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CH.5 Study Guid
Question | Answer |
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country that was once east pakistan is now called what | bang la desh |
one of indias main rivers | ganges river |
what group of people invaded india from the north and developed the caste system | aryians |
indias largest city | mumbai |
an important math principal developed in india was | place value |
what river basin was home to indias ancient civilization | indus |
a main religion in india today | hinduism |
seasonal winds that bring lots of rain | monsoon |
a line of rulors that succeeded each other in the same family | dynasty |
free from suffering | nirvanna |
a cotton mateirial that usally has a checked fingerprint | calico |
a person broke the rules of his caste ,and was put out of his caste for the rest of his life | outcastes |
when someone or something dies its reborn into some other newborn man or animal | reincarnation |
built as a tomb for his favorite wife | taj mahal |
first european to reach india by sailing around africa | vasco de gama |
invaded india in the 300s B.C. and took cotten goods from india to europe | alexander the great |
first prime minister of india | nehru |
encouraged the people to refuse to obey the laws of the british goverment of india in order to achieve their goals | gandi |
the father of modern missions | william carey |
means ''enlighted one'' | buddha |