Be familiar with all vocabulary terms. Know all countries, their locations, and their capitals.
1.Know what a monsoon is and its importance. Seasonal Wind-Summer is wet 2.How were the Himalayas formed? Plate tectonics 3.What is polluting the Ganges? Dead Bodies, sewage, industrial waste 4.What is an alluvial plain and why are they important? Flood plain of a river-fertile soil 5.What climate does Nepal and Bhutan have? Highland
6.What three rivers begin in the Himalayas? Indus, Brahmaputra, and Ganges 7.What countries do the Himalayas run through? Nepal and Bhutan 8.Where is the Deccan plateau located? South India 9.What physical feature do most Indians live on? Indogangetic plain
10. Who were some of the invasions India suffered from? Aryans. Mughal, Gupta, British, Greeks and Persians 11.What religion did the Mughal Empire bring to India? Islam 12.What is the period called the Raj? 90 yr period of British Rule
13.What was the Green Revolution? Increased crop yields through new technology and hybrid seeds 14.Who are the Aryans? Light skinned ppl from the plains of Iran that invaded India and brought the Caste System 15.Before total control of India, what influence did Britain have? Total control of trade-British East India Company
16.Be able to describe the caste system and the four main levels. Brahmins- Priests and teachers; Kshatriyas-warriors; Vaisya-Merchants; Sudras-Unskilled Workers and farmers; Dalits-Untouchables 17.Who founded Buddhism? Siddartha Gautuma 18.Where is the Caste system prevalent today? Rural Areas
19.What are the three main gods of Hinduism and what are they worshipped for? Brahma-Creator; Vishnu-Preserver; Shiva- destroyer 20.What do Buddhists believe is the cause of all suffering? Desire 21.What do you have to follow to reach Nirvana? 8 fold path or 4 noble truths
22.Where is Kashmir? What countries are fighting over it? Located in Northern India; China, India, and Pakistan 23.What religion was Pakistan created for? Bangladesh? Islam 24.What religion does the majority of India follow? Hinduism
25.How did Gandhi help India? What religion did he follow? How did he die? Civil disobedience, Satyagraha. He was a Hindu; Assasinated 26.What was the partitioning of India?-When the Muslims had to move to E/W Pakistan after independence 27.Why is Pakistan considered so dangerous? Suicide Bombers, Martial Law, Hideout for terrorists, former assassination of Bhutto
28.What country was formed after Pakistan’s civil war?Bangladesh 29.How did Gandhi feel about the Partitioning of India? He wanted all ppl to live as brothers in India
30.How is India trying to regulate growth? Birth Control, encouraging smaller families 31.Why do families prefer boys over girls? Work on the farms, carry on the family name 32.Where does India rank in population in the world? 2nd
33.Which country depends on tourism and foreign aid? Nepal 34.In which country are the Tamils and Sinhalese fighting? Sri Lanka
35.What do people use the Ganges for? Bathing, cemetery, toilet, religion, etc 36.What type of government does India have, making it the largest in the world? Democracy