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Question | Answer |
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Regions that are so large and they are separated by water and other land areas. | Subcontinent |
It's highest peak, was remeasured in the late 1990s.it reaches 29,035 feet into the sky. | Mount Everest |
What is another name for Rainy season in South Asia? | Monsoon season |
From sources in the Himalayas, they fan out to the east and west through the wide , flat plain. | Indo-Ganges Plain |
Many families grow food with small groups of people in their village. | Subsistence Farming |
Much of the population lives in crowded farming villages on the Indo-Ganges Plain | Indus River Valley |
South of the Indus-Ganges Plain, the land begins to rise. At this point of the land narrows the point of a "Diamond" | Deccan Plateau |
Archaeologist uncovered several ancient cities in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan, What were two of these cities. | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
A different language from other people who were living in the valley. | Sanskrit |
According to the _____, the Aryans waged many wars among their groups. | Vedas |
What was the highest position in Society? | Brahmins |
What was the lowest position on Society? | Sudras or Surfs |
Who was the founder of the Persian Empire? | Cyrus II |
Who followed Cyrus and brought the Persian Empire to India? | Darius I |
Who took power in 270 B.C.? | Ashoka |
What was the main religion in India and is the oldest religion in the World? | Hinduism |
what is the oldest Veda out of the Four? | Rig Veda |
What is the final destination and is a source? | Brahman |
Is the process through which a person goes from on life to the next. | Reincarnation |
A lifelong social group into which he or she is born. | Caste |
A religion that was established in India in the fourth Century. | Buddhism |
who was The man who created Buddhism? | Buddha |
Sitting silently under a tree near the town no called _____ _______ . | Bodh Gaya |
A state of pure goodness | Enlightenment |
Buddhism is based on? | Four Noble Truths |
A way of living that can help them find relief from their suffering. | Eightfold Path |