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16 Cards in this Set
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During the summer months in India, the monsoon brings?
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Heavy rain
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How has the location of the Himalaya Mountains benefited India?
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protection from enemies
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A traveler in the Thar Desert would be likely to see many?
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sand dunes
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What continent is India on?
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Asia
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how did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?
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Archaeologists found its ruins
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What do-Invaders, Floods, and Earthquakes-show about the civilization that included Mohenjodaro?
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theories for why it disappeared
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The discovery of a scale, stone weights, and a marked rod suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro?
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had uniform ways to measure
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Homes in Mohenjodaro had from one to a dozen rooms. What does this suggest about the city?
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Some people were wealthier than others
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In the caste system, how were people in India placed into a certain social class
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by birth
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Why did the Untouchables live in separate communities?
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they were considered unclean
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Which of these sentences is true of most Hindu temples?
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they contain elaborate sculptures
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The festival of Divali, which begins the Hindu New Year, celebrates what?
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The victory of good over evil
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Which animal became a symbol for the Hindu belief in reverence for life?
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the cow
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How was the Hindu belief about karma related to the caste system?
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People are in a caste because of how they lived in past lives
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The name "Buddha" meant one who was what?
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awakened
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What beliefs did Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
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enlightenment
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