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18 Cards in this Set
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What group of people introduced the caste system to India
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Aryans
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About 80% of the workers in the Maldives are employed in what industry
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Fishing
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Name an empire during ancient India's Golden, or Classical, Age
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Gupta
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What part of India includes fertile soils and grassy plains where cattle can graze
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The Deccan Plateau
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What is the major religion of Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Islam
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Summarize the religion or Hinduism
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A religion in which life is thought of as a cycle of death and rebirth
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Who led nonviolent protests that helped India win its independence
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Mohandas Gandhi
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What is a Siddhartha Gautam
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A person who gave up a life of luxury for one of meditation and reaching and founded Buddhism
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What nation ruled India for nearly 100 years
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British
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What weather system provides much of South Asia's fresh water
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Monsoons
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Name a great city built in the Indus River Valley around 2500 B.C.
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Mohenjo-Daro
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Are Bhutan's valleys and plains densely or sparsely populated
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Densely Populated
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What is formed wher the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers meet
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The Ganges Delta
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Name a city in Pakistan that is an industrial center that produces textiles and consumers goods
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Karachi, Pakistan
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How do Sri Lanka and the Maldives differ from the other countries in South Asia
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They are island countries
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What is a fact
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A statement that can be proved true
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What is an opinion
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Someone's thoughts or feelings
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Explain how religious beliefs and the natural resources of Kashmir have contributed to this quarrel
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In 1947, British India was divided along religious lines.
Eventually the countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh were formed as a Hindu country. Both India and Pakistan claimed an area called Kashmir. The people of Kashmir wanted to align with Pakistan. The leaders of Kashmir wanted to join India. India and Pakistan continue to dispute control of Kashmir, in part because of its supply of water for drinking and farming. |
