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Vocab K.Ha
Chapter 3
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| monsoon | a seasonal wind pattern in southern asia |
| hinduism | the major religios system which had its orgins in the relioug belifs of the aryrans who settled india after 1500 bc |
| caste system | a set rigid in ancient india detemined a pesons occupation and economic potenial as well as his ir her position in socity based on skin color |
| reincarnation | the rebirth of an individuals soul in a different from after death |
| karma | in hinduism the force genarated by a persons action that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life |
| buddhism | a religous doctrine introduced in northern india in the sixth centry b.c. by siddharta gautama known as the buddha or "enlightened one" |
| silk road | a route between the roman epire and china so called becuaes silk was china's most valueable product |
| pilgrim | a person wo travles to shrine or other holy place |
| confucianism | the system of politial and ethical ideas formalted ny thee chinese philosopher to help restore order to a socirty that was in a stae of confuson |
| daoism | a system of ideas based on the teachings of laozi |
| regime | the government in power |
| pictogragh | that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object |
| ideogragh |