The mountain range that forms a natural border/boundary between China and India.
What is the Himalayan Mountains
The second largest country in Asia in population
What is India
One of the reasons that India was partitioned in 1947
What is religion
According to the plate tectonics theory, the Himalaya Mountains and Tibetan Plateau formed because the Indian Plate
What is collided with the Eurasian Plate
The country that has Mt. Everest
What is Nepal
Country that borders India to the west
What is Pakistan
Name of a monotheistic religion practiced in Pakistan
Islam
Name of the country that colonized India until the mid-twentieth century.
What is Great Britain
The name of the river that helped to form one of the earliest civilizations in the world
What is the Indus River
The capitol of Pakistan
What is Islamabad
Religion of South Asia that does not have a founder
What is Hinduism
During the winter months, what are two characteristics of the monsoon season
more precipitation; warmer climate; colder climate; less precipitation
What is colder climate and less precipitation
Name of the longest river in India
What is the Ganges
Capitol of the second largest country in Asia
What is New Delhi
Name of the religion that believes in the Eight-Fold Path and Nirvana
What is Buddhism
The rigid social structure in place in India
What is the caste system
Mountain ranges that are found both in southwest and southeast India
What are the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
Country that is on the eastern side of India. It is found right off of its coast.
What is Sri Lanka
In his teachings, Siddhartha Gautama directed his followers to...
respect the caste system
follow the Eight-Fold Path to overcome their desires
fast during Ramadan.
What is follow the Eight-Fold Path to overcome their desires
For which primary reason has the traditional role of women in India changed during the twentieth century?
Growing separatist movements; Increase urbanization;
Religious persecution; Passive resistance to patriarchy
What is increased urbanization