Lesson 3 The People and Cultures

Core wordsCore words

Hinduism 印度教reincarnation 转世

caste 种姓Hindi 印地语

untouchable 贱民overpopulation 人口过剩

Extension wordsExtension words

dharma 教规，律法

karma 命运

Sikhism 锡克教

Jainism 耆那教

Kashmir 克什米尔

• How would you describe the cultures of India and its neighbors?

• What is India’s national language?

• What language is used in government and business?

• 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Dzongkha, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit

• Sinhalese

HinduismHinduism

• What is reincarnation?

• How are karma and dharma related?

• How does the caste system affect people’s lives?

The caste system of ancient IndiaThe caste system of ancient India

ReligionReligion

-Multi-religion

• Hinduism (80.5%)

• Islam (13.4%)

• Christianity (2.3%)

• Sikhism (1.9%)

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Which country is mostly Islamic?

• Which countries are largely Buddhist?

• What is Jainism?

Taj MahalTaj Mahal

What problems do the people face?What problems do the people face?

• poverty

• What are three influences on diet in the region?

• Why is it hard to end the caste system?

• Why is Bangladesh’s overpopulation an especially difficult problem?

• What problems result from overpopulation?

• Where do most people live?

What are the religious problems?What are the religious problems?

• Kashmir

KashmirKashmir