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