Group who influenced the development of democracy and structure of government in India
What is British
100
Animal considered holy in Hinduism
What is cow
100
Process that creates the Himalayas
What is convergent tectonic plates
200
Physical boundary between India, Nepal, Bhutan and China
What is Himilayas
200
Ruled during the Golden Age of India
What is Gupta
200
Event that is considered the spark that ignited nationalism and the movement for independence from the British
What is Sepoy Rebellion
200
The Ganges and Indus River Valleys, as well as Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates, the Nile and the Yellow River in China are all examples of early _________ or areas where ideas and innovations spread from.
What is culture hearths
200
Because most of the region is located below the tropic of Cancer, it will experience _____ seasons- _____ and ____
What is 2, wet and dry
300
Seasonal winds that bring rain
What is monsoon
300
Siddhartha Guatama is known as _________ and he was from the area that is the modern country of _______
What is the first Buddha, Nepal
300
Mass starvation led to the _____________, which increased crop yield and improved farming practices
What is Green Revolution
300
Strategies used by Gandhi to gain independence from the British
What is boycotts, hunger strikes (non-violent non-cooperation, civil disobedience)
300
Religion that began in Nepal, spread by Asoka, but no longer significant in the region today
What is Buddhism
400
This feature defines Bangladesh because the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers meet in the country and flow into the Bay of Bengal
What is delta?
400
Group conquered and pushed south by the Aryans
What is Dravidians
400
Word that describes separating East and West Pakistan from India to create predominately Muslim countries.
What is partition
400
The Himalayas create a formidable natural border between this region and the rest of Asia. Because of this it is referred to as a
What is subcontinent
400
An area of dispute between India and Pakistan is _________, this was a result of the __________ of India and Pakistan and concerns the world because of the possibility for use of
_________
What is Kashmir, partition, nuclear weapons
500
The Maldives are an example of this vocabulary word
What is archipelago
500
Name for social hierarchy developed in South Asia
What is caste system
500
The language of Hindi developed from the early Aryan language of
What is Sanskrit
500
Another term for untouchable or oppressed
What is Dalit
500
Beliefs in Hinduism that keep the caste system in place