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1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt GeographyBuddhismHinduism General Questions India And Persia
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2 Slide 2 1. What is the highest peak in the Himalayas?
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3 1. Mount Everest
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4 2. The __________ plain provides good farmland in South Asia.
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5 2. Indo-Ganges
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6 3. What is a large area of land that is separated from other countries by water and land?
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7 3. subcontinent
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8 4. What is the dry, high region south of the Indo-Ganges Plain?
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9 4. Deccan Plateau
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10 5. The land surrounding the Indus River in Pakistan is called the _______.
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11 5. Indus River Valley
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12 6. The Budda founded a religion to help people free themselves from ________.
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13 6. suffering
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14 7. Siddhartha spent several years fasting and practicing _____________.
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15 7. Meditation
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16 8. Budda believed that all people could achieve ___________.
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17 8. enlightenment
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18 9. Buddhism is based on the _____________ about human suffering.
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19 9. Four Noble Truths
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20 10. According to Buddhist tradition, Buddhism was founded by ____________.
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21 10. Siddhartha Guatama
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22 11. What is the main religion of India?
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23 11. Hinduism
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24 12. What is the one universal being that Hindus recognize as the source and final destination of everything?
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25 12. Brahman
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26 13. What is the process called through which a person goes from one life to the next?
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27 13. reincarnation
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28 14. In Hinduism, the order of the universe is called _____.
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29 14. dharma
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30 15. Bathing in the waters of the ______ River is considered a sacred Hindu ritual.
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31 15. Ganges
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32 16. The monsoon season, or rainy season, lasts from______ to _____.
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33 16. June September
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34 17. The process of growing food mainly for self consumption is called ___________.
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35 17. subsistence farming
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36 18. In Hinduism, a lifelong social group is called a _______.
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37 18. caste
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38 19. King _______, who followed Cyrus, brought the Persian Empire to India.
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39 19. Darius I
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40 20. Another name for rainy season is the _______ season.
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41 20. monsoon
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42 21. What was the main language of the Aryans?
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43 21. Sanskrit
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44 22. The _______, or serfs, were given the lowest position in society.
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45 22. sudras
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46 23. The Aryans formed groups that were headed by a ________, or priest leader.
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47 23. rajah
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48 24. Who is the founder of the Persian empire?
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49 24. Cyrus II
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50 25. “Books of Knowledge” that contain much of the stories and songs of the Aryans are called ________.
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51 25. Vedas
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