India I
The regional conflict over Kashmir primarily involves what two religious groups?
Hindus & Muslims
What is the only way a caste level gains members?
What is birth?
What was Richard Parker's real name ??
What is Thirsty?
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers.
With the Partition of British India in 1947, what country was essentially created as a Muslim homeland?
What is Pakistan?
What physical landform separates India from the rest of Asia?
The Himalayas
In Hinduism, a state of being influenced by a person’s actions and conduct; determines the kind of life into which a person will be reborn.
What is Karma?
What was the name of the ship Pi and his family were traveling on? Where were they heading
What is the Tsimtsum? Canada ?
If Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother, then who am I to Teresa?
I am Teresa's daughter
Where was Gandhi when he realized he needed to help India?
Where is South Africa?
In the winter, dry winds blow from land to sea.
In the summer, winds blow from sea to land. They bring rain for crops.
What are these seasonal winds called?
What are Monsoons ?
In Hinduism, the rebirth of a person’s soul into another body after death.
What is Reincarnation?
Name all the animals on "Pi's Ark"
Zebra, Hyena, Orangutan and Tiger
I start with M, end with X, and have never ending amount of letters. What am I?
What is a mailbox?
Because South Asia has clear physical boundaries that set it apart from the rest of the Asian continent, the term _______________ is often used to refer to the entire Indian peninsula
What is subcontinent?
The bottom level underneath the caste system were called
What are untouchables ?
A widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century BC.
What is Buddhism ?
This animal was sacrificed to Richard Parker to teach Pi and his brother a lesson
What is a goat?
What word in the English language does the following:
The 1st 2 letters signify a male, the 1st 3 letters signify a female, the 1st 4 letters signify a great, while the whole word signifies a great woman.
What is the word?
What is a heroine?
Which of the following occurred as a result of the 1947 Partition of British India?
A) Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan; Hindus migrated from Pakistan to India
B) Muslims migrated from Pakistan to India; Hindus migrated from India to Pakistan
What is (A)
A fixed social class into which a person is born.
Hint: They stayed in their class their entire lives and members from different classes didn't mix.
What is the Caste System?
Because of its high degree of tectonic activity, South Asia is prone to:
What are earthquakes and tsunamis?
Piscine Molitor Patel was named after this.
What is a swimming pool in France?
When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me.
What is a secret?
How did Gandhi die ?
He was assassinated.