| A | B |
|---|
| reincarnation | soul gets reborn into other being |
| moksha | end of reincarnation cycle/perfection |
| Dharma | rules follow to live a good life |
| karma | actions in life that decide next life |
| sacred river in India | Ganges |
| animal sacred to India | cow |
| Brahma | supreme being or god |
| capital of India | New Delhi |
| site of earliest civilization | Indus River Valley |
| majority religion of India | Hinduism |
| cremation | ritual burning of the dead |
| caste system | division of Indian society into groups |
| What does caste system decide? | job,marriage partner,clothes,rights |
| lowest caste in India | untouchables |
| Brahman | supreme being or god |
| Highest mountain in world | Himalayas |
| highest peak in the world | Mt Everest |
| break in Himalayas/invasion point | Khyber pass |
| monsoon | winds that bring rain |
| Countries in Himalayas | Nepal and Bhutan |
| large island off South India | Sri Lanka |
| infanticide | kill babies |
| Why infanticide is practiced in India | kill females/sons are desired |
| Tomb built for India shah's wife | Taj Mahal |
| number of years British ruled India | 190 years |
| Father of Indian Independence | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Passive resistance | protest non-violently |
| civil disobedience | break laws you feel are unjust |
| boycott | don't buy,pay or attend british goods,services |
| fasting | refuse to eat to make people give in |
| how did Gandhi die | assassinated by Hindu fanatic |
| Reason Pakistan was created | Muslim land |
| first prime minister of India | Nehru |
| Sikhs | religious minority who want Punjab to separate |
| Rajiv Gandhi | Indira Gandhi's son |
| green revolution | use of science and technology to crops |
| India form of gov't | parliamentary democracy |
| lifestyle of Most Indians | farmers in village |
| Does India have nuclear capability? | yes and so does Pakistan |
| Dravidians | original people of Indus River Valley |
| Aryans | tall fair skinned people who invaded and conquered India |
| reason Gandhi opposed dowry | made girls less desirable/put families in debt |
| Bangladesh | East Pakistan broke from West Pakistan/fought a civil war |
| Indira Gandhi | Nehru's daughter/killed by Sikh separatist |
| problems of India | overpopulation-1 billion in area 1/3 size of US |
| causes of overpopulation | less infant deaths,better medical,large families |
