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Most people in South Asia do this for a living
What is Nirvana?
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What is Nirvana?
Airbending
Getting to Heaven
Perfection of Spirit
Achieving Moksha
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Most people in South Asia do this for a living
Technology Support
Subsistence Farming
Coal Mining
Large Scale Farming
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This island contains a large population of Indian Elephants
Hawaii
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Bahamas
4
The three main ancient empires of South Asia were
Mauryan, Gupta, and Mughal
Gold, Silver, and Red
Sanjay, Riat, and Lakshmi
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
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What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
K2
Mount Kilaminjaro
Mount Ararat
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This peaceful leader of the revolution against the British was named
Grima
Gupta
Franklin
Gandhi
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What is the Deccan Plateau?
Large arid region between Western and Eastern Ghats
A small dry island archipelago group in the Maldives
A large jungle region located near Sri Lanka
A dry mountain region in the Himilayas
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What is Karma?
If you do good stuff, more good stuff will happen in life
moral actions in one life determine that person’s next life
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These are the 3 main religions in South Asia
Islam, Judaism, Hinduism
Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam
Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
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What is a subcontinent?
A small landmass, smaller than a country
a large landmass, slightly smaller than a continent
A small landmass, slightly larger than a country
A large landmass, bigger than a continent
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The three main rivers in South Asia are
Yellow, Yangze, and Mekong
Indus, Ganges, Nile
Tigris, Euphrates, Nile
Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra
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This is considered the richest farming area in all of South Asia, and possibly the world
The Aeronautical Sea Plane
Himalaya-Deccan Plain
The Great Alluvial Plain
Indo-Gangetic Plain
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In what mountain range is Mount Everest located?
Appalachians
Alps
Urals
Himalayas
14
India gained its independence on this date
December 7'th, 1942
December 25th 2017
July 4th, 2001
August 14th, 1947
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Of those 3 empires, this empire, the most recent, was Muslim
Mughal
Gupta
Mauryan
Sanjay
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What is a cyclone?
seasonal winds that are either wet and warm or cool and dry
Godzilla is coming
a large wave created by an earthquake
a large destructive storm of wind and rain floods coastlines
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These two religions are currently in conflict in the North West region of South Asia
Hindus and Muslims
Hindus and Buddhists
Christians and Hindus
Buddhists and Taoists
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How many castes are there in Hinduism?
6 and 2 non castes
4 and 1 non caste
5 and 1 non caste
7 castes
19
India's population is exploding. This has led to large scale
Wealth
Drought
Poverty
Innovation
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What is an alluvial plain?
flat area where minerals are deposited by mineral rich river
shallow lakes along the edges of major rivers
Bypasses on to major highways
Farmable areas located in the deserts of South Asia
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This is a major natural and fuel resource for South Asia. It is often strip mined
Gas
Coal
Tootsie Rolls
Timber
22
What is a monsoon?
Godzilla coming to attack
large destructive storm of wind & rain that flood coastlines
A large wave created by an earthquake
Seasonal winds that are warm and wet or cool and dry
23
This South Asian archipelago island group is known for its "screensaver" quality beauty
Sri Lanka
Bahamas
Hawaii
Maldives
24
Indian Hindus and Pakistani Muslims are mainly fighting over this region or state
CoolWhip
Kashmir
Krishna
Cashmere
25
This European Empire eventually took over most of South Asia
British
Belgian
French
Spanish
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Gandhi was famous for resisting British Rule through this new powerful technique
Extreme Violence
Non Violence
All out War
Minimal Violence
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Buddhism focuses on
leading a good life, ridding self of material possesions
Ride with the Ring Wraiths into Mordor
Belief in Jesus, Baptism, get to Heaven
breaking Moksha, reaching next level in Caste System
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Buddhism was founded by
Raj of India
King of England
Siddartha Guatama
Maharaja
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This is the cornerstone of Hinduism. It is the belief that the soul revisits earth many times
Whatintarnation
Reincarnation
Nirvana
Reanimation
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European traders arrived by sea to South Asia during this century
1500's
1700's
1600's
1400's
