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6. Ethnic group from the mountains of Nepal who often act as guides through the Himalayas.

7. Who are sherpas?

8. Why early civilizations settled in river valleys.

9. What is fertile land for agriculture?

10. Country on the subcontinent that is home to the Himalayas.

11. What is Nepal?

12. Country that was formed from East Pakistan.

13. What is Bangledesh?

14. The largest religion in India today.

15. What is Hinduism?

16. This religion justified the used of this very organized social hierarchy.

17. What is Hinduism?

18. River that is sacred in Hinduism.

19. What is the Ganges?

20. How people were placed into the cast system.

21. What is by birth or job?

22. Name 2 ways that the caste system impacted daily life.

23. Examples: people from different castes couldn’t eat together, or get married, or sometimes even talk to each other.

24. How Buddhism was created from Hinduism.

25. Siddhartha Gautama was looking for answers to suffering in the world. He couldn’t find them in Hinduism but found them through meditation and began to teach others.

26. Environmental concerns are a major challenge for this mountainous country.

27. What is Nepal?

28. This challenge in India leads to other challenges such as access to education, housing and food.

29. What is overpopulation?

30. The major challenge in this country is the lack of a stable governemnt.

31. What is Pakistan?

32. This country is recovering from civil war.

33. What is Sri Lanka?

34. This region is the cause of conflict between Pakistan and India.

35. What is Kashmir?

36. The first civilization in the Indus River Valley.

37. Who are the Harappans?

38. The important language created by the Aryans.

39. What is Sanskrit?

40. The empire that first united most of India.

41. What is the Mauryan Empire?

42. One of the major achievements of the ancient civilizations that still impacts us today.

43. Examples: What is the concept of the zero, metalworking, architecture?

44. This empire is known for its religious tolerance.

45. What is the Gupta or Mughal Empire?

46. The company that had exclusive trade rights in India and eventually controlled most of India.

47. What is the East India Company?

48. How the Indians felt about British colonization.

49. What is like second class citizens?

50. How Gandhi led the independence movement in India.

51. What is with nonviolent protests?

52. The reason for the Partition of India.

53. What is to avoid civil war between the Hindus and the Muslims?

54. The reason for the creation of Bangledesh.

55. East and West Pakistan were too far apart to be easily governed by one government.

56. Make your wager

57. Explain how Gandhi changed the world in the 20 th century.

58. Nonviolent protest to change government Role model for other leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela