanugdi Strict Great Wall of china Burns the analects
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Warring States period
Zhou falls: Confucius, daoism, legalism
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Shi Huangdi
First emperor
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Qin Dynasty
Replaces the Zhou dynasty in the third century BC
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autocracy
Government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner
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bureaucracy
System of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of Government
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filial piety
Respect shown by children of their parents and elders
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yin and yang
Chinese thought, the two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life
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Laozi
Founder of Daoism
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Dao
The way
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Upanishads
meaning of the Vedic hymns. The teachers’ comments were later written down
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Varna
Skin color of the four major groups of the caste system
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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
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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 ```
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Saul
the first of the three kings, was chosen largely because of his success in driving out the Philistines from the central hills
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The Ark of the covenants
contained the tablets of Moses’ law
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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
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Analects
Confucius spent the remainder of his life teaching. His students later collected his words in a book called the Analects (Confucius book)
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Name 4 hindu gods
Ganesh Shiva Barmah Visha
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Name the caste system
Brahmans Kshatriyas Vaishyas Shudras
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Desas
Dark skin
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Civil service exam
To serve in the government
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Yin
Evil Cold Unclear Mysterious
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Yang
Clear Good Warm

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