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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.