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1. What are India's natural barriers?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.

2. What is shakti?

3. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Male domination.

4. What are subcontinents?
May.
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.

5. What is significant about the Indus?

6. What is significant about Bangladesh?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
Male domination.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

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

8. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
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.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

9. What is Dharma?
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.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

10. What is the bohdi tree?
May.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
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.

11. What is sati?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.

12. What is purdah?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
May.
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.

13. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

14. What was Sidhartha's life like?
The duty that indians have in cast.
He has a princely life.
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.

15. What does the headman do?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
October.
He runs the village
May.

16. What does patriarchal mean?
The duty that indians have in cast.
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 very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Male domination.

17. What is Dharma?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

18. When does the wet monsoon come?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
May.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.

19. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

20. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
Inner soul
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

21. What does the headman do?
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.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

22. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
May.
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.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.

23. What is the bohdi tree?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The duty that indians have in cast.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.

24. What is Brahaman?
October.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

25. What are the ways through these 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.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

26. What does patriarchal mean?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Male domination.
The duty that indians have in cast.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

27. When does the wet monsoon come?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.

28. What is significant about the Ganges?

29. What are subcontinents?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

30. What is karma?
The duty that indians have in cast.
October.
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.

31. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.

32. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Male domination.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

33. When does the dry monsoon come?
Inner soul
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
October.

34. What is Brahaman?
October.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

35. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
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.
Inner soul
Union of atman and brahman - the goal

36. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
October.
October.

37. What is purdah?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
October.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

38. What is significant about the Indus?

39. What is significant about the Ganges?

40. What is Atman?
Inner soul
He has a princely life.
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.

41. What is the Moksha?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
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.

42. What is sati?
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.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.

43. 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.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
He runs the village
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.

44. What are the Four Noble Truths?
Male domination.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The sins or good deed you take to the next 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.

45. When does the dry monsoon come?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
October.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

46. What was Sidhartha's life like?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
October.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
He has a princely life.

47. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.

48. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
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).

49. What are the Four Noble Truths?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
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.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.

50. What is Atman?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Inner soul
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.