Ch 25

Question 1

When did India ‘begin’?

Answer 1

2500 BC

Question 2

What protected India from being invaded for so long?

Answer 2

the mountains

Question 3

What did Aryan invaders, from Iran, bring to India?

Answer 3

the caste system and Hinduism

Question 4

What is the caste system?

Answer 4

a social sysem; castes were based on oocupaton and soical status, impossible to change - only way is through reincarnation. llegal since 1949

Question 5

Instead of trying to change people’s status in the caste system, what did they do?

Answer 5

they tried to be the best they could be in their caste

Question 6

How was the caste system positive?

Answer 6

people tried their best to be a good person because it was believed that when we you were a bad person, in the next life you would be in a lower caste

Question 7

When was the caste system made illegal?

Answer 7

1949

Question 8

Who is the founder of Hinduism?

Answer 8

None

Question 9

How many supreme gods are in Hinduism?

Answer 9

3 - Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva

Question 10

In what order were the important empires/rulers of India?

Answer 10

Mauryan Empire (4th c BC), Gupta Empire (3rd c BC), Mughal Empire (1500s’), British Emire (1700’s-1947)

Question 11

What empire united most of Inida?

Answer 11

the Mauryan

Question 12

What ruler converted to Buddhism and spread it in India?

Answer 12

Ashoka

Question 13

What empire was the most peacful in India?

Answer 13

the Gupta Empire

Question 14

When did India gain independence?

Answer 14

1947 - thanks Gandhi

Question 15

What is the largest democracy?

Answer 15

India

Question 16

What is the literacy rate in India?

Answer 16

74%

Question 17

What is the major religion in India? Major language?

Answer 17

Hinduism and Hindu

Question 18

What is the current pop of India?

Answer 18

1.4 B, #2 most populated country in the world (now technically #1)

Question 19

What did the Indian Independece lead to?

Answer 19

border changes and Pakistan and Bangladesh seperated from India

Question 20

When did Bangladesh seperate from Pakistan?

Answer 20

1971

Question 21

Why was the partition of India done?

Answer 21

to allow for cultural/religious differences

Question 22

What religion is Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Answer 22

mainly Islam

Question 23

What is one of the world’s poorest countries?

Answer 23

Bangladesh

Question 24

Where is poetry popular?

Answer 24

Pakistan and Bangladesh

Question 25

Why is Nepal and Bhutan isloated and not connected globally?

Answer 25

because of the mountains

Question 26

What is the gov in Bhutan?

Answer 26

constituational monarchy

Question 27

What is the gov in Nepal?

Answer 27

fedel parliamentary republic

Question 28

Where was Buddhism founded?

Answer 28

Nepal and Bhutan

Question 29

What is the economy based on in Nepal and Bhutan?

Answer 29

agriculture

Question 30

Is the land good in Nepal and Bhutan?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

What is Bhutan known for?

Answer 31

Archery

Question 32

Does Bhutan like tourism? Why?

Answer 32

No because of the environment

Question 33

Does Nepal like tourism? Why?

Answer 33

Yes, because they rely on it - climbing Mt. Everest

Question 34

What are the negative impacts of people climbing Mt. Everest?

Answer 34

they leave mark on the mountain, and unregulated # of climbers wait to reach the summit in the 'death zone', they leave trash, bodies, and shit.

Question 35

How much trash was on Mt Everest? How may bodies?

Answer 35

11 tons of trash and 4 bodies

Question 36

How many people attempted to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in 2023?

Answer 36

668

Question 37

Who does Sri Lanka and the Maldives have strong ties with?

Answer 37

India

Question 38

Why does Sri Lanka and the Maldives have strong ties with India?

Answer 38

Because of location

Question 39

Who were the first people to arrive to Sri Lanka fron India?

Answer 39

Sinhalese (Buddhist)

Question 40

Who were the second people to arrive to Sri Lanka fron India?

Answer 40

Tamils

Question 41

How long did Britain control Sri Lanka?

Answer 41

200 years (1948)

Question 42

Who intially settled in the Maldives?

Answer 42

Buddhists and Hindus from Sri Lanka and India

Question 43

What country converted to Islam in the 12th c?

Answer 43

the Maldives

Question 44

What religion did the Maldives convert to in the 12th c?

Answer 44

Islam

Question 45

When did the Maldives gain independence?

Answer 45

1968

Question 46

What is Sri Lanka's economy based on?

Answer 46

agriculture

Question 47

What is the offical state religion of the Maldives?

Answer 47

Islam

Question 48

What issue press the Maldives?

Answer 48

rising sea leavels

Question 49

What is the Maldives economy based on?

Answer 49

fishing and tourism