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INDIA Regents Review
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GEOGRAPHY India is a peninsula, which means it is surrounded by water on at least 3 sides.
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Himalayan Mountains
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Effect of Geography: Himalayas
Isolated and Protected India Allowed for an original and unique culture.
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Rivers of India The Ganges River is the holy river for Hindus.
Indus River: Site of earliest civilization in India.
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Ganges River
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Effect of Geography: Monsoons
Seasonal winds that bring rains. Many societies depend on these rains for farming and their well-being.
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Monsoon Rains
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The Religions of India Hinduism (Majority of People in India)
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Buddhism
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Islam
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The Caste System
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Social Mobility in India?
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Early Civilization Indus River Valley Civilization
Golden age during the Gupta Empire
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British Imperialism Positives: roads, bridges, technology, schools, hospitals. Negatives: loss of life, freedom, culture, resources.
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Sepoy Rebellion Indian troops revolt due to use of a rifle that they felt violated their religious beliefs. The bullet cartridge was made from animal fat derived from cows and pigs. The cow is sacred in Hinduism; the Pig is unclean according to Islam.
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Amritsar Massacre British troops fire upon Indian protestors with the death of innocent people including women and children
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Amritsar Massacre
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Independence Movement
Mohandas Gandhi – Civil disobedience, Salt March, Independence, boycotts, fasting. 1947 – India is free (post WWII) without war.
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Division of India Division of India (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims).
Gandhi did not support this. He wanted unity. Animosity remains today especially over the Kashmir region
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Assassination of Gandhi
Shot in 1948 Killed by a Hindu Nationalist who believed that Gandhi favored Pakistan.
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India-Pakistan Relations
Possible Nuclear threat to each other Religious and territorial disputes remain today
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Disputed Kashmir Region
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