Vocabulary
British rule of India
What is the Raj?
The world's oldest religion
A collection of small islands (called atolls) located southwest of India
Where are the Maldives?
Seasonal wind patterns that bring heavy rain
What are monsoons?
The refusal to buy or use certain goods
What is a boycott?
What is a caste system?
The belief that your soul is reborn into another body once you pass away.
What is reincarnation?
This country was created as a result of activism from Muslims in South Asia and the partition of India
Where is Pakistan?
The parent language of Hindi, an ancient language that also greatly influenced the development of ancient Greek and Latin
What is Sanskrit?
The primary leader of India's independence movement.
Who was Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi?
When a company hires an outside company or individual to do work.
What is outsourcing?
The god of creation in Hinduism
Who is Brahma?
The capital city of India
Where is New Delhi?
The two official languages of India
What are English and Hindi?
The last empire of India
What is the Mughal Empire?
What is civil disobedience?
These four texts provide the basis for beliefs and practices in Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
The island nation southeast of India
Where is Sri Lanka?
A religion founded in India that rejects the caste system and shows respect to the original guru, or teacher
What is Sikhism?
The location of the South Asia's oldest civilizations
Where is the Indus River Valley?
The spread of enormously powerful atomic weapons
What is nuclear proliferation?
The five classes of the Hinduism/India caste system
Who are priests, warriors, traders, laborers, and untouchables?
The territory disputed between India and Pakistan (located in the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges)
Where is Kashmir?
The formal term to describe India's class of "untouchables"
What are dalits?
After fighting a civil war, East Pakistan became this country.
Where is Bangladesh?