Transcript India Review - Greenfield

Who or What am I?
Review
What am I?
• I can be found in Asia
– South Asia
• I am a large landmass
• I am just smaller than a continent
• The following countries are located here:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• What am I?
• I am the Indian SUBCONTINENT
Indian Subcontinent
• Is a unique geographical region
– Soaring mountains
– Powerful rivers
– Fertile plains (Along which rivers??)
• Indus
• Ganges
– Resources
• Agricultural and mineral (iron, coal) = most common
– Natural resources
• Crops: tea, rice, nuts, jute (used to make rope)
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I am a landform
I can be found in Asia
I border Nepal and China
I stretch over 1,500 miles!
I am home to Mount Everest
– (highest mountain peak on earth!)
• What am I?
• I am the HIMALAYAN mountain range
What am I?
• I am a landform
• I cause a delta to form in Bangladesh at the Bay of
Bengal
• Many Hindus bathe in my water
• I am a river found in India
• What am I?
• I am the GANGES river
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I am a landform
I am a body of water
I can be found in modern-day Pakistan
I am the home of an ancient civilization
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I am the INDUS river
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I am a type of weather
I most commonly occur in South Asia
During the summer I cause heavy rain (floods)
During winter I bring dry air in from the north
What am I?
I am a MONSOON
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I am an ancient civilization
I existed along the Indus River Valley
One of my largest cities shares its name w/ me
Mohenjo Daro was located in my civilization
Who am I?
I am the HARAPPAN civilization
Who am I?
• I am an ancient civilization
• I existed along the Indus River Valley
• I influenced Indian culture by:
– Creating Sanskrit
– Beginnings of caste system
– Beginnings of Hinduism
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• I am the ARYAN civilization
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I am a major world religion
Some consider me monotheistic
Some consider me polytheistic
I am the largest religion in India
I am the basis for the caste system
The ultimate goal of my followers is to reunite
with Brahman
• What am I?
• I am HINDUISM
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I am a major world religion
I began in India
A man named Siddhartha Gautama founded me
A main teaching of mine is: release your desires
for material goods in order to reach nirvana
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• I am BUDDHISM
What am I?
• I am a form of social hierarchy (social class system)
• I organized Indian society for thousands of years
• People’s rank in my system was based on their birth,
wealth & later their occupation
• There are four tiers in my pyramid, but there are
five groups (including the Dalits, or untouchables)
• I am no longer the legal system of India
• What am I?
• The caste system
What am I?
• I have happened in many places throughout history
• I happened a lot after exploration by Europeans
• Many countries didn’t receive freedom from me
until after WWII
• I happened to India after the Sepoy Rebellion
• I am a territory inhabited and controlled by people
from a foreign land
• What am I?
• I am a colony
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I am a person
I earned my law degree in Britain
I helped fight for independence for South Africa
I used protests, boycotts and fasting to help earn
freedom from Britain for my fellow Indian people
• I inspired MLK Jr. with my non-violence movement
• Who am I?
• I am Gandhi
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I happened in 1947
The British government is responsible for me
However, the Muslim minority asked for me
I am defined as a division
I am the division of India and Pakistan (both west & east)
After I happened 10 million rushed to cross the
border to live in the country where their religion
held a majority
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• I am the partition
Who am I?
• I am located on the Indian Subcontinent
• I became independent from Britain in 1947
• I fought a civil war in order to gain independence
again in 1971
• I used to be known as East Pakistan
• Who am I?
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I am a mausoleum
My construction began in the early 17th century
I was built during the Mughal Dynasty (Empire)
I am made of white marble
A labor force of about twenty thousand workers
made me
• What am I?
• I am the Taj Mahal