India

1. Had to use rifles with cartridges that had animal fat on them 2. Disrespect his religious beliefs- allowed women to remarry instead of killing

What are two major British laws that led to the Sepoy rebellion

Buddhism

What faith believes that all sufferings are caused by desires

India and Pakistan made a pact to not get involved in the Cold War

What is India's policy of nonalignment

Being reborn 1. Sikhism 2. Buddhism 3. Hinduism

What is reincarnation and what religions believe in it

Nirvana

What is the Buddhism Name for heaven

Moksha

What is the Hindu name for heaven

Indian word for class system

What is the caste system

Sri Lanka

What is the name of the island nation to the right of India

Ruby

What jewel in the British crown was India referred to as

Himalayas

What mountain ranges separated Tibet from India

Buddhism

What religion believes in following the eight fold path to escape from this world and reach nirvana

Hinduism

What religion believes that members in society are organized by a Rank that denotes the closeness to moksha

East India Company

What was the trading company that ruled India for sometime

In rural societies

Where is the caste system still a part of society today

Buddhism

Which religion believes finding peace and harmony through nature and withdrawing from society

Buddhism

Which religion believes in Modernization or the middle way to overcome desire

Hinduism

Which religion believes that his spiritual force called Brahman is and everything

Buddhism

Which religion believes that in order to end suffering one must end all self centered desires

Buddhism

Which religion believes that one can reach nirvana through four Noble truths

Islam

Which religion believes that people should respect elders and uphold traditions and customs

Buddhism

Which religion did Siddharta Gautama find

Pranab Mukherjee

Who is the current president of India

Mamnoon Hussain

Who is the current president of Pakistan

Indira Gandhi

Who is the first woman to be the prime minister of India

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Who led Pakistan to independence

Gandhi

Who was the famous leader of India independence that led a nonviolence campaign

Jawaharlal Nehru

Who was the first prime minister of India

Benazir Bhutto

Who was the first woman to be the prime minister of Pakistan

Pervez Musharraef

Who was the former military dictator of Pakistan

Hinduism

Majority religion in India

Islam

What religion believes that society consists of groups with a superior power and a subordinate power like fathers and sons and rulers and subjects

Sikhism

What religion developed as a combination of Muslim and Hinduism beliefs

Caste system

What term refers to the social class structure in the Hindu religion

Democracy

What type of government does India have today

The Buddha

What was Siddhartha Guatama name changed to

Nonviolence

What was gandhi's overall philosophy for India to reach independence

British Raj

What was the name for the British rule in India

Sepoys

What was the name of the Indian soldiers that worked for the East Indian company

Amritsar Massacre

What was the name of the mascara that had killed 1000 of Indians that peacefully had gathered for a religious festival and to hear speeches

Cities

Where does most of India's population reside

Cotton and indigo

2 cash crops that India exports

1.Moral obligation 2. Duty of Hindus

Define dharma

Seasonal wind that regularly blows

Define monsoon

Bangladesh

East Pakistan split from West Pakistan in 1971 and formed what nation

All actions affect a person's fate in their next lives

Karma

Islam

Majority religion in Pakistan

Poverty, population growth, and religious differences

Name the three major problems that India currently faces

1. Muslims didn't like the Hindus controlling the government 2. Muslims feared discrimination from the Hindus 3. Muslims wanted their own government/nation

Name three reasons why England decided to partition India into two states Pakistan and India

1.Muslims went to Pakistan 2. Hindus went to India 3. 1 million killed

Name three results of the partition of India and Pakistan

Three rivers

Near what geographical feature did the Indus civilization develop

Salt and clothing

Rule that was establish by British Mercantilism that lead to India's economic dependence on Britain