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What this region is so large and separated by water from other land areas? subcontinent
What is the highest mountain? Mount Everest.
This is the rainy season, which lasts from June through September. monsoon season
they fan out to the east and west through the wide, flat plain called___________ Indo-Ganges Plains
Many families grow food just for themselves.Sometimes they trade food with small groups of people in their villages what is it called? Subsistence farming
The _____________________________ lies on the plain in Pakistan. Indus River Valley
South of the Indo-Ganges Plains this land is called what? Deccan Plateau
____________ AND ____________ were home to thousands of people. Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro
The aryans spoke this language what is it. Sanskrit
The _________ or "Books of Knowledge" Vedas
Priests and teachers, or _________ what is it? brahmins
The ________ or serfs, were given lowest position in society. Sudras
_______ is said to have been the founder of the Persian Empire Cyrus II
________ who followed Cyrus, brought the Persian Empire to India? Darius I
His grandson took power in about 270 b.c. Ashoka
This is the main religion in India Hinduism
There are four vedas, the oldest of which is the what? Rig Veda
Some Hindus recognize only one universal being what? Brahman
This is the process which one person goes to another life Reincarnation
_______ a lifelong social group into which he or she is born Caste
Emperor Ashoka spread _________ throughout South Asia Buddhism
The man who became who? the Buddha
This is a town that change their name sitting silently under a tree near the town now called what? Boda Gaghtfold pathya
The Buddha stressed that people, not just priests, could achieve Four Noble Truths
Buddhism is based on What? Four Noble Truths
Buddhist also believe in the what? Eightfold path
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