Geography
River valley that was home of India's ancient civilization
What is the Indus River Valley?
Belief that the soul is reborn into some other man or animal
What is reincarnation?
An important leader in the struggle for India's independence
Who is Gandhi?
a line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
Means "Enlightened One"
What is Buddha?
India's largest city
What is Mumbai?
Main religion of India
What is Hinduism?
"Father of Modern Missions"
Who is William Carey?
What are outcastes?
structure built as a tomb for the wife of an Indian ruler
What is the Taj Mahal?
One of India's main rivers
What is the Ganges? (Indus, Brahmaputra)
What is a monsoon?
India's first prime minister
Who is Nehru?
Math principle developed in India
What is place value? (zero, written numbers)
What is the Indian Ocean?
The capital of India
What is New Dehli?
the state of being free from suffering
Person who took cotton goods from India to Europe
Who is Alexander the Great?
Who were the Aryans?
What is the Indus River?
Body of water west of India
What is the Arabian Sea?
Cotton material first made in India
What is calico?
First European to reach India by sailing around Africa
Who was Vasco de Gama?
Country once called East Pakistan
What is Bangladesh?
Another country in Central and Southern Asia (from the map in the book)
What is Kazakhstan? (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka)