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Vocabulary
Geography
Climate
Ancient India
Miscellaneous
100
Large landmass that is smaller than a continent
What is a subcontinent
100
Along with the Hindu Kush these mountiains helped seperate South Asia from the rest of Asia
What are the Himalayas
100

How many seasons are there in South Asia

What is 2

100

The two cities of Ancient India were Harappa and

What is Mohenjo-Daro

100

About how many people live in India today

What is about 1.3 billion

200
Seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia
What is a monsoon
200

Name 5 countires that make up the subcontinent of South Asia

What is India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives

200

The wet monsoon comes up off of the:

What is Indian Ocean

200
Their migration into the Indus Valley finalized its downfall
What are the Aryans
200

What river reportedly dried up or was diverted because of an earthquake leaving many cities without water

The Saraswati River

300

Regional version of a language with its own words, expressions, and pronuciations.

What is dialect

300

Deposits near the Indus help create abundant crops

What is soil

300
The dry monsoon comes down off of the:
What is land
300
The language developed by the Aryans
What is Sankskrit
300
The Kshatriyas were the
What are warriors
400

deposit 

to put or lay down, The river deposited soild and debris...

400

Movement of goods and people through the Hindu Kush mountains is possible because of

(We didn't really talk about this in class, but it's in our book)

What is the Khyber Pass

400

A synonym is a word that has a same or similar meaning to another. What is a a synonym for farming

What is agriculture

400
The social class at the top of society;priests
What is Brahman
400
The monsoons were a blessing because
What is they brought needed rain to water crops and showed cycle of life
500

Classes that the Aryans divided people into

What is Social Pyramid Extra:

Brahmana

Ksatria

Vaisya

Sudra

500

What rivers flow across the Northern plains of India

What are the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra

500

Different religious beliefs within one country shows its

What is cultural diversity

500

The more rigid system that developed out of the varna system

What is caste system

500
The monsoons were a curse because
What is if they came too late or brought too much rain the crops would not survive