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1. What is significant about the Indus?

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2. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current 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.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
He runs the village
The sick - old - poor and dead.


3. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Male domination.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


4. What are India's natural barriers?
He has a princely life.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


5. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Male domination.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
He has a princely life.


6. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The sick - old - poor and dead.


7. What is the Moksha?
He has a princely life.
October.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


8. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
He runs the village
Male domination.


9. When does the wet monsoon come?
May.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.


10. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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11. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Inner soul
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The duty that indians have in cast.


12. What is karma?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
He runs the village
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.


13. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Male domination.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.


14. What is significant about the Ganges?

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15. When does the dry monsoon come?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
October.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


16. What was Sidhartha's life like?
He has a princely life.
May.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.


17. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The duty that indians have in cast.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.


18. What is the Moksha?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
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.
Male domination.


19. What is significant about Bangladesh?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.


20. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
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.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


21. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
He has a princely life.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.


22. When does the dry monsoon come?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
October.
He runs the village
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).


23. When does the wet monsoon come?
May.
Inner soul
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


24. What is karma?
He runs the village
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.
Male domination.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


25. What is Brahaman?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
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.


26. What is sati?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.


27. What does patriarchal mean?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
October.
Male domination.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.


28. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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29. What is significant about the Indus?

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30. 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.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Inner soul


31. What was Sidhartha's life like?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
October.
He has a princely life.


32. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
October.
Male domination.


33. What is sati?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The duty that indians have in cast.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.


34. What are the Four Noble Truths?
Male domination.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
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.


35. What is Dharma?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The duty that indians have in cast.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.


36. What is Brahaman?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The sick - old - poor and dead.


37. How many languages were in India?
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.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.


38. What is the bohdi tree?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


39. What does patriarchal mean?
Male domination.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


40. What does the headman do?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
He runs the village
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).


41. What is shakti?

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42. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.


43. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.


44. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Inner soul
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.


45. What is shakti?

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46. What is Atman?
Inner soul
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
He runs the village
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.


47. What is Dharma?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Inner soul
The duty that indians have in cast.


48. What does the headman do?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
He runs the village
He has a princely life.


49. What are the Four Noble Truths?
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.
Inner soul
The universal spirit that surrounds us.


50. What is purdah?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
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 sick - old - poor and dead.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.