South Asia

Who was India's greatest leader that urged nonviolence during the protest for independence?

• Mohandas Ghandi

• Buddha

• Shah Jahan

• Braham

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 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

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

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

Seasonal winds that affect climate in the southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months.

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

A severe tropical storm characterized by high winds that originates in the Indian Ocean or western Pacific Ocean.

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• cyclones

• plate tectonics

Belief in one God

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Nationalism

Belief in more than one God

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Nationalism

Which of the following is the name for the lowest members of the Indian caste system?

• Brahmins

• Viasayas

• Untouchables

• Shudras

What Muslim country was created out of India?

• Bhutan

• Nepal

• Pakistan

• Afghanistan