history vocab

2. societies in which most power is held by older adult men. especially those from the elite groups.
7. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding.
8. social groups into which people are born and which can rarely be changed.
10. A large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
12. Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.
13. a healthy spiritual life depends on a healthy physical life.
14. All actions have future consequences- rewards or punishments; this life or the next.

1. the complete abandonment physical pleasures. The benefit, now cannot feel physical pain or loss, since one has accepted that his body is just a casket that he will shed upon death and reincarnation.
3. Core of Buddha's doctrine; all life involves suffering, desire is the cause of suffering, elimination of desire brings the end to suffering, and disciplined life conducted in accordance with the Eightfold Path brings elimination of desire.
4. relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family.
5. a condition of peace or happiness.
6. seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons.
9. A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms.
11. Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.