Ancient civilizations of India and China Chapter 5 key terms
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What is Ahimsa? - The Buddhist teaching of nonviolence.
- Who were the Aryans?
- People who invaded India in 1500 B.C.E.
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Avatar is? - the descent of Hindu deity to earth; incarnation.
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What is Bhakti? - Act of devotion to a god or the gods in general.
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Bodhisattva is? - A Buddist saint.
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What is Brahman? - According to Hindu belief, the underlying reality of the world.
- What is a caste system?
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Hinayana is? - One of the two main strains of Chinese buddhism. More strict than Mahayana.
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What is karma? - For Buddists, their destiny as determined by their actions.
- Mahayana is?
- Other main strain of Chinese buddhism. More worldly than Hinayana.
- Nirvana is?
- The extinction of individual suffering and absorption into the Buddhist supreme spirit.
- Outcasts are?
- The lowest category of the caste system. The Untouchables.
- What are the untouchables?
- Outcasts. The lowest category of the caste system.
- What is puja?
- The act of prayer in the home in front of a small alter.
- What is sangha?
- A buddhist monastery.
- What is Sanskrit?
- Language spoken by the Aryans?
- Stupa is?
- A large buddhist shrine, often in the from of a tower or mound.
- What is Tao?
- Means "the way". The central teaching of Taoism. Followers follow their own way.
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When did the Indus Valley people first appear and where? - Around 3000 B.C.E in the Indus Valley.