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Physical Geography
Population
Hinduism
Caste System
Settlement and Society
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Himalayas in the north, Thar Desert in the west, Arabian Sea in the west, and Bay of Bengal in the east.
What is the reason India is considered its own sub-continent?
100
2nd largest country in the world, most densely populated country, 1/3 the size of the U.S.
What is the significance of India's population?
100
believe in one supreme creator; worship many gods
What is the reason some people think that Hinduism is a monotheistic religion? polytheistic?
100
distinct, born and die within it
What is the caste system?
100
Aryan, about 3000 BC
What is the first group to come to India? When?
200
tropical
What is the climate in most of India?
200
1.7% and yes in 2032
What is the growth rate of India and will it ever surpass China's population?
200
destroyer of ignorance, protector, lord of success, goddess of prosperity
What is Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesh, and Lakshmi?
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Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Shudras, Dalits
What is levels of the caste system (in order of highest to lowest)?
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through the Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains
What is the way the Aryan's came to India?
300
trade, transportation, hydro electric power
What is the reasons that the river are so helpful in South Asia?
300
stage 3
What is the stage of the demographic transition model that India is in?
300
Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita
What is the sacred texts of Hinduism?
300
untouchables, traditionally prevented from associating with any other caste, do the most unclean work, about 160-180 million of them in India
What is the Dalits?
300
ancient Sanskrit language and written sacred text
What is the things that the Aryans brought with them to India?
400
Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra
What is Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh major rivers?
400
problems with the infrastructure
What is the problem with a lot of people moving to the cities in India?
400
all living things have soul, earth is temporary, ultimate goal is liberation
What is the main beliefs of Hinduism?
400
priests and religious teachers and judges, warrior and politician, merchant and land owning farmers, common laborers
What is Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Shudras occupations?
400
rising sea levels
What is the reason the Maldives are disappearing and becoming uninhabitable?
500
seasonal reversal of winds
What is the monsoon impact?
500
70% rural, agricultural, too many people
What is the reason that India isn't very developed?
500
acceptance of current life, continuing to live it with good deeds and good/bad deeds come back to you in the next life
What is dharma and karma?
500
can't marry out of their caste level
What is the rule about marriage in India?
500
November-April, May-October
What is the dry season? wet season?