South Asia Test Review

Indus River Valley River

Indus River

Monsoons

Rainy season in summer (June-September)

Indus River Valley Accomplishments

Well Planned Cities, Worlds first sewer system, weights and Scales, and irrigation systems.

Caste System

way of dividing people into different groups based on their birth or family

Positive to the caste system

“Division of Labor”

Brahmins

Top of Caste System; Priests

Kshatriyas

Second on Caste system; Warriors and Rulers

Vaisya

Third on Caste system; Merchants and Landowners

Sudras

Fourth on Caste System; Laborers and Servants

Untouchables

Not even on Caste System; Social Outcasts sewer cleaners

What happened to the Indus River Valley people

Unsure, remains a mystery; Some theories include drought, flood, disease, or a possible invasion.

Indo-Aryan written Language

Sanskrit

Mauryan Empire Leader who converted to Buddhism

Asoka

Which Empire invented the number 0 and decimal system

Gupta

Mughal Period leader who was Tolerant

Akbar

Mughal Period Leader who was not tolerant

Aurangzeb

British Corporation who colonized foreign lands

East India Company

Mohandis Gandhi

Leader of independence movement in India; led peaceful protests, boycott of British goods and advocated for non-violent resistance.

What religion did Gandhi want the free country to be

Freedom of choice not one specific religion

Partition of 1947

The division of British India into two independent dominions, India and Pakistan, in 1947, leading to significant migration and violence.

Religion of India

Hinduism

Religion of Pakistan

Islam

Who killed Gandhi

Hindu Extremist

What did East Pakistan become

Bangladesh

Non-Alignment

policy of not allying with any world power

Tallest Mountain in the world

Mt. Everest

India Government

Parliamentary Democracy

Per Capita GDP

 Gross domestic product per person. (Average of what each person makes a year in each country.)

South Asia countries below or above world average per Capita GDP?

Below

Literacy Rate

Percentage of the population that can read and write aged 15 and older.