Vocabulary

Question 1

All the gods of a religion

Answer 1

Pantheon

Question 2

Indian troops under the command of British officers

Answer 2

Sepoys

Question 3

Refusal to buy certain goods from a country for business

Answer 3

Boycott

Question 4

Division of a place, usually a country

Answer 4

Partition

Question 5

The belief that the soul is reborn again and again in different forms

Answer 5

Reincarnation

Question 6

Importance of doing ones duty according to ones station on life

Answer 6

Dharma

Question 7

Positive or negative outcome after doing something

Answer 7

Karma

Question 8

Group of people who are born into a certain position in society

Answer 8

Caste

Question 9

Small scale industries based in a home

Answer 9

Cottage industries

Question 10

Plant fiber used to make burlap and rope

Answer 10

Jute

Question 11

Waters washed ashore by long shores

Answer 11

Storm shores

Question 12

Gives up certain decision making powers in exchange for protection by a stronger country

Answer 12

Protectorate

Question 13

Form of carbon that is in pencil leads

Answer 13

Granite

Question 14

A vast mountain system in Southern Asia

Answer 14

Himalayas

Question 15

Joins with the Brahmaputra river and flows south through a large river delta

Answer 15

Ganges river

Question 16

Major south flowing river

Answer 16

Indus River

Question 17

A religion with origins in India that combines the Muslim belief in one God with the Hindu belief of reincarnation

Answer 17

Sikhism

Question 18

Alluvial plain that has been created by the flooding of the Indus and Ganges rivers

Answer 18

Indo-magnetic plain

Question 19

Religion with origins that emphasise strict moral code

Answer 19

Jainism

Question 20

When wind moves in opposite directions to make wet and dry weather

Answer 20

Monsoons

Question 21

A very large land mass that is smaller than a continent

Answer 21

Sub-continent