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The tallest mountains in the world.
What are the Himalayas?
100
Where the first Indian civilization began.
What is the Indus River Valley?
100
The date India gained independence.
What is August 14, 1947?
100
The two weather seasons in South Asia.
What are the summer and winter monsoons?
100
Traditional Nepalese mountain guides.
What are sherpas?
200
The three main rivers in South Asia.
What are the Indus, Ganges, and the Brahmaputra Rivers?
200
The reason Europeans came to South Asia.
What are spices and cloth?
200
Led the nonviolent resistance in India.
Who is Ganghi?
200
A storm that has the power to destroy farmland and wipe out villages.
What is a cyclone?
200
The three main religions of South Asia.
What are Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam?
300
The number of people living along the Ganges River.
What is 350 million people?
300
The "tool" the British used to gain a foothold in the Indian economy.
What is the British East India Company?
300
East and West Pakistan today.
What are Pakistan and Bangladesh?
300
The climate of the Deccan Plateau.
What is semi-arid?
300
Pakistani poetry readings.
What are mushairas?
400
An arm of the sea at the lower end of a river.
What is an estuary?
400
The name of the period of direct British Rule.
What is the Raj?
400
The area disputed by India and Pakistan.
What is Kashmir?
400
The rainy season months.
What is June through September?
400
The month of fasting.
What is Ramadan?
500
Mother Ganges in Indian.
What is Gangamai?
500
The leader of the Mauryan Empire.
Who is Asoka?
500
The terrorist group in Sri Lanka.
What are the Tamil Tigers?
500
The number of climate zones in South Asia.
What is six?
500
A geometric design that is a symbol of the universe used in meditation.
What is a mandala?