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Question | Answer |
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water from other areas is called | subcontinent |
the tibetans call _______goddess mother of the world | mount everest |
the rainy season which last from june through september | monsoon season |
fan out to the east and west through the wide flat plain called the | indo-ganges plains |
many families grow food just for themselves sometimes they trade with other families this process is called | subsistence farming |
the _____lies on the plain in pakistan | indus river valley |
the land narrows towards the point of a diamond this region is called | deccan plateau |
____and_______were homes to thousand of people | harappa,mohenjo-daro |
a different language from other people in the valley | sanskirt |
what is a vedas | a book of knowledge |
what are brahmins | priest or teachers |
the serfs that were given the lowest position is called a | sudras |
who has been the founder of the empire | cyrus II |
who followed cyrus and brought the persian empire to india | darius I |
who took the power in about 270 b.c. by the time the mauryan empire streched southward across the deccan plateau | ashoka |
what is the main religion in india | hinduism |
there are four veda the oldest of which is the _______ | rig veda |
the source and final destination of everything is the | brahma |
the process through which a person goes from one life to the next is called | reincarnation |
a lifelong social group into which he or she is born is called a | caste |
in the next century emperor ashoka spred___throughout south asia | buddhism |
the man who became ___________was born during the period | the buddha |
sitting silently under a tree near the town is called | bodh gaya |
a state of pure godness is called` | enlightment |
buddhism is based on__________about human suffering | four nobles truth |
a way of living that can help them find relief from there suffering was called | eightfold path |