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EOC-india
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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? | 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 |
| what is the oldest Veda out of the Four? | rig veda |
| What is the final destination and is a source? | Brahman |
| Is the process through which a person goes from on life to the next. | reincarnation |
| A lifelong social group into which he or she is born. | caste |
| A religion that was established in India in the fourth Century. | Buddhism |
| who was The man who created Buddhism? | Buddha |
| Sitting silently under a tree near the town no called _____ _______ . | Bodh Gaya |
| A state of pure goodness | Enlightenment |
| Buddhism is based on? | Four Noble Truths |
| A way of living that can help them find relief from their suffering. | Eightfold Path |