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