Central and South Asia Grudgeball Review
What are the capitals of India, Afghanistan and Pakistan?
New Delhi, India Kabul, Afghanistan Islamabad, Pakistan
What mountain range borders India to the northeast?
Himalayas
The Indus Valley was the birthplace of what religion?
Hinduism
What river is considered sacred to Hindus?
The Ganges River
What other country besides India does the Ganges delta cover?
Bangladesh
What body of water does the Ganges empty into?
The Bay of Bengal
What is subsistence farming?
Farming to grow enough food to feed yourself and your family.
Where do the majority of people in South Asia live?
Along the Indo-Gangetic Plain of the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers
What is a monsoon?
Seasonal winds that bring dry air or rain
Which monsoon brings which kind of weather?
Summer – wet weather Winter – dry weather
What are some benefits of the summer monsoon?
Water for agriculture (crops – rice, tea, etc Water for agriculture (crops – rice, tea, etc., dairy farms), to refill wells and aquifers, hydroelectric power
What are some positive and negative effects of limestone mining?
Positive – jobs, limestone for steel purification, limestone for building materials Negative – deforestation, loss of ground water, damage to rural villages, fertile land and water sources covered in rock
The majority of India’s climate could be described as…
Tropical dry and wet
What do climate change and deforestation have to do with South Asia?
Climate change and deforestation is changing the patterns of the needed summer monsoons, deforestation is also causing a loss of fresh water
What were two of the reasons for the British colonization of India?
-Natural resources: salt, spices, gold, timber, etc -Natural resources: salt, spices, gold, timber, etc. -Fertile lands/forests -A market for British goods
What was partition?
After the end of British colonial rule in 1947, British India was divided into two countries: India: no official religion East and West Pakistan: Muslim
The main ideas of Buddhism can be found in…
The Four Noble Truths
Buddhists also believe in following the…
Eightfold Path
Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in/practice…
Enlightenment, karma, meditation, reincarnation, yoga
What do Buddhists hope to achieve at the end of their lives?
nirvana
The religious/spiritual leaders of Hinduism and Buddhism are…
Hinduism – gurus Buddhism - monks
Who is Brahman?
The one, supreme god of Hinduism who takes the form of many deities.
The holy text of Hinduism is called…
The Vedas
The real name of the Buddha was…
Siddhartha Guatama
How did Hinduism begin?
After the Aryans of Central Asia/southern Russia invaded and their beliefs blended with the Indian/Dravidian peoples’.
What is outsourcing?
Sending tasks to be done by workers outside a company
What religion employs the caste system and what is it?
-Hinduism -The caste system is a means of dividing people up into groups based on their birth.
Which group is most discriminated against because of the caste system?
The Untouchables or Dalits
Name two unique facts about Hinduism
Cows are sacred, many Hindus are vegetarians, there is no known founder, believe in the caste system
Name two unique facts about Buddhism
Founded by Siddhartha, Use the Tripitaka or “Three Baskets”, Follow the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path
This man helped India gain it’s independence from Britain This man helped India gain it’s independence from Britain. What method of resistance is he famous for?
-Mahatma Gandhi -non-violent resistance
What job did Gandhi have and where did he work before he fought for India’s independence?
- Lawyer - South Africa
What kind of government does India now have?
A secular representative democracy
What is karma?
So study tonight or risk a poor grade on this test… The belief that what you do in this life will affect this life and the next… So study tonight or risk a poor grade on this test…