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- ____ Is a seasonal shift in the prevailing wind that influences large climate regions.(dry in winter/heavy rains in the summer).
- Monsoon
- Before gaining independence in 1947, the countries ___ and ___ were part of india.
- Bangladesh and Pakistan
- The ___ bring practically all the rain that falls on south asia.Lowland populations face the danger of ___ , a sudden rise in the water level of the ocean. The country , ____ can be hit hard.
- Monsoons,Storm Surge,Bangladesh
- East india and Bangladesh get ___ inches of rain during the monsoon , ___ feet .
- 450 inches , 40 feet
- South Asia is almost ___ times as crowded as the U.S.
- 10 times
- Most of South Asia is rural , only ___ % live in urbadn areas.
- 25%
- Only about half of the people in India understand a language called ___ . There are over ___ newspapaers in different languages. There are different regional dialects too
- Hindi, 50 newspapers
- The Majority of people in India practise ___ , Which is an ancient ___ religion, a belief in many gods. It has No dogma , No founder, and No hierarchy.
- Hinduism , Polytheistic
- ____ , the creator of Hinduism, gave every living thing a spirit or soul. Many are vegetarians and ___ are sacred and are allowed to wander freely through city streets.
- Brahma , Cow ( Zebu )
- In Hinduism , The ___ river is thought to be sacred , Drinking or bathing in its water can purify the soul and heal the body.
- Ganges
- In Hinduism, ___ is the belief that the souls of human beings and animals go through a series of births,deaths, and rebirths called ___ ... Under the law of ___ , the effect of man's actions on his destiny over many lives.
- Transmigration of souls , Reincarnation , Karma
- The Holiest City in India
- Varanasi
- Hindi society has been organized since ___ according to the ___ .
- 3,000 b.c. , Caste System
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Hindi Soceity
1st _________
2nd _________
3rd _________
4th _________
Unranked are ___ or ___ -
1st = Brahmins
2nd = Kshatriyas
3rd = Vaisyas
4th = Sudra
Untouchables or Outcasts - what is nirvana ?
- Soul freed from passion,hatred,and delusion and soul can be released
- ___ helped get this system outlawed but it still exist today.(law in 1952)
- Gandhi
- ___ Is indias capital , ___ is the money , ___ is indias cow
- New Delhi , Rupee , Zebu
- ___ is what the red dot a women wears on her forehead means.
- Goodluck
- In India ___ marriages are normal . ___ is veiling by Hindu and Muslims
- Arranged , Purdah
- In the 6th century , a man named Siddhartha Gautama ( age 29 ) changed his beliefs from Hinduism. His followers called him ___ , The enlighted one.
- Buddha
- ___ believed that life was evil and filled with misery , but one could escape evile by 1) good deeds 2) self knowledge , and giving up all worldly desires.
- Buddha
- ___, followers of Islam were conquered by religions rather than by the sword around the year 1,000
- Muslims
- By 1526, The ___ dynasty was founded , India's most powerful.
- Mogul
- ___ is the beautiful example of Islamic architecture from the mogul dynasty.
- Taj Mahal
- The ___ between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been historically crucial for the control of India. It is 28 miles long.The road and restroom is still strategic.
- Khyber pass
- In the 1500's Europeans came to India for ____ and natural resources. They wanted ___, a blue dye ; ___ , a tropical plant used for making rope and burlap ... sugar,tea,cotton,ginger,pepper, and other spices
- Raw Materials , Indigo , Jute
- ___ won control of India from the French in 1757. Then they built the railroad there .
- British
- British reforms made: ___ was outlawed , ___ became the language taught in schools , ___ was outlawed , ___ was outlawed , the practise in which widows burned themselves alive on their husband's funeral pyres , and indians became second class citizens in
- Slavery , English , Killing female babies , Sutte
- ___ Was the site of an early civilization
- Indus
- ___ Is the worlds highest point and ___ is the 2nd highest
- Mt.Everst , Mt.Kailas
- ___ is Hindu sacred river
- ganges
- ___ is the body of water east of india in the northern part of the indian ocean.
- Bay of Bengal
- ___ is holy to hindus and buddhists because it contains the thrones of the gods.
- Mt.Kailas
- ___ led india's struggle toward independence. His name is later changed to ___ , meaning " The Great Soul".
- Mohandas Gandhi , Mahatma
- Gandhi's was powerful weapon was ___.
- Non Violent Resistance
- India had problems between there ethnic groups : ___ , often landowners , and ___ , who were usually peasents.
- Hindus , Muslims
- As the british prepared to leave , fighting broke out between the 2 groups. The solution to ___ , divide into parts , was the answer.
- partition
- The republic of india was mostly ___ and pakistan was mostly ___. (independence for both in 1947) ___ refugees moved.
- Hindu , Muslims , 12 million
- west pakistan and east pakistan had conflict . India sided with _____ which became known as _____ when it became independent. it means "_____"
- East Pakistan , Bangladesh , Bengali Nation
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India Religions :
Hindus = __%
Muslims = __%
Christians = __% -
83%
11%
2% - India's principal crop is ____ . (2nd in world production ; china is 1st)
- Rice
- Offcial language in India is ___ and ___ dialects spoken
- Hindi , 1600
- Gandhi was assassinated on __ __, ____ (date) on his way to evening prayer by a hindu fanatic
- January 30,1948