South Central Asia

Question 0

How much of the world’s population?

Answer 0

One fifth

Question 1

Subcontinent

Answer 1

Large land mass

Question 2

What significant event occurred in 1947?

Answer 2

British India is partitioned into India and Pakistan

Question 3

When was Ghandi assassinated?

Answer 3

1948

Question 4

What eventually happened to the early Indus civilization?

Answer 4

Natural disasters
Shift in a course of the Indus River
Climate change

Eventually abandoned

Question 5

Indo-Europeans are now referred to as what?

Answer 5

Aryans

Question 6

The Gupta Empire marked a _____ of Indian civilization

Answer 6

Golden age

Question 7

East Indian company

Answer 7

Private company empowered by the British to oversee British authority

Question 8

When did Ghandi begin his nonviolent methods of civil disobedience protesting British rule?

Answer 8

After WWl

Question 9

Raga

Answer 9

Traditional music form

“Color”

Question 10

What are the three big ideas?

Answer 10

1. The search for enlightenment
2. A place in society
3. A complex heritage

Question 11

Ratio of two major religious dominations

Answer 11

Hinduism (80%)

Muslim (10%)

Question 12

Earliest literature: Vedas

Answer 12

Four collections of hymns (most important sacred text in Hinduism)

Question 13

Earliest literature: Mahabharata

Answer 13

An epic (story of a set of cousins who battle over a kingdom in northern India)

Question 14

Most famous poem in Indian literature

Answer 14

Bhagavad Gita or “song of god” sermon

Question 15

Earliest literature: Ramayana

Answer 15

Sanskrit epic (story of the god kind Rama whose dharma is to defeat the demon ravana)

Question 16

Caste system

Answer 16

Classifies people based on social group into which they are born (also decided on occupation)

Priests (Brahmans)
Rulers and Soldiers (Kshatriyas) 
Merchants and Farmers (Vaishyas)
Peasants and Laborers (Sudras)
"Untouchables"

Question 17

Problems of complex heritage

Answer 17

~ 22 official state and national languages
~ overpopulation
~ poverty
~ ethnic and religious conflict

Question 18

Why does English continue to be used in South Central Asia?

Answer 18

Many different languages - English is common denominator

Question 19

East Pakistan is aka?

Answer 19

Bangladesh

Question 20

West Pakistan is aka?

Answer 20

Pakistan