the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire,

the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

an ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the slopes

Originated in the 800s BCE. They prescribes a path of nonviolence towards all living being

customs or beliefs handed down from generation to generation

seasonal winds that affect climate in the southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months

theory that explains the process that formed the continents and explains why the earth's crust shifts

large landmass that is geographically set off from the larger continent

a severe tropical storm characterized by high winds that originates in the Indian Ocean or western Pacific Ocean

large ocean wave that is caused by an earthquake along the floor of the ocean

sudden movements of Earth's crust followed by a series of shocks