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Question	Answer
India is so large it is often called a	subcontinent
Mountains ______ India from the rest of Asia	seperate
Northest: The ______ the world's highest mountain.	Himalayas
Northwest: The Hindu Kush provide _____ from enemies	protection
The Hindu Kush is a mountain range in the ____ part of China.	northwest
India's _____, season wind patterns, cause wet and dry seasons.	monsoons
During the ____, monsoons can cause heavy rains and flooding.(as much as 20 inches of rain)	summer
Harrappan civilization developed along the _____	Indus River
created a system of	weights and measures
created the___ system of writing in India	first
houses used_____ plumbing	indoor
_____, Mohenjo Daro, and Kalibangan all have similar construction	Harrappa
The _____ migration to India changed the region's civilization	Aryan
Like the ______, early civilizations settled in the Indus Valley.	Harrapppans
communities that were made from a clan, or many family members	grama
wrote their thoughts about the Vedas and these became Vedic texts	Branmins
described the religious rituals of early Hinduism	Vedic texts
One collection describes _____, including sacrifice.	rituals
Another describes _____ rituals	secret
____ society divided into groups.	Aryans
Most groups were organized by___	occupation
Vedic texts collected ____ religious traditions	Hindu
A blend of many ____ ideas	religious
No founder and no set of agreed upon_____	beliefs
____ of the Indian religious	Oldes
3 main gods in Hindu represent	creation, destruction, and preservation
Hindu emphasizes	nonviolence
When a person is____, his or her new form is determined by karma.(Hindu)	reborn
(Hinduism ) the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul	karma
Good or bad karma is determined by a person's life____	choices
Rites of passage,_____, are still practiced today.	Samskaras
rites of passage to prepare a person for an event or next stage of life	Samskaras
Jainism established as an _____ to hindu ritualism	alternative
Based on the teachings of_____, who abandoned his life of luxury to become a monk. (Jainism)	Mahavira
Jainism emphasizes____, much like the religion of hinduism	nonviolence
Founded by ____ Nanak in the AD 1400s. (Sikhism)	iGuru
Sikhism is	monotheistic
Sikhism Beliefs, _____, living truthfully, and equality of all people	monotheistic
Male followers, and many women, wore	turbans
Brahmins	priest
Kshatriyas	rulers and warriors
Sudras	workers, servants, and non-Aryans
Vaisyas	farmers, craftspeople, and traders