1. 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

2. 2 Slide 2 1. What is the highest peak in the Himalayas?

3. 3 1. Mount Everest

4. 4 2. The __________ plain provides good farmland in South Asia.

5. 5 2. Indo-Ganges

6. 6 3. What is a large area of land that is separated from other countries by water and land?

7. 7 3. subcontinent

8. 8 4. What is the dry, high region south of the Indo-Ganges Plain?

9. 9 4. Deccan Plateau

10. 10 5. The land surrounding the Indus River in Pakistan is called the _______.

11. 11 5. Indus River Valley

12. 12 6. The Budda founded a religion to help people free themselves from ________.

13. 13 6. suffering

14. 14 7. Siddhartha spent several years fasting and practicing _____________.

15. 15 7. Meditation

16. 16 8. Budda believed that all people could achieve ___________.

17. 17 8. enlightenment

18. 18 9. Buddhism is based on the _____________ about human suffering.

19. 19 9. Four Noble Truths

20. 20 10. According to Buddhist tradition, Buddhism was founded by ____________.

21. 21 10. Siddhartha Guatama

22. 22 11. What is the main religion of India?

23. 23 11. Hinduism

24. 24 12. What is the one universal being that Hindus recognize as the source and final destination of everything?

25. 25 12. Brahman

26. 26 13. What is the process called through which a person goes from one life to the next?

27. 27 13. reincarnation

28. 28 14. In Hinduism, the order of the universe is called _____.

29. 29 14. dharma

30. 30 15. Bathing in the waters of the ______ River is considered a sacred Hindu ritual.

31. 31 15. Ganges

32. 32 16. The monsoon season, or rainy season, lasts from______ to _____.

33. 33 16. June September

34. 34 17. The process of growing food mainly for self consumption is called ___________.

35. 35 17. subsistence farming

36. 36 18. In Hinduism, a lifelong social group is called a _______.

37. 37 18. caste

38. 38 19. King _______, who followed Cyrus, brought the Persian Empire to India.

39. 39 19. Darius I

40. 40 20. Another name for rainy season is the _______ season.

41. 41 20. monsoon

42. 42 21. What was the main language of the Aryans?

43. 43 21. Sanskrit

44. 44 22. The _______, or serfs, were given the lowest position in society.

45. 45 22. sudras

46. 46 23. The Aryans formed groups that were headed by a ________, or priest leader.

47. 47 23. rajah

48. 48 24. Who is the founder of the Persian empire?

49. 49 24. Cyrus II

50. 50 25. “Books of Knowledge” that contain much of the stories and songs of the Aryans are called ________.

51. 51 25. Vedas