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