Vocab #3

2. the supreme god or entity in Hinduism
4. the confucian virtue of showing respect, care, & obedience to elders
6. Implemented in ancient China, this system was implemented to give jobs to people who deserved them
8. a core Buddhist teaching that serves as a guideline to liberation from suffering
9. The final goal of Buddhism which releases the subject from the cycle of the death & rebirth
12. A person's religious mission to promote Christianity in a foreign country
13. a person's essence of self or soul in Hinduism
18. respect for all living things and non-violence
20. ancient Persian religion built on the belief of the struggle between good and evil
22. the ancient Chinese philosophy that states that opposites of the world from a balance
23. ancient religion consisting of a belief in reincarnation & the supreme god Brahman
24. An Indian empire that flourished from 320 to 550 CE
25. The system of which Hindu society divided their social classes
26. when a person dies, a person's soul is reborn in a different body

1. ancient Chinese philosophy advocating humility & religious piety
3. a group of people that are Indo-Iranian
5. A type of windblown sediment often deposited in Eastern China
7. This subcontinent consists of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
10. of Heaven Used in ancient China to state that the Chinese emperor was blessed by the gods, & therefore keep the emperor in power
11. A chinese political theory explaining the rise, fall, & replacement of Dynasties
14. the wall was built in China as a defense against enemies; it's the longest wall in the world
15. the relationship between somebody's actions and their consequences
16. Fundamental teachings of Buddhism relating to the nature of suffering
17. the cosmic law or nature or reality that sustains the universe in Hinduism
19. the liberation of the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth and Hinduism
21. the oldest texts of Hinduism that are written in Early Sanskrit