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44 Cards in this Set
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____ Is a seasonal shift in the prevailing wind that influences large climate regions.(dry in winter/heavy rains in the summer).
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Monsoon
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Before gaining independence in 1947, the countries ___ and ___ were part of india.
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Bangladesh and Pakistan
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The ___ bring practically all the rain that falls on south asia.Lowland populations face the danger of ___ , a sudden rise in the water level of the ocean. The country , ____ can be hit hard.
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Monsoons,Storm Surge,Bangladesh
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East india and Bangladesh get ___ inches of rain during the monsoon , ___ feet .
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450 inches , 40 feet
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South Asia is almost ___ times as crowded as the U.S.
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10 times
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Most of South Asia is rural , only ___ % live in urbadn areas.
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25%
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Only about half of the people in India understand a language called ___ . There are over ___ newspapaers in different languages. There are different regional dialects too
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Hindi, 50 newspapers
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The Majority of people in India practise ___ , Which is an ancient ___ religion, a belief in many gods. It has No dogma , No founder, and No hierarchy.
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Hinduism , Polytheistic
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____ , the creator of Hinduism, gave every living thing a spirit or soul. Many are vegetarians and ___ are sacred and are allowed to wander freely through city streets.
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Brahma , Cow ( Zebu )
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In Hinduism , The ___ river is thought to be sacred , Drinking or bathing in its water can purify the soul and heal the body.
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Ganges
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In Hinduism, ___ is the belief that the souls of human beings and animals go through a series of births,deaths, and rebirths called ___ ... Under the law of ___ , the effect of man's actions on his destiny over many lives.
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Transmigration of souls , Reincarnation , Karma
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The Holiest City in India
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Varanasi
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Hindi society has been organized since ___ according to the ___ .
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3,000 b.c. , Caste System
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Hindi Soceity
1st _________ 2nd _________ 3rd _________ 4th _________ Unranked are ___ or ___ |
1st = Brahmins
2nd = Kshatriyas 3rd = Vaisyas 4th = Sudra Untouchables or Outcasts |
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what is nirvana ?
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Soul freed from passion,hatred,and delusion and soul can be released
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___ helped get this system outlawed but it still exist today.(law in 1952)
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Gandhi
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___ Is indias capital , ___ is the money , ___ is indias cow
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New Delhi , Rupee , Zebu
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___ is what the red dot a women wears on her forehead means.
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Goodluck
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In India ___ marriages are normal . ___ is veiling by Hindu and Muslims
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Arranged , Purdah
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In the 6th century , a man named Siddhartha Gautama ( age 29 ) changed his beliefs from Hinduism. His followers called him ___ , The enlighted one.
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Buddha
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___ believed that life was evil and filled with misery , but one could escape evile by 1) good deeds 2) self knowledge , and giving up all worldly desires.
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Buddha
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___, followers of Islam were conquered by religions rather than by the sword around the year 1,000
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Muslims
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By 1526, The ___ dynasty was founded , India's most powerful.
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Mogul
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___ is the beautiful example of Islamic architecture from the mogul dynasty.
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Taj Mahal
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The ___ between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been historically crucial for the control of India. It is 28 miles long.The road and restroom is still strategic.
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Khyber pass
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In the 1500's Europeans came to India for ____ and natural resources. They wanted ___, a blue dye ; ___ , a tropical plant used for making rope and burlap ... sugar,tea,cotton,ginger,pepper, and other spices
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Raw Materials , Indigo , Jute
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___ won control of India from the French in 1757. Then they built the railroad there .
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British
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British reforms made: ___ was outlawed , ___ became the language taught in schools , ___ was outlawed , ___ was outlawed , the practise in which widows burned themselves alive on their husband's funeral pyres , and indians became second class citizens in their own country .
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Slavery , English , Killing female babies , Sutte
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___ Was the site of an early civilization
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Indus
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___ Is the worlds highest point and ___ is the 2nd highest
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Mt.Everst , Mt.Kailas
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___ is Hindu sacred river
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ganges
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___ is the body of water east of india in the northern part of the indian ocean.
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Bay of Bengal
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___ is holy to hindus and buddhists because it contains the thrones of the gods.
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Mt.Kailas
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___ led india's struggle toward independence. His name is later changed to ___ , meaning " The Great Soul".
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Mohandas Gandhi , Mahatma
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Gandhi's was powerful weapon was ___.
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Non Violent Resistance
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Gandhi called for a ___ on british goods , refusal to buy to force change. Because he opened thread (homespun) for cloth and encouraged others to do the same, the ___ became a symbol of national pride.
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boycott , Spinning Wheel
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India had problems between there ethnic groups : ___ , often landowners , and ___ , who were usually peasents.
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Hindus , Muslims
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As the british prepared to leave , fighting broke out between the 2 groups. The solution to ___ , divide into parts , was the answer.
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partition
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The republic of india was mostly ___ and pakistan was mostly ___. (independence for both in 1947) ___ refugees moved.
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Hindu , Muslims , 12 million
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west pakistan and east pakistan had conflict . India sided with _____ which became known as _____ when it became independent. it means "_____"
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East Pakistan , Bangladesh , Bengali Nation
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India Religions :
Hindus = __% Muslims = __% Christians = __% |
83%
11% 2% |
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India's principal crop is ____ . (2nd in world production ; china is 1st)
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Rice
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Offcial language in India is ___ and ___ dialects spoken
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Hindi , 1600
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Gandhi was assassinated on __ __, ____ (date) on his way to evening prayer by a hindu fanatic
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January 30,1948
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