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A large, distinct landmass that is joined to a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
100
The long, high mountain range that separates Northern India from China.
What are the Himalayas?
100
The coldest climate region of South Asia.
What is the Highland Climate?
100
Both a religion and a way of life.
What is Hinduism?
100
The earliest civilization in South Asia.
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
200
Hindu self-identification by a group that defines one's occupation and social position.
What is a jati?
200
The largest country of South Asia.
What is India?
200
Seasonal winds of South Asia.
What are the Monsoons?
200
For Hindus, rebirth as another living being.
What is reincarnation?
200
The empire that came to power from about 320 - 550 AD.
What is the Gupta Empire?
300
A Sikh meaning 'teacher'.
What is a guru?
300
The island nation off of the southeastern tip of India.
What is Sri Lanka?
300
A South Asia storm with high winds and heavy rains.
What is a cyclone?
300
Good deeds by a believer that lead toward a higher level.
What is Karma?
300
World famous white marble palace built as a tomb in the 1660s.
What is the Taj Mahal?
400
The repetitive chant of Monks in prayer.
What is a mantra?
400
The famous mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
What is the Khyber Pass?
400
A desert climate that keeps the land along the lower Indus River arid and windswept.
What is the Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert)?
400
A practical way to achieve human happiness.
What is Buddhism?
400
A fortified Buddhist monastery in Bhutan.
What is a dzong?
500
Indian Hindu holy men.
What is a sadhus?
500
The most important river of South Asia.
What is the Ganges River?
500
Area where ebony trees, lush vines, and orchids grow.
What is a tropical rain forest?
500
An enlightened state for Buddhists where the follower encounters a state of insight, calm, and joy.
What is Nirvana?
500
The new name for East Pakistan that broke away from West Pakistan and formed its own state.
What is Bangladesh?
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