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World Cultures India
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are India's natural barriers?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
2. What is Atman?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Inner soul
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
3. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
He has a princely life.
4. What is significant about the Ganges?
5. When does the dry monsoon come?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
October.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
6. What is Brahaman?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
7. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
May.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
8. What is the Moksha?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
9. What is the bohdi tree?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
10. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
He runs the village
He runs the village
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
11. What is Brahaman?
He runs the village
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Inner soul
12. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
May.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
13. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
May.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
14. What is significant about Bangladesh?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
15. What are India's natural barriers?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
16. What was Sidhartha's life like?
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He has a princely life.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
17. When does the wet monsoon come?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
May.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
18. What is purdah?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
The duty that indians have in cast.
19. What is Dharma?
Male domination.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
He runs the village
The duty that indians have in cast.
20. What is shakti?
21. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
He runs the village
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
22. What is sati?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
23. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?
24. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
25. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He runs the village
26. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?
27. What is significant about the Indus?
28. How many languages were in India?
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Inner soul
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
29. What does the headman do?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
He runs the village
30. When does the wet monsoon come?
The duty that indians have in cast.
He has a princely life.
May.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
31. What is significant about the Indus?
32. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He has a princely life.
33. What is shakti?
34. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
May.
35. What was Sidhartha's life like?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
He has a princely life.
36. What is Dharma?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The duty that indians have in cast.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
37. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
May.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
38. What are the Four Noble Truths?
October.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
39. What is purdah?
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
He has a princely life.
40. What is karma?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Inner soul
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
41. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
42. What is significant about the Ganges?
43. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
He runs the village
44. What is the bohdi tree?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
45. What is karma?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
October.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
46. What is significant about Bangladesh?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
He runs the village
May.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
47. What does the headman do?
He runs the village
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
48. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Inner soul
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
49. What is sati?
He has a princely life.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
50. When does the dry monsoon come?
October.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
He runs the village
May.