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India
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Question | Answer |
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This region is so large and separated by water from other land areas, it is called a what? | Subcontinent |
what is the tallest mountain in the Himalayan Mountain Range, also known as the tallest mountain in the world? | Mount Everest |
What rainy season lasts from June through September? | Monsoon Season |
From sources in the Himalayas, they fan out to the east and west through the wide, flat plain called the Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the ____ | Indo-Ganges Plains |
People subsist, or live on, the food they grow, what is this called? | Subsistence farming |
What valley lies on the plain in Pakistan? | Indus River Valley |
Land narrows toward the point of a "diamond." What is this region called? | Deccan Plateau |
Archaeologists uncovered several ancient cities in the Indus Valley in Pakistan. What two cities were they? | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
what's the name of the language the Aryans spoke? | Sanskrit |
what's another word for "Books of knowledge"? | Vedas |
What are brahmins? | Priest or teachers |
What were surfs known as? | Sudras |
Who is said to be the founder of the Persian Empire? | Cyrus ll |
What king followed Cyrus and brought the Persian Empire into India | Darius l |
Who took power of India in 270 B.C | Ashoka |
What is the main religion in India which is the world's oldest | Hinduism |
Which of the four Vedas is the oldest? | Rig Veda |
Some Hindus recognize only one universal being, what is the source and final destination of everything? | Brahma |
What is the process through which a person goes from one life to the next? | Reincarnation |
What's a lifelong social group in which in India every Hindu is traditionally a member of? | Caste |
What did Emperor Ashoka spread throughout South Asia? | Buddhism |
In the sixth century B.C, who was born during this century according to Buddhist tradition? | The Buddha |
Bodh Gaya | |
What's a state of pure goodness called? | Enlightenment |
Four Noble Truths | |
What did Buddhist believe in that it was a way of living that can help them find relief from their suffering? | Eightfold Path |