Physical Geography
The island off the Southern tip of India
What is Sri Lanka?
Main colonizers of India
Who are the British?
The most popular language family spoken in India.
What is Indo-European?
a specific type of cow domesticated independently in India.
What are zebu cattle?
Predominantly Muslim populated country that has had many border disputes with India.
What is Pakistan?
The Northern geographic marker of the Indian Subcontinent.
What are the Himalayan mountains?
British leader who tried to get India and Pakistan to agree on a partition.
The lowest caste in the Indian caste system.
Who are the untouchables?
a civilization that lasted from 2400 - 1750 BC, that had African rice, no fortifications, and metal tools.
What is the Harappan Civilization?
What is the Mauryan Empire?
The supercontinent that India broke free from 180 million years ago.
What is Gondwanaland?
The three regions that the Indian subcontinent is at the crossroads of.
What are Ethiopian, Oriental, and Palearctic regions?
Group from the Southern parts of India who have straight dark hair and dark skin
Who are the Dravidians?
What is Mehrgarh?
leader who took on a program of peaceful resistance in order to achieve Indian independence.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?