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__**monsoon**__: early summer and late fall rain and wind blowing off of the Indian Ocean which cause the Indus and Ganges Rivers to overflow
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 * 1) The Monsoons caused the Indus and Ganges Rivers to overflow, the overflow spread silt over the ground close to the riverbanks. Food could be grown close to the river. Civilization grew when there was a surplus of food. Surplus of food allows specilization of labor
 * 2) Who were the Arayans and what effect did they have on the first Indus Valley civilizations?

Page 128 Focus Questions: __**What effect did Aryan migration have on Indian culture**__? The Aryans were a more settled agricultural people. They spread culture as the moved into fertile regions. They brought Horse drawn chariots, brought livestock, hymns in praise of their gods, caste system page 130 Focus question: What are the main teachings of Hinduism?

__** Describe Hinduism and Buddhism **__
 * Free the individual soul and join it with universal life force
 * more than one lifetime is necessary to free soul
 * reincarnation is being born into another body
 * perform yoga to exercise mind and body
 * Fasting and religious pilgrimages
 * Hindu holy men are sadhus and swamis

page 132 focus question: __**What are the main teachings and practices of Buddhism**__?
 * led by Siddhartha Gautama
 * rebirth
 * selfish desire causes human suffering
 * let go of greed and hatred and ignorance and reach nirvana

__** Name the two rivers in Northern India we studied and describe where they begin and end. **__ bay of bengal 3 words for where Ganges River mouth is here arabiansea 2 words for where mouth of Indus River is
 * The Ganges and Indus Rivers begin in the Himalayan mountains

__** Name the countries that surround India in alphabetical order. **__ The countries which border India are: Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Mynamar