One of Gandhi's strategies for dealing with British colonists. Refusing to eat.
What is fasting?
100
The Indus River floods this many times a year
What is 2?
100
India's climate could best be described as _____________ and _____________
What is hot and humid?
100
India's system of government
What is democracy?
200
Mountain range to the west of India
What is the Hindu Kush?
200
One of Gandhi's strategies for dealing with British colonists. Refusing to obey unjust laws
What is civil disobedience?
200
When the Indus River floods, it deposits this fertile material on the ground, making farming easier.
What is silt?
200
A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons
What is a monsoon?
200
The system that broke India's society into unchanging social groups based on birth
What is the Caste System?
300
A landmass smaller than a continent and separated from the rest of the continent
What is a subcontinent?
300
One of Gandhi's strategies for dealing with British colonists. Examples include sitting in the streets and not fighting back against attackers.
What is non-violence?
300
People along the Indus River could ____________________ when the river would flood, making it reliable.
What is predict?
300
Not enough rain from monsoons can cause a _____________________, which can dry up crops
What is drought?
300
In this country, social class is determined by money, you can have relationships with people from other classes, and you can move up or down to different classes.
What is USA?
400
The first people in South Asia settled here
What is the Indus River?
400
One of Gandhi's strategies for dealing with British colonists. Refusing to buy goods from a group.
What is a boycott?
400
The two ancient cities along the Indus River.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?
400
Too much rain from monsoons can cause severe ________________________, which can wash away crops
What are floods?
400
In this country, social class is determined by birth, you cannot have a relationship with someone from a different class, and you can not move up or down into a different class
What is India?
500
The Indus River is located in this country
What is Pakistan?
500
Act of civil disobedience in which Gandhi led a group of people to the sea to make their own salt
What is the Salt March?
500
The other major river people in India settled on
What is the Ganges River?
500
Flooding or drought can cause, _______________________, or widespread hunger caused by a shortage of food.
What is famine?
500
Number of classes in the Caste System (including Untouchables)