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Name given to India because it was too big to be a peninsula and too small to be a continent. |
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Himalayas and Hindu Kush Mountains |
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Blocked invaders and traders from getting to India. |
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Allowed some invaders and traders through the Northern Mountains in India |
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Allowed farming in the northern part of India |
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Annual wind patterns that bring rain in summer months and cold dry air in the winter. |
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When a being dies it comes back as another living form – sometimes in a different form then before. |
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Roles/duties in life (based on where the person is in the caste system) |
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What you do in this life will effect what you become in your next life. |
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class system that tells people what there Dharma is |
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Hindu priest – highest position in the Caste System |
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Lowest class of the Caste System considered to have polluted souls |
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– Hindu heaven – the only way to get out of the reincarnation cycle. |
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Non-violence towards all living things |
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Person who made the religion of Buddhism |
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The four things that Buddhist must believe to follow the religion |
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The steps one must take in Buddhism to end suffering |
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Buddhist Heaven reached by meditation and getting rid of desire |
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