Religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Belief System: a set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

Religious Group: a group of people who share a belief system in a god/gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Ethnic Group: group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been part of their community for generations. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Cultural Characteristics: six elements of culture are beliefs, values, norms, language, roles and social collectives This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Hinduism: one of the oldest religions in the world; developed in India as a result of the Aryan invasion around 1500BC This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Buddhism: religion that was founded in South Asia around 500BC y Prince Siddhartha Guatama, who became known as the Buddha This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Shintoism: A religion unique to Japan whose name means “the way of the gods”; its main belief is reverence for the Kami. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Confucianism: a philosophy created by the Chinese scholar Confucius This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

Reincarnation: the belief that when a person dies, his/her soul is reborn into the body of another person or animal. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Dharma: he nature of reality regarded as a universal truth taught by the Buddha; the teaching of Buddhism This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Japan: is an island country in East Asia This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

India: country in South Asia India: country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Dukkha: suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

China: country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Junzi: Chinese philosophical term often translated as "gentleman" or "superior person"

Kami: Spirits Shinto followers believe live in nature. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Kami: Spirits Shinto followers believe live in nature.

Monotheistic: belief in one god This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Polytheistic: believing in more than one god. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Polytheistic: believing in more than one god.

Brahman: Supreme spirit in Hinduism; a “universal” spirit. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA