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India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Water from other areas are called... | Subcontinent |
| What was the the Highest peak, was remeasured in the late 1990's ? | Mount Everest |
| the rainy season , which lasts from June through September? | Monsoon Season |
| Fan out to the East and west through the wide , flat plain called ... | Indo-Ganges Plain |
| People subsist , or live on , the food they grow what is it called? | Subsistence Farming |
| What lies on the plain in Pakistan ? | Indus River Valley |
| The land narrows toward the point of a ''diamond'' what is this region called? | Deccan Plateau |
| What were the two cities that were found in 1920 and in 1930? | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
| A different language from other people who were living in the valley were called .... | Sanskrit |
| What is an other thing you can say for Vedas? | ''Books of knowledge'' |
| What are brahmins ? | Priests and teacher |
| _______ or serfs , were given the lowest position in society. | Sudras |
| Is said to have been the founder of the Persian empire . What is he called? | Cyrus2 |
| Who brought the Persian empire to India? | Darius1 |
| Who took power in the 270 B.C.? | Ashoka |
| What is the main religion in India? | Hinduism |
| There are four Vedas , the oldest of which was the .... | Rig Valley |
| What is the source and final destination of everything .What is this called? | Brahman |
| The process through which a person goes from one life to another .What is this called ? | Reincarnation |
| A lifelong social group into which he or she is born. What is this called? | Caste |
| Emperor Ashoka spread ________ throughout South Asia.. | Buddhism |
| In which century was the Buddha born in? | Sixth century B.C. |
| Sitting silently under a tree near the town now called... | Bodh Gaya |
| A state of pure goodness what is the word for this definition ? | Enlightenment |
| Human suffering ,What is this called? | Four Noble Truth |
| A way of living that can help them find relief from their suffering what is this called? | Eightfold Path |