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India
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What is a piece of land called if it is large and surrounded by water? | Subcontinent |
What is the Himalayas highest peak? | Mount Everest |
What is also known as rainy season that lasts June through September? | Monsoon Season |
What plain is used to help grow crops? | Indo-Ganges Plains |
What is it when people grow only enough food for themselves? | Subsistence Farming |
What is on a plain in Pakistan? | Indus River Valley |
What lies between the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal? | Deccan Plateau |
What was a home to thousands of people? | Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
What was the language that the Assyrians spoke? | Sanskrit |
What was also know as a ''Book of Knowledge"? | Vedas |
Who held the highest position in society? | Brahmins |
What was also know as serfs? | Surdas |
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 about 270 B.C. | Ashoka |
What is the main religion in India? | Hinduism |
What is a collection of more than 1,000 hymns? | Rig Veda |
What is the source and final destination of everything? | Brahman |
What is the process in which a person goes from one life to another? | Reincarnation |
What is a life long group that he or she is born into? | Caste |
What was the religion that was established 4th century B.C.? | Buddhism |
Who was the man who started Buddhism? | The Buddha |
What was the town where Siddhartha meditated? | Bodh Gaya |
What was the state of pure goodness? | Enlightenment |
What is Buddhism based on? | Four Noble Truths |
What is a way of living that can help them find relief from their suffering? | Eight Fold Path |