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1. What is Brahaman?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.

2. What is shakti?

3. What is Atman?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
He runs the village
Inner soul
He runs the village

4. What is purdah?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

5. What is significant about the Indus?

6. What are the Four Noble Truths?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
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 universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.

7. What is significant about the Ganges?

8. What was Sidhartha's life like?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
He has a princely life.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal

9. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
He has a princely life.
October.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

10. What is the bohdi tree?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
October.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.

11. What is the Moksha?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Male domination.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

12. What is karma?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The duty that indians have in cast.
He runs the village
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

13. How many languages were in India?
Male domination.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

14. 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.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.

15. What is sati?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.

16. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

17. What is the bohdi tree?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
He has a princely life.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.

18. What is significant about Bangladesh?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

19. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

20. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

21. What is significant about the Indus?

22. What are India's natural barriers?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

23. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

24. What is Atman?
Inner soul
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
He runs the village
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

25. How many languages were in India?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.

26. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.

27. What was Sidhartha's life like?
He has a princely life.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

28. What is shakti?

29. When does the dry monsoon come?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
October.

30. What does patriarchal mean?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Male domination.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Inner soul

31. When does the dry monsoon come?
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
October.

32. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
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 duty that indians have in cast.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

33. What is Dharma?
The duty that indians have in cast.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.

34. What does patriarchal mean?
Inner soul
Male domination.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

35. What is karma?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

36. What does the headman do?
He runs the village
October.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Male domination.

37. When does the wet monsoon come?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
May.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

38. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The duty that indians have in cast.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

39. What is the Moksha?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.

40. What is purdah?
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
October.

41. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
He has a princely life.
May.

42. What is Brahaman?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Inner soul
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.

43. What is significant about Bangladesh?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
October.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

44. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Inner soul
October.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.

45. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Male domination.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.

46. What is sati?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.

47. What are the Four Noble Truths?
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
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.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.

48. When does the wet monsoon come?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
May.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Male domination.

49. What is Dharma?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
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.
The duty that indians have in cast.

50. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Inner soul
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).