The reason India broke apart into 3 separate countries is because these two religious groups were fighting.
What Hindus and Muslims?
100
This is the leader of the Indian independence movement. He goes by these two names.
What is Mahatma or Mohandas Gandhi?
100
This mountainous region has been causing fights between the people of India and Pakistan.
What is the Kashmir region?
100
This is the type of government shared by Bhutan and Nepal.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
200
This physical features makes up the southern "triangle" of India.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
200
Explain the importance of dharma in Hinsuism.
Doing what is required of you based on your position in life.
200
The dividing of India into Pakistan and Bangladesh was called this.
What is the partition?
200
These are the people that inhabit the Himalaya Mountains and make a living giving tours up Mt. Everest.
Who are the Sherpas?
200
This is the religious book read by Hindus.
What is the Rig Veda.
300
These two mountain chains lie on either side of the Southrn portion of India.
What are the Eastern and Western Ghats?
300
This is escaping the cycle of rebirth through full enlightenment in the Hindu religion.
What is nirvana?
300
2 part question: Who are the Indian soldiers that rebelled against their British officers? What is it called when you rebel against authority?
Who are the Sepoys? What is a mutiny?
300
These are the two groups of people that inhabit Sri Lanka.
Who are the Tamil and the Sinhalese?
300
This is the name of the lowest caste and the highest caste in India.
What are the untouchables and the Bramhins?
400
Two part question: What is the tallest mountain peak in the Himalayas? What is the tallest mountain peak in the Indian Himalayas?
What is Mount Everest; K2?
400
This is the practice of believing in many gods.
What is polytheism?
400
This is to avoid doing business with someone based on beliefs.
What is a boycott?
400
This group of people conquered the Maldives Islands.
Who are Arab traders?
400
Approximately 2/3 of Indians rely on this for survival.
What is farming?
500
This is Pakistan's main river.
What is the Indus River?
500
This is the word that describes the large collection of gods that the Aryans brought into India when they invaded several centuries ago.
What is "pantheon"?
500
This is the name of the group of people that live in Southern India; they were originally moved here by the invading Aryans. They also have their own language.
Who are Dravidians?
500
This was the name of Sri Lanka prior to its independence.
What is Ceylon?
500
This is the first civilization to inhabit India; scientists believe they died out due to a climate change drying out the water supply.