The Indian Sub-Continent

PART I: VOCABULARY = 8 questions- Define and study all words from Chapter 5 (pages 144 and 150). Also, review terms on pages 200 and 210.

PART II: PEOPLE and HISTORY = 7 questions1. 1st woman Prime Minister of India?2. The Prince who became the Buddha in Nepal?3. Central Asian Nomads that invaded the Indus Valley

through the Khyber Pass?

4. Leader of India who assisted Pakistan and Bangladesh

with their separation?

5. Muslim conquerors from south-west Asia?

6. Monotheistic group, much like the Hindus?

7. He used civil disobedience to free India from Britain?

PART III: MULTIPLE CHOICES = 5 questions1. Name a language of Pakistan? A- B- C-

2. After the Bengal famine, India organized the _______

___________ to increase food production.

3. Peaceful religion from Nepal (c. 500’s B.C.)?

4. Religion that has the 4 Holy Books called the Vedas?

5. Comes from vocabulary.

PART IV: PLACES = 8 questions

1. The ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were

located on this river?

2. Capital = Kathmandu; Mt. Everest; CON-MON, ECON = AG?

3. Capital=Dhaka; DEM-REP; ECON=AG; Lang. = Bengali?

4. Capital = Thimphu; CON-MON; “Hidden Holy Land”?

5. Valuable territory that caused 3 wars between India

and Pakistan?

6. Capital = Colombo; DEM-REP; Sinhalese and Tamils

are fighting?

7. Capital = Islamabad; DEM-REP?; Separated from India

in late 1947?

8. Capital = New Delhi; World’s Largest Democracy;

Independence from England in 1947?

PART V: SHORT ANSWER = 3 questionsThree reasons for Gandhi choosing peaceful rebellion against England for Independence.

A- B- C-