Unit 5 Subunit 4: South Asia

A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire,

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

The doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

An ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the slopes

• Terraced farming

• commercial farming

• fishing

• Deforestation

Originated in the 800s BCE. They prescribes a path of nonviolence towards all living being

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Jainism

Customs or beliefs handed down from generation to generation

• Traditions

• Monsoons

• Tsunami

Theory that explains the process that formed the continents and explains why the earth's crust shifts

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

A large landmass that is geographically set off from the larger continent

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

True or False: India has a government similar to Canada in that it has a parliament.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which two countries were once part of India but successfully gained their independence?

• Nepal and Afghanistan

• Bangladesh and Pakistan

• China and Bhutan

• Maldives and Iran