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Ch. 11.2 South Asia
Ch. 11.2 South Asia
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Students will review South Asia's religions and the era of British colonialism.
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1
What was the nation that established the East India Company to promote trade?
Britain
Netherlands
India
Holland
2
What is the region that is the source of conflict between Pakistan and India?
Kasmire
Karma
Bangladesh
Nepal
3
What are the two countries of South Asia that are Muslim?
Nepal & Bhutan
India & Sri Lanka
Daytonladesh & Wyattville
Pakistan & Bangladesh
4
What religion developed in the 7
th
century BC?
Christianity
Sikhism
Jainism
Buddhism
5
What religion believes in ahimsa and live in northwestern India?
Jadenism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Jainism
6
What were the two factors made the rivers of South Asia cultural hearths?
farmland & isolation
mountains & oceans
religion & writing
politics & culture
7
What is the term for the social groups of Aryan society?
Hinduism
Sanskrit
Varnas
Vedas
8
What is the modern country in which the first civilization (Harappan) developed in South Asia?
Nepal
Bangladesh
Pakistan
India
9
What are the rivers that were cultural hearths in South Asia?
Yellow & Nile
Blue Nile & White Nile
Indus & Ganges
Tigris & Euphrates
10
What is the control by one power over a dependent area or people?
capitalism
colonialism
karma
varna
11
What is the modern country where Buddhism began?
Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh
India
12
What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Bible
Vedas
Varnas
Koran
13
Where did the Aryans originate?
Eastern Europe
North America
Northern Africa
Central Asia
14
Which of these was
NOT
one of the rivers associated with an ancient civilization?
Danube
Yellow
Indus
Nile
15
Which is the religion based on four noble truths?
Christianity
Buddhism
Jainism
Sikhism
16
What religion began as a blend of native beliefs?
Hinduism
Jainism
Buddhism
Sikhism
17
What were Varnas based upon?
ancestries
family ties
occupation
all of these
18
What were the religious texts of the Aryans?
Hinduism
Vedas
Varnas
Sanskrit
19
Who was the leader of India’s movement for independence?
Mohandas Gandhi
Siddartha Gautama
Joshua Stephens
Keegan Parish
20
What two other religions were also started in South Asia?
Jainism & Sikhism
Judaism & Islam
Lutheranism & Baptist
Christianity & Islam
21
What is the term for the land or people ruled by one leader?
jurisdiction
empire
hypochondriac
hyperbola
22
What often influences a place’s history?
hyper-ventilation
cultural geography
superstition
physical geography
23
What happened to Gandhi in 1948?
assassinated
forced to sell his coal mine
elected president
chosen to lead civil disobedience movement
24
What two world religions began in South Asia?
Animism & Brahmaputra
Hinduism & Buddhism
Taj Mahal & Asoka
Christianity & Islam
25
Which believes in one god, truthful living, equality of humankind and live mainly in Punjab?
Sikhism
Jainism
Christianity
Colleenism
26
What provided natural boundaries that limited invasions?
Sanskrit & vedas
mountains & oceans
strong armies
Varnas
27
What was the language of the Aryans?
Sanskrit
Varnas
Hinduism
Vedas
28
What religion arrived in South Asia with traders in the early 700’s?
Jainism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
29
What were the three religions spread by the south Asian empires?
Jainism, Christianity & Buddhism
Hinduism, Buddhism & Christianity
Hinduism, Buddhism & Islam
Catholicism, Christianity & Lutheranism
30
Which of these was
NOT
one of the 3 empires that dominated South Asia from 321 BC until 1858?
Varna
Mughal
Mauryan
Gupta
31
What religion was founded in India about 525 BC based on teachings of the "Enlightened One"?
Nathanism
Hinduism
Jainism
Buddhism
32
What term refers to supreme beings?
Mateo
Karma
Varnas
Deities
33
What is the religion is based on the Vedas?
Sanskrit
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
34
Who was the prince that started Buddhism?
Mohandas Gandhi
Caleb the Conqueror
Akbar the Great
Siddhartha Gautama
35
What is the modern nation that was once East Pakistan?
India
Nepal
Bhutan
Bangladesh
36
What is the second-largest religion in South Asia today?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Jainism
37
Which is the term for the actions taken by a soul in a previous life?
Veda
Karma
Varna
Vishnu
38
What was what the campaign for independence was based upon.?
armed invasion
civil disobedience
violent protest
local rule
39
Where do most followers of Buddhism live?
Pakistan & Bangladesh
East & Southeast Asia
Nepal
Bhutan
40
Where was Islam started?
Pakistan
Nepal
India
Saudi Arabia
41
What were the advantages the South Asian empires had?
protective mountains & arable land
hydroelectric power & stable government
oil & gas
fresh water & strong military
42
What is the term for rebirth?
reincarnation
karma
varna
Veda
43
What nation tried to rebel against British rule in 1857 but failed, leading to direct rule?
Karma
India
Pakistan
Bhutan
44
What was the term for the priest and scholar class in Aryan society?
Buddha
Karma
Brahman
Vishnu
45
What is the most famous achievement of the Mughals?
Building Taj Mahal
Taking the Indus River
Expanding the Empire
Crossing the Hindu Kush
46
Which was
NOT
one of the four ancient river valley civilizations?
Mali
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
China
47
Where was the Mauryan Empire established in 21 BC?
Ganges River Valley
Indus River Valley
Tigris River Valley
Nile River Valley
48
What religion that began in India in the late 1400’s?
Sikhism
Jainism
Christianity
Buddhism
49
What was the leader at the height of the Mauryan Empire that turned away from violence?
Alisha the Great
Akbar the Great
Siddhartha Gautama
Asoka
50
Who was the Mughal ruler that expanded the empire and practiced religious tolerance?
Akbar the Great
Madison the Great
Siddhartha Gautama
Asoka
51
What is the term used for a center from which ideas spread?
cultural hearth
geographic epicenter
concentric isolation
telekinesis
52
Suffering is a part of life and selfishness causes suffering are examples of which of these?
Vedas
karma
Islam
4 noble truthes
53
What trade practices favored the British in India?
India must buy British goods
India must sell raw materials to Britain
All of these
British ships were the only ones allowed
54
What shaped borders & culture?
all of these
religion
Sanskrit
language
55
What is the religion that believes in many deities and reincarnation?
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
Lutheranism
56
What is the term for the division of India?
Vishnu
Karma
Varna
Partition
57
What is the term for the prince that started Buddhism?
Buddha
Veda
Karma
Varna
58
What was created to combine aspects of Hinduism and Islam?
Christianity
Sikhism
Jainism
Emilyism
59
What is the term for the social structure based on four groups that was used by the Aryans?
spoils system
vernacular
indoctrination system
caste system
60
Where did Buddhism spread?
East & Southeast Asia
Pakistan & Central Asia
Bhutan & Nepal
India & Bangladesh
61
What may be the most important sacred text of Hinduism?
Karma
Bhagavad Gita
Varna
Quran
62
What was the religion of the Mughal Empire?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
