most important & sacred (or holy) river to Hindus in India

critic of the caste system & used non-violent protest of British treatment of Indians

the _____divided Indian people by wealth, their job, & birth - 100s of social classes

the Hindu + Buddhist belief that human beings are born, live, die, & are reborn again in a cycle

Hindus believe you can live hundreds of ___ before you are freed from the reincarnation cycle

Buddhists (and Hindus) see life as a repeating ___ of birth, life, death, and rebirth

if your karma is bad, you might be ___ in your next life as a lower human or even an animal!

examples of the ____ in India include the Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras

many Hindus make a ____ (religious trip) to the Ganges River to bathe in it, wash away sin, be cured of disease

many, but not all, Indian people are ____, non-meat eaters

Hindu building of prayer

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They're NOT FROM INDIA !

red mark often visible on Hindus

Hindu term for a person who freed from reincarnation - he can't be reincarnated any higher!

approximate % of people in India who are Hindu

what the Hindus call "reincarnation"

while usually regarded as _____ (many gods) Hindus believe in one universal "everything" called Brahma, or creator of everything

your good or bad karma from THIS LIFE will affect ...

the holiest writings in Hinduism

long poems like "the Mahabharata" are ____ that contain many Hindu teachings, stories, morals, lessons

a long, flowing garment worn by many Hindu women

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many Hindus won't attend a temple to pray, they have a place in their own ___ to worship privately

he studied Gandhi's "non-violent protest" ideas and brought them to the US to protest racist laws against black people

Indians studied the stars, sun, and plants, a branch of science known as ____

India's ___ today is over 1,300,000,000 people (1.3 billion!)

India's surrounded by ___ such as the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal

north of India is the rugged ________, home of the highest point on earth (Mt. Everest)

over 29,000 ft above sea level, this is the hardest challenge for mountain climbers

____ ____, like the Silk Road, brought Hindus into contact with different cultures

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Adolf Hitler used the "____" symbol for a mean reason, but this symbol has been used for good reasons by Indians for centuries

Ancient Indians were performing ______and made other medical advancements

meaning "non-violence", it means not harming anyone or anything else

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Gandhi resisted peacefully the rule of India by what foreigners?