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- Custom where the women cover their heads and faces with veils.
- purdah
- Ghats are _________.
- hills
- India is divided into _____ natural geographic regions.
- five; 5
- Date Philippines gained independance
- July 4, 1947
- How many philippine islands
- 7000
- Leader of Hindu's
- Nehru
- Major religion in India
- Hinduism
- A book Rudyard Kipling wrote about India; had a character named Mowgli
- The Jungle Book
- How many YEARS it took to build the Taj Mahal
- 20 years
- How many WORKERS it took to build the Taj Mahal
- 20,000
- How tall are each of the four towers around the Taj Mahal
- 133 feet, 13 stories
- Why is one room of the Taj Mahal restricted?
- It is a tomb
- Why was Mr. Walker in Africa with Gandhi?
- He was reporting
- What system did the Aryans create in India when they invaded?
- the Caste
- What religion did the Aryans spread?
- Hinduism
- Why was Gandhi thrown off the train?
- Because he refused to move to the back of the train with the Indians, even though he had a first class ticket.
- What did Gandhi hope to achieve by fasting?
- The fighting of his people would stop, so his non-violent ideas would work.
- What did Gandhi hope to show byhaving his people use non-violence against the British?
- That you can win without violence.
- What country today is going throughsimilar problems that India faced, onc India became independant?
- Afganistan
- What do gods/godesses represent?
- A single spirit
- lawmaking body
- parliament
- certain portion of something
- quota
- Natural boundary that makes up Northern India
- Mountains
- What does Buddha mean?
- Elightened One
- Who founded Buddhism?
- Siddhartha Gautama
- What was Gandhi's religion?
- Hinduism
- How is Hinduism unlike any other religion in the world?
- Has no one single founder