India, Part 1: Geography and Religion

Vocab: a major world religion focusing on rejoining your soul with Brahman 

Vocab: focusing one’s mind on spiritual ideas

Vocab: the release and freedom from the cycle of rebirth

Vocab: a wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons

Vocab: a major world religion focused on doing right and achieving enlightenment

Vocab: nonviolence and respect for all living things

Vocab: the effect a person’s actions have on their soul

Vocab: a large part of a continent with its own geographical, political, and cultural identity

Vocab: a perfect state of peace and happiness that ends suffering and the cycle of rebirth- reached after becoming enlightened

Vocab: the rebirth of one’s soul (atman)