Physical Geography
Capitals
Religion
Vocabulary
History
100
This river was a foundation for civilization and runs through Pakistan and Northern India.
What is the Indus River?
100
This capital city in Urdu means "city of Islam".
What is Islamabad?
100
This is the main religion of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
What is Islam?
100
This region is northern India and Pakistan is contested and has been a reason for war.
What is Kashmir?
100
This man was influential in obtaining Indian independence.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
200
This river is in Northern India and Bangladesh. It is the holiest river in Hinduism.
What is Ganges River?
200
This capital city is the largest city in South Asia.
What is New Dehli?
200
This is the main religion of India.
What is Hinduism?
200
This is the Muslim Empire who ruled beginning in the early 1500s.
What is Mughal Empire?
200
This is the former name of Bangladesh when it received its independence from Great Britain in 1947.
What is East Pakistan?
300
This river flows through India, Nepal, and China.
What is the Brahmaputra River?
300
This capital city has the highest population density of South Asian city. It is also known as the "city of mosques".
What is Dhaka?
300
This nonviolent religion shares the belief of Ahisma with Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is Jainism?
300
This people group of Nepal are known for their mountaineering ability.
What is the Sherpa people?
300
This is the period of British rule in India which lasted nearly 90 years, from 1857 to 1947.
What is raj?
400
This plateau is in the southern part of India. It is located between the Eastern and Western Ghats.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
400
This is the capital of Nepal.
What is Kathmandu?
400
Siddhartha Gautama said the root of all suffering arises from this.
What is desire?
400
This Indo-Aryan people crossed the strait separating India and Sri Lanka in the sixth century BC.
Who are the Sinhalese?
400
This large Indian Empire ruled from 322-185 BCE. It is the largest empire in Indian history.
What is the Maurya Empire?
500
A large desert in Northwest India forming a border between India and Pakistan.
What is the Thar Desert?
500
This is the capital of Bhutan.
What is Thimphu?
500
Name the four castes of Hinduism.
What are the Brahmin, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. Dalits are the untouchables outside of the caste system.
500
A Dravidian Hindu people, who arrived in Sri Lanka in the fourth century, settling in the north while the Sinhalese moved further South.
Who are the Tamil?
500
This is the current Prime Minister of India.
Who is Narendra Modi?
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