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2. What is the name of the mountain range with Mount Everest?

3. Himalayan Mountain Range

4. Which direction does the winter monsoon run?

5. North to South

6. What are the two rivers that flow across northern India?

7. The Indus River and the Ganges River

8. What is a monsoon?

9. Strong winds that blow across a region at certain times of the year

10. What was different about Mohenjo- Daro compared to the other cities of the time?

11. Mohenjo-Daro had a drainage system and a grid of roads (like a checkerboard)

12. What is an avatar?

13. A representation of a god or goddess in human or animal form

14. What are the three most important gods of Hinduism?

15. Brahma, the Creator Vishnu, the Preserver Shiva, the Destroyer

16. Who founded Hinduism?

17. Hinduism has no single founder

18. What is reincarnation?

19. Rebirth of the soul in the body of another living thing

20. What is brahman?

21. The one single spiritual power which lives in everything

22. What two names did the followers of Siddhartha Gautama call him?

23. Buddha & Enlightened One

24. How many years did Siddhartha Gautama wander in search of the causes of human suffering?

25. Siddhartha wandered for 7 years

26. What are the countries to which Buddhism spread?

27. China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet

28. What is another name for The Eightfold Path?

29. The Middle Way

30. What is nirvana?

31. The lasting peace that Buddhists seek by giving up selfish desires

32. What did Chandragupta Maurya use in his army?

33. A herd of 9,000 war elephants

34. What battle was the turning point of Asoka’s life

35. The Battle of Kalinga

36. How did Asoka think of his people?

37. Asoka thought of his people as his children

38. How did Chandragupta rule?

39. Chandragupta had absolute power

40. Who built the greatest empire India had ever seen?

41. Asoka

42. What is a missionary?

43. A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others

44. What does the word yoga mean?

45. union

46. What is the difference between Brahma and brahman?

47. Brahma is the Hindu god born from a golden egg who created Earth and everything on it, brahman is the single spiritual power that lives in everything

48. What is a strict division of classes?

49. The caste system

50. What is ahisma?

51. The Hindu idea of non-violence