India
People in India first settled here
What is the Indus River Valley
A person's actions could affect him in later lives
What is Karma?
Hindus and Sikhs worked together with this group to divide India
Who are the Muslims?
Belief in one god
What is monotheism?
Who lead a revolution that ended with India's independence?
Who is Gandhi?
The ultimate goal of Buddhism
What is Nirvana?
Belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
What is the MAIN religion of India
What is Hinduism?
The year India gained independence
What is 1947?
They were the monopoly power that originally established a trading company in India.
What is the British East India Company?
Divisions in Hindu society
What are castes?
One's religious duty in life
What is Dharma?
A large land mass smaller than a continent; a major subdivision of a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
Being reborn after death
What is reincarnation?
This percentage of South Asia is considered urban.
What is 35%?
The ultimate goal of Hinduism
What is Moksha?
What is the name of the country that was created for the Muslim majority and split from India?
What is Pakistan?
The Holy Scriptures of Hinduism are known as the
What is the Vedas?
Colonizers of India
What is Great Britain?
The language/writing system developed by the Indus Valley Civilization
What is Sanskrit?
A seasonal wind pattern that brings wet and dry seasons
What is a monsoon?
Buddhism split from Hinduism because Buddha did not agree with this social class practice
What is the Caste System?
The river that runs through India that is considered sacred to Hindus.
What is the Ganges?
What was one of the goods/resources that was traded from India?
What are spices, cotton, or indigo?
Claim over this piece of land is contested and has caused wars between India and Pakistan.
What is Kashmir?