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1. When does the wet monsoon come?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.
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.


2. What is significant about the Ganges?

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3. What is significant about Bangladesh?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
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).
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.


4. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.


5. What is karma?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


6. What is shakti?

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7. What does the headman do?
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.
The duty that indians have in cast.
He runs the village


8. What are subcontinents?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The duty that indians have in cast.


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


10. What is Atman?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Inner soul
The duty that indians have in cast.


11. What is the Moksha?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Inner soul
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


12. What is significant about the Indus?

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13. What is Brahaman?
He has a princely life.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The duty that indians have in cast.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.


14. What does patriarchal mean?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Male domination.


15. What is significant about the Ganges?

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16. What does patriarchal mean?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Male domination.


17. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
The duty that indians have in cast.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.


18. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
October.


19. 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.
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.


20. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Male domination.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


21. What is the bohdi tree?
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.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
He has a princely life.


22. What was Sidhartha's life like?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He has a princely life.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.


23. When does the dry monsoon come?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
October.
He has a princely life.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


24. 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.
Male domination.
He has a princely life.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


25. What is Brahaman?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The duty that indians have in cast.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


26. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
He runs the village
The duty that indians have in cast.


27. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
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.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


28. When does the dry monsoon come?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
October.
Male domination.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.


29. What is karma?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
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.


30. What does the headman do?
He runs the village
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
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.


31. What is significant about the Indus?

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32. What is purdah?
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
He has a princely life.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.


33. What is significant about Bangladesh?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.


34. 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.
May.
He runs the village
The sick - old - poor and dead.


35. What is Dharma?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
He runs the village
The duty that indians have in cast.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).


36. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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37. How many languages were in India?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Inner soul
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


38. What is the bohdi tree?
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.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.


39. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
May.


40. What are the Four Noble Truths?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.
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. What was Sidhartha's life like?
He runs the village
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
He has a princely life.
October.


42. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
October.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.


43. 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.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


44. What are India's natural barriers?
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.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


45. When does the wet monsoon come?
May.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


46. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
October.


47. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
May.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).


48. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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49. What is the Moksha?
Male domination.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.


50. What is shakti?

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