Vocabulary
Geography
Culture
History
potpourri
100

A large distinct landmass that is joined to a continent

What is a subcontinent

100
The principle river of India, which is considered holy by the Hindus.
What is the Ganges
100
The most common religion in India
What is Hinduism
100
When the Indian subcontinent received its independence, the land was divided into these two countries.
What are India and Pakistan
100

335 million years ago, the continents were all part of this super-continent?

What is Pangea

200
Seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia
What are monsoons
200
The highest peak in the Himalayas
What is Mt. Everest
200

This social system divides people into life-long social positions at birth. People are born into it, and cannot change.

What is the caste system

200
India and Pakistan received their independence from this colonial power.
What is Great Britain
200

Name one country in the Himalayas

India, Nepal, Bhutan

300

_____ is a plant fiber used to make rope. It is a main agricultural export of Bangladesh

What is Jute

300
The Indian subcontinent is separated from the continent of Asia by the ________________ Mountain Range.
What is the Himalayas
300
The most common religion in Pakistan
What is Islam (Muslim)
300
This country was created when it received its independence from Pakistan in 1971.
What is Bangladesh
300

Identify the egg shaped island nation southeast of India.

What is Sri Lanka

400

Soil deposit at the mouth of a river. Shaped like a triangle.

What is a delta.

400
Large desert that spans portions of India and Pakistan
What is the Thar Desert
400
The region of South Asia is the birthplace of which two major religions.
What are Buddhism and Hinduism
400

Siddhartha Gautama is also known as _______ in the Buddhist religion.

What is the buddha

400

Many farmers in India are _______ farmers, which means they grow food to survive and eat (not to sell).

What are subsistence farmers.

500

The Hindu belief that a soul is born into a new body after dying.

What is reincarnation

500

Important river that runs through Pakistan and India. Site of the earliest civilization in the region

What is the Indus river

500

The sacred animal of Hinduism

What are cows

500

What happened to the ancient Harrapan Civilization, which arose along the Indus River?

Nobody knows.

500

Identify the 4 layers of the earth.

What are the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust.

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