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India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a continent surrounded by water? | Subcontinent |
| What is the tallest mountain in the world? | Mount Everest |
| What is another name for rainy season? | Monsoon season |
| What is another name for Indo-Gangetic Plain? | Indo-Ganges Plain |
| What is it called when a farmer only grew food only for his family? | Subsistence farming |
| What river lies in the plain of Pakistan? | Indus River (Valley) |
| What lies between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal? | Deccan Plateau |
| What two cities were homes to thousands of people in India? | Harappa and Monhenjo-Daro |
| What is a another name for "Books of Knowledge"? | Vedas |
| Who held the highest position in India ? | Brahminds |
| Who had the lowest position in India? | Sudras |
| What is a different language from other people in the valley? | Sanskirt |
| Who was the founder of the Persian Empire? | Cyrus ii |
| Who was the man who brought the Persian Empire to India? | Darius i |
| Who took power in 270 B.C.? | Ashoka |
| What is the main belief in India? | Hinduism |
| What is the collection of more the one thousand hymns? | Rig Veda |
| What is the source of the final destination of everything? | Brahman |
| What is the process when a person has another body after death? | Reincarnation |
| What is a lifelong social group into which he/she is born? | Caste |
| What was spread throughout south Asia? | Buddhism |
| A man born in the sixth century B.C was considered what? | Buddha |
| According to Buddhist tradition, sitting quietly under a tree near the town called what? | Bodha Gaya |
| What is a name for state of pure goodness? | Enlightment |
| What is Buddhism based on? | Four Noble Truths |
| Buddhist also believed in what? | Eightfold Path |