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India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Because this region is so large and separated by water from other land areas, its is called what? | Its called a Subcontinent |
| __________ its highest peak, was remeasured in the late 1990's what was this mountain called? | It was called Mount Everest |
| Then came the ________ or the rainy season, which lasts from June through September what was it called? | The Monsoon season |
| From sources form the Himalayas, they fan out to the East and West through the wide, flat plain called the Indo-Gangetic Plains or the what other name? | Or the Indo-Ganges Plains |
| This process is called ______ because people subsist, or live on, the food they grow what? | The Subsistence farming |
| The ______ lies on the plain in Pakistan what was this river called? | It was called the Indus River Valley |
| This region is called the what? | It is called the Deccan Plateau |
| Two of this cities ___________ were homes to thousands of people what was this called? | It was called the Harappa and the Mohenjo-Daro |
| The Aryans spoke ___ a different language from other people who were living in the valley what was that other language called? | Sanskrit |
| The ____ or ''Book of Knowledge'', contains these writings what is it called? | Its called Vedas |
| Priest and teachers, or _____ held the highest position in society what is that other person called? | Brahmins |
| The _____ or serfs, were given the lowest position in society what was that person called? | Its called a Sudra's |
| _____ is said to have been the founder of the Persian Empire what was its name? | He was called Cyrus 2 |
| King ____ who followed Cyrus, brought the Persian Empire to India what was its name? | He was called Darius 1 |
| His grandson, ____ took power in about 270 b.c. who was he? | He was Ashoka |
| _______ is the main religion in India what was that religion called? | It is called Hinduism |
| There are 4 Vedas, the oldest of which is the what? | ts the Rig Veda |
| Some Hindus recognize only one universal being _____ that is the source and final destination of everything what it he called? | His name is Brahman |
| _____ is the process through which a person goes from one life to the next what is this process called? | It is called Reincarnation |
| In India every Hindu is traditionally a member of a what? | Of a Cast |
| Emperor Ashoka spread what throughout South Asia? | He spread Buddhism |
| According to Buddhist tradition the man who became ____ was born during this period. | It was the Buddha |
| According to Buddhist tradition, sitting silently under a tree near the town now called what? | Bodh Gaya |
| The Buddha stressed that people, not just priests, could achieve _____ or a state of pure goodness what was it? | It was Enlightenment |
| Buddhism is based on _____ about human suffering what were they called? | They were called Four Noble Truths |
| Buddhism also believed in the what that was a way of living that can help them find relief from there suffering? | It was the Eight fold path |
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