Vocabulary
Hinduism
Caste System
Indus Valley
Kashmir
100
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
100
This central belief of Hindus means that a person's soul will be reborn over and over again.
What is reincarnation?
100
They are without caste.
Who are Dalits?
100
Evidence of this includes: a writing system, craft specialization, social stratification, and cities.
What is civilization?
100
Name of the Hindu leader of the Indian National Congress, not Gandhi.
Who is Nehru?
200
Low-lying mountains.
What are ghats?
200
It's the positive and negative forces behind a person's actions.
What is karma?
200
These are the priests.
Who are Brahmins?
200
A male deity from the Indus Valley.
What is a horned animal god?
200
Name of the Muslim leader that insisted on an independent Pakistan in 1947.
Who is Jinnah?
300
Winds that blow across India pulling moisture from the Indian Ocean.
What is a monsoon?
300
It's the belief that one must do one's duty in life according to one's station in life.
What is dharma?
300
They are the warriors?
Who are Kshatriyas?
300
Evidence exists that the cities of the Indus Valley traded with this Mesopotamian city.
What is Akkad?
300
The state of Muslims in relation to the Hindu population in India.
What is a minority?
400
A storm similar to a hurricane but that occurs in the Indian Ocean.
What is a cyclone?
400
These people brought Hinduism to India.
Who are the Aryans?
400
They are the farmers and laborers.
Who are Sudras?
400
Type of crop grown in the Indus Valley.
What is barley, wheat, or cotton?
400
Term used to describe Muslims revolting in Kashmir against India.
What is Islamic (or Muslim) extremists?
500
A flat landform created from the deposit of sediment from rivers.
What is an alluvial plain?
500
This will happen to a person if they seek to join a higher caste during life.
What is to be born to a lower caste in the next life?
500
They are the merchants and traders.
Who are Vaisyas?
500
Evidence fund in Mesopotamia that it traded with the Indus Valley cities.
What is Harappan seals or the Akkadian word for Indus Valley?
500
Name of the border separating Pakistani controlled Kashmir from India controlled Kashmir.
What is the Line of Control?
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