Geography
This mountain range in Nepal contains the tallest mountain on Earth.
This civilization, named for the river valley in which it formed, is the earliest known civilization on the Indian subcontinent.
What is the Indus River Valley Civilization?
This concept in Buddhism means literally "the condition of wanting nothing."
What is nirvana?
This is Gandhi's nickname, which means "Great Soul" or "father."
What is Mahatma?
This territory on the Northwest border of India has created conflict, as it is claimed by India, Pakistan, and China.
What is Kashmir?
This mountain range in Pakistan literally translates to "Hindu Killer".
What is the Hindu Kush?
This civilization's history confused Adolf Hitler, who tried to claim the name as the name of his "Master Race".
What is the Aryan Civilization?
This concept in Hinduism suggests that peoples' deeds in this life impact their next life.
What is karma?
This event, during which Indians marched over 500 miles to the ocean in spite of British laws, was an example of civil disobedience.
What is the Salt March?
This country was originally called "East Pakistan," but after a civil war, it became a separate nation.
What is Bangladesh?
This massive raised area contains most of central India, and is heavily populated.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
This early empire united Northern India, and the most famous leader was Asoka.
What is the Maurya Empire?
What is dharma?
This grisly event occurred when General Dyer ordered his troops to fire onto an unarmed crowd of Indians, who had gathered in spite of a British rule against large groups.
What is the Amritsar Massacre?
This nation, technically a parliamentary democracy, has alternated between democracy and periods of military dictatorship since its founding in 1947.
What is Pakistan?
This fertile area in the northeast of the subcontinent is supplied by the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers.
What is the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
This empire ruled during the "Golden Age" of Indian history, when mathematicians discovered the concept of "zero".
What is the Gupta Empire?
Also known as the "Dalits," this lowest social class was considered spiritually impure.
Who are the Dalits?
This concept, which roughly translates to "peace force," was Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance to British rule.
What is satyagraha?
This island nation, formerly Ceylon, fought a civil war between the Tamil and Sinhalese. It still has two capitals.
What is Sri Lanka?
This piece of land, which drifted to smash into the Asian continent, eventually formed the Indian subcontinent, as well as the mountains on its northern border.
What is Gondwanaland?
This last empire to rule India was destroyed when the British East India Company took over the country.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This concept in Hinduism means "freedom from the cycle of reincarnation."
What is moksha?
This leader of the Muslim League helped Gandhi with his efforts to win Indian Independence from Britain, then went on to become the first Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Who is Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
This mountain nation is a constitutional monarchy, and suffers due to lack of economic development.
What is Bhutan?