Mrs. Lindsey's study guide for India
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| Discrimination | Treating someone unfairly based on race, religion,gender or caste
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| Polythesism | Belief in many gods
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| Reincarnation | rebirth
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| Passive Resistance | Disagreeing without physical fighting
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| Boycott | not buying certain products because of your beliefs
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| Mythology | Ancient stories of gods and goddesses that explain things
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| Militant | Harsh and strict behavior
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| Debt | owing until you have no more to give
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| Developing Nation | (also known as a "third world nation")A country with a low standard of living, generally indicated by severe poverty, low income and education levels, high birth rate
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| Hinduism | one of the major religions of India- they believe in reincarnation and worship more than one god- polytheism. They established the caste system
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| Buddhism | one of the major religions of India- they believe in one god which is monothesism - Buddha. Founded by a Hindu prince who didn't like the caste system.
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| Sikhism | the religion that originated in the 1500. usually militant. combination of Hinduism and Islam. Guru Nanak started this religion and their holy book is called the Guru Granth.
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| Saddhartha Guatama | a Hindu prince that disliked Hinduism. He became enlightened and created Buddhism
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| Mohandas Gandhi | He freed India from British rule through passive resistance.
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| Brahma | Hindu cheif god and creator of all things in the universe.
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| Vishnu | Hindu preserver god.
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| Shiva | Hindu destroyer god.
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| Indira Gandhi | A prime minister of India extremely unpopular with the Sikhs and was assassinated in 1984.
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| Monotheism | belief in one god
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| Guru Nanak | The founder of the Sikh religion
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| Explain India's caste system | There were different levels of respect. From top to bottom: Brahmans, Kshatriya, Vaishyas, Sudra and then Untouchables.(or brahman, merchants, artisan, and untouchables)
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| What is an untouchable? | They weren't even on the caste system. They were highly discriminated against because the jobs they did were considered unclean.
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| How does Hinduism support the Caste system in India? | Hinduism supported this because they believed that if you did your job well in this life, then you will be made higher in your next life.
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| How did Buddhism develop because of the caste system? | Saddhartha Guatama didn't like this unfair caste system. So he created Buddhism.
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| Explain how foreign involvement and conquest affected India? | The foreign involvement hurt India. Many countries and religious groups would take over India and set up an unfair government. After the British let them set up their own government, India's development stopped.
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| Explain how India gained its independence from Britain and some of the problems that arose in the years since. | The foreign involvement hurt India they didn’t want to be ruled by the British. Gandhi helped India become independent through passive resistance. The involvement stopped the development.
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| Describe how the cultural differences in India affect the country | People fought over land. The Muslims and Hindus both got land and the Sikhs didn't. They thought it was unfair. The Sikhs didn’t want to practice Buddhism. They had many differences that were difficult to resolve.
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| Explain some of the major social problems that affect India | Bondmasters make parents think that the best choice is to give up their children so they can eat. Child labor is a big problem in India.
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| Describe Kumbh Mela | A Hindu festival celebrated every 6 years by Hindu pilgrims who gather from all over the world to come to the sacred Ganges River to cleanse
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| Explain some positive and negative aspects of India's economy | Negatives: High poverty rate, many issues with child labor, little money Positives: Beautiful area for tourism, Taj Mahal The economy is slowly getting better
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| Monotheism | belief in one God
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