Chapter 21, Section 3-4 (Modern India & its neighbors)

gods

Brahma, Siva, & Vishnu are examples of the many ___ in Hinduism

Billion

more than 1 __ people live in India today, over 3 times larger than the U.S. population

Nepal

mountainous country with a non-rectangular national flag & mountain-climbing tourists

Tsunami

over 500,000 were made homeless in Dec. 2004 by a massive ___ that flooded the island nation of Sri Lanka

karma

Hindus believe a person's ____ affects how they will be reincarnated, up or down, based on good & bad actions

Second

India is the world's ___-most populated country, only behind China

Pakistan

Muslim neighbor of India that has unstable government, but has helped the US track down terrorists there

Sherpas

Nepal mountain guides who help mountain climbers go into the Himalayas

Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama was the 1 founder of___ , but Hinduism doesn't have any 1 single founder like Buddhism

Religions

Sikhism & Jainism are 2 other ___ found in India

Maldives

South Asian island country with thousands of low-lying islands barely rising above sea level

Democracy

Today, India is the world's largest ___, a government were people have a say in who runs the country

hindu

a bindi or tilak is something ___ people wear on their foreheads (the answer is a religion)

Bangladesh

flood-prone country damaged often by monsoons & overflowing rivers-- their flag has a red dot on it

Cremated

funerals in India usually end with bodies being __ & the ashes spread in the Ganges

Sri Lanka

island country located only 20 miles from India, divided by civil war between 2 ethnic groups

Bhutan

small, isolated, mountainous Buddhist country with limited tourism & a dragon on its flag

cow

the ___ is an animal treated especially well in India, but not worshipped like a god