Caste System vocab

Caste System vocab

​Caste System

​Social hierarchy (social class) in India

** No Social Mobility!

​(mobility = movement....so no movement up or down in social classes

​Dharma

​A person’s duty or responsibilities

​Karma

​A person’s fate, based on their Dharma

** If you do your Dharma, you will have good Karma

​"What goes around comes around"

​Reincarnation

​The rebirth of the soul (after death) into another living thing

​Vedas

​Sacred Hindu text

​Social Mobility

​The ability to move up in social class

** In the CASTE SYSTEM, there is NONE!

Multiple Choice

Social Mobility

• A person's fate, based on Dharma

• The rebirth of the soul into another body

• The ability to move up and down a social class system

• The core of Buddha’s teaching 1. All life is suffering 2. People suffer because they want things

Multiple Choice

A person's duty or responsibility in life

• Nirvana

• Dharma

• Karma

• 8-Fold Path

Multiple Choice

A person's fate, based on Dharma

• Vedas

• Hinduism

• Caste System

• Karma

Multiple Choice

 Class divisions in Ancient India

• Dharma

• Social Mobility

• Caste System

• Vedas

Multiple Choice

The rebirth of the soul into another body

• Buddhism

• Nirvana

• Dharma

• Reincarnation