GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA
This towering mountain range forms India’s northern boundary and includes Mount Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
This ancient civilization was famous for advanced city planning and drainage systems.
What is the Harappan (Indus Valley) Civilization?
British rule contributed this major transportation development to India.
What are the railroads?
This Hindu goal represents liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
What is moksha?
The Four Noble Truths focus on understanding and ending this human experience.
What is suffering?
This river, sacred to millions, flows across northern India.
What is the Ganges?
This ancient language shaped religious texts and poetry in India.
What is Sanskrit?
This leader used nonviolence to help India gain independence.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
In both Hinduism and Buddhism, this word means the consequences of one’s actions.
What is karma?
This branch of Buddhism emphasizes meditation and early teachings.
What is Theravada Buddhism?
These powerful seasonal winds bring South Asia its heavy summer rains.
What are the monsoons?
This ruler founded the Maurya Empire.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
This 2004 disaster this devastated coastlines across South and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean tsunami?
We say Hinduism is polytheistic. What does this mean?
Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism after achieving this spiritual state.
What is enlightenment?
This rugged range in the northwest has long served as a historic trade route.
What is the Hindu Kush?
Total Rando Question:
Who is this (Music)?
Get the correct answer and get the points plus make the other team do push ups.
Van Halen
In 1947, this event divided the region into India and Pakistan.
What is the Partition?
In Hinduism, this term means the universal spiritual force.
What is Brahman?
Name one of the Sikh "Ks"
Kesh (wooden club), Kangha (comb), Kara (bracelet), Kachera (under garments)(, Kirpan (knife)
This plain, stretching across northern India, is one of the most fertile farming regions on Earth.
Answer: What is the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
This empire, beginning in the 1500s, is remembered for art, architecture, and cultural achievements like the Taj Mahal.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This city is one of India’s most important modern economic hubs.
What is Mumbai?
This Jain principle means nonviolence toward all living beings.
What is ahimsa?
This Sikh scripture is considered the eternal spiritual guide.
What is the Guru Granth Sahib?