World Cultures India

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1. What is purdah?
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.
He runs the village
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


2. 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 densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
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.


3. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

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4. What was Sidhartha's life like?
He has a princely life.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).


5. What are subcontinents?
Inner soul
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.


6. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
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 does the headman do?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
He runs the village
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.


8. What is Dharma?
He has a princely life.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.


9. What is Brahaman?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.


10. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
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.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.


11. What is shakti?

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12. What is the Moksha?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal


13. What is sati?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


14. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
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.
October.


15. What is the Moksha?
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
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


16. What are subcontinents?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
October.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.


17. 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.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.


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


19. When does the dry monsoon come?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
October.


20. What is significant about the Indus?

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21. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


22. What is shakti?

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23. 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 universal spirit that surrounds us.
October.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.


24. What is karma?
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.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.


25. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


26. What is significant about the Indus?

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27. What does patriarchal mean?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Male domination.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.


28. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
May.


29. What is the bohdi tree?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
May.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.


30. What are India's natural barriers?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.


31. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
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.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


32. When does the dry monsoon come?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
October.
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.


33. What are the Four Noble Truths?
He has a princely 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.
October.
The duty that indians have in cast.


34. 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.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Male domination.


35. What is sati?
May.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


36. What does the headman do?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
He runs the village
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
October.


37. What is Atman?
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Inner soul
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.


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


39. When does the wet monsoon come?
May.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
He has a princely life.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.


40. How many languages were in India?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
October.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.


41. What does patriarchal mean?
The duty that indians have in cast.
Male domination.
October.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.


42. What is purdah?
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.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
October.


43. What is Dharma?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
The duty that indians have in cast.


44. When does the wet monsoon come?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
May.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.


45. What is Brahaman?
May.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.


46. What is Atman?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
Inner soul
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.


47. What is significant about the Ganges?

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48. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
The duty that indians have in cast.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.


49. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.


50. What is the bohdi tree?
He has a princely life.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
He runs the village
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.