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India-Milagros
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Question | Answer |
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What is a large reign and separated by water from other land areas called ? | Subcontinent |
What mountain is in the Himalayas called ? | Mount Everest |
What is the name of the rainy season which lasts from June through September ? | Monsoon Season |
What is another name for the Indo-Gangetic Plain ? | Indo-Ganges Plains |
What do you call people that only grow crops for themselves ? | Subsistence Farming |
What valley lies on the plain in Pakistan ? | Indus River Valley |
What lies between the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal ? | Deccan Plateau |
What two cities was home to thousands of people and was uncovered by archaeologists ? | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
What did the Aryans speak that was a different language ? | Sanskrit |
What was know as the "Book of Knowledge" ? | Vedas |
Who were in the highest position in society that wasn't priest or teachers ? | Brahmins |
What is another word for serfs and were given the lowest position in society ? | Sundras |
Who was said to have been the founder of the Persian Empire ? | Cyrus ll |
Who followed Cyrus, brought the Persian Empire to India ? | Darius l |
Who took power in about 270 b.c ? | Ashoka |
What is the main religion in India ? | Hinduism |
What is the oldest Vedas out of the four ? | Rig Veda |
What is the source and final destination of everything in India ? | Brahma |
What is the process through which a person goes from one life to the next one ? | Reincarnation |
What is a lifelong social group in which he or she is born ? | Caste |
What did Emperor Ashoka spread throughout South Asia ? | Buddhism |
Who was the man that was born during this period ? | The Buddha |
What is it called when you are sitting silently under a tree near the town ? | Bodh Gaya |
What is the state of pure goodness called ? | Enlightenment |
What do the buddha use to understand enlightenment ? | Four Noble Truth |
What is a way of living that can help us find relief from their suffering called ? | Eightfold Path |