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1. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He runs the village

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

3. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

4. What are subcontinents?
October.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.

5. What is sati?
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.
Inner soul
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.

6. What is the Moksha?
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal

7. When does the dry monsoon come?
October.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sick - old - poor and dead.

8. What does the headman do?
He has a princely life.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He runs the village
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

9. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

10. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He runs the village
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
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.

11. What are the Four Noble Truths?
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
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.

12. What is the Moksha?
The duty that indians have in cast.
May.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal

13. What is Brahaman?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

14. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Male domination.
Inner soul
Male domination.

15. What is karma?
May.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

16. When does the wet monsoon come?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
May.

17. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Male domination.

18. What is shakti?

19. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

20. What does the headman do?
The duty that indians have in cast.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
He runs the village
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

21. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

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.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

23. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

24. What are India's natural barriers?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Male domination.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

25. What is significant about the Indus?

26. What is significant about the Indus?

27. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.

28. What is significant about Bangladesh?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.

29. What is Atman?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Inner soul
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

30. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

31. What was Sidhartha's life like?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
He has a princely life.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.

32. What is purdah?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
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.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.

33. How many languages were in India?
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.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Male domination.

34. 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.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.

35. What is purdah?
Male domination.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
He runs the village
Male domination.

36. What does patriarchal mean?
Male domination.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
May.

37. What is significant about the Ganges?

38. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
He has a princely life.

39. What is Dharma?
May.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The duty that indians have in cast.
May.

40. What is the bohdi tree?
Inner soul
He has a princely life.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.

41. What is Atman?
October.
Inner soul
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.

42. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

43. What is significant about the Ganges?

44. What does patriarchal mean?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Male domination.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.

45. What is karma?
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.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.

46. What is the bohdi tree?
He runs the village
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.

47. What is significant about Bangladesh?
He runs the village
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

48. What was Sidhartha's life like?
Male domination.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
He has a princely life.

49. What are the Four Noble Truths?
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.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
He has a princely life.

50. What is Brahaman?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
October.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.