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The holiest river in the Hindu faith is the
a) Brahmaputra River
b) Ganges River
c) Indus River
d) Nile River

How did Siddhartha Gautama achieve enlightenment?
a) He meditated for some 30 days and search for answers within himself.
b) He studied with Hindu priests to find the cause of human suffering.
c) He wrote a novel that outlined what people could do to better their place in the caste system.
d) He consulted Christian missionaries who traveled to India during British colonization.

An organization formed in 1885, it provided a forum for Indians to discuss their problems. Gandhi was appointed as its leader.
a) Muslim League
b) Pan-African Congress
c) Indian National Congress
d) Civil Liberties League

The belief that after death, one’s soul is reborn in to a different body
a) karma
b) dharma
c) nirvana
d) reincarnation

Which of the following statements about the creation of Pakistan is true?
a) Japan gave up its control of it after World War II.
b) France created it when it gave up its colonies in Asia.
c) Britain established the country as a safe haven for free Indian slaves.
d) Muslims created it to avoid being under Hindu rule in India.

How did Mohandas Gandhi challenge British rule in India?
a) He encouraged Hindus and Muslims to go to war with Britain.
b) He resisted British rule with nonviolent protest.
c) He punished all Indians who were resistant to change.
d) He bathed in the Ganges River to purify himself.

To concentrate or think deeply about sacred things
a) meditate
b) nirvana
c) karma
d) mandala

A religion that developed in India around 1500 B.C. from a mixture of religious beliefs of the Aryans and the beliefs of the people they conquered
a) Buddhism
b) Christianity
c) Hinduism
d) Islam

Which groups in India’s caste system probably would have been discriminated against the most under British rule?
a) priests and warriors
b) untouchables and peasants
c) merchants and farmers
d) peasants and priests

Which of these historical statements is most closely associated with the histories of India and Pakistan since 1947?
a) Armed struggle is necessary to gain independence.
b) Religious conflicts can strongly influence political events.
c) The economy needs to be industrialized before a nation can be independent.
d) Similar geographical and historical conditions can promote unity among nations

The idea that a person’s actions will determine what happens to that person after death
a) reincarnation
b) meditate
c) nirvana
d) karma

A religion founded in India around 500 B.C. by a man named Siddhartha Gautama
a) Buddhism
b) Hinduism
c) Islam
d) Judaism

An inherited social class of traditional Hindu society that separates people from other classes by birth, occupation, or wealth
a) brahma
b) caste
c) dowry
d) meditate

How did the Buddha say that one could be free from human suffering?
a) by giving offerings to the gods and studying with priests
b) by leaving one's family and converting to Hinduism
c) by giving up selfish desires and following the Eightfold Path
d) by being reincarnated into a higher caste in the next life

Why has “outsourcing” from the United States become an important source of income for countries such as India?
a) higher wages
b) better technology
c) lower wages
d) higher taxes

When Pakistan decided to use a portion of a U. S. assistance plan to improve long-term needs in health and education, the Pakistani government was showing that it was committed to investing in its
a) natural resources
b) entrepreneurship
c) tariffs
d) human capital

India's head of government is
a) prime minister
b) president
c) king
d) religious leaders

What type of government does India have?
a) presidential democracy
b) constitutional monarchy
c) parliamentary democracy
d) dictatorship

the use of noncooperation, fasting, or other nonviolent means to oppose one's own government or an occupying force.
a) meditation
b) nirvana
c) passive resistance
d) karma

Strong pride in one's nation or ethnic group
a) nationalism
b) ethnic group
c) revolution
d) passive resistance

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