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1. What does the headman do?
He runs the village
Inner soul
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Inner soul


2. What is the bohdi tree?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
Male domination.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.


3. What does patriarchal mean?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Male domination.


4. What is karma?
May.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The duty that indians have in cast.


5. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.


6. 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).
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
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.


7. What is shakti?

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8. When does the wet monsoon come?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
May.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.


9. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The duty that indians have in cast.
Inner soul


10. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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11. What are the Four Noble Truths?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the 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.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.


12. What was Sidhartha's life like?
He has a princely life.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


13. What is the Moksha?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


14. What are India's natural barriers?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
May.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


15. When does the dry monsoon come?
The duty that indians have in cast.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
October.


16. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.


17. What does patriarchal mean?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Male domination.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.


18. What was Sidhartha's life like?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Inner soul
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
He has a princely life.


19. What is significant about the Ganges?

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20. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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21. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The duty that indians have in cast.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


22. 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.
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.
The sick - old - poor and dead.


23. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
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.
Male domination.


24. What is purdah?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.


25. What is Atman?
He has a princely life.
Inner soul
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.


26. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
He has a princely life.


27. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The sick - old - poor and dead.


28. 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.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Inner soul


29. What is Atman?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
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.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.


30. What is sati?
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.
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 ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.


31. What is Dharma?
He runs the village
The duty that indians have in cast.
Inner soul
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.


32. What is the bohdi tree?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Inner soul
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).


33. How many languages were in India?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Male domination.


34. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
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.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


35. What is karma?
He has a princely life.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


36. What is Brahaman?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
He has a princely life.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.


37. What is significant about the Indus?

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38. What is significant about the Ganges?

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39. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.


40. What is sati?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.


41. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
He runs the village
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.


42. When does the wet monsoon come?
He has a princely life.
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.
May.


43. What is significant about the Indus?

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44. What is purdah?
May.
May.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.


45. What is shakti?

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46. What is the Moksha?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Male domination.


47. What is Dharma?
The duty that indians have in cast.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the 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.
He runs the village


48. What is significant about Bangladesh?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He has a princely life.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.


49. What is Brahaman?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
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.


50. What are subcontinents?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.