India quiz

1. Wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons.

• monsoons
• thunderstorms
• typhoons
• sleet storms

2. A land mass that is smaller but connected to a continent.

• Isthmus
• subcontinent
• mini continent
• land bridge

3. India's first civilization.

• Hindus
• Buddhists
• Harappan
• Mesopotamians

4. The highest mountain range in the world.

• The Rockies
• The Hindu Kush
• Himalayas
• Appalachians

5. A major river that flows through Pakistan

• Tigris
• Indus
• Nile
• Euphrates

6. Ancient Aryan writings that include poems, myths, hymns and rituals.

• Vedas
• Hindus
• Buddhas
• monsoons

7. What divided the Indian society into groups based on birth, wealth and occupation?

• untouchables
• vedas
• monks
• caste system

8. The force created by a person's actions.

• Dharma
• Vedas
• Karma
• Hinduism

9. The largest religion in India.

• Christianity
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Judaism

10. The belief that souls are born and reborn many times.

• reincarnation
• Hindusim
• Buddhism
• caste system