How are hinduism and buddhism practiced today in regards to the caste system?

Hinduism believes that one is born into a caste, or social status based on one’s previous life, Buddhists do not practice the caste system, rather they do believe that one’s past life has some determination on ones future life; but it does not force them into any one social sect. This affects either religions follower today because the use of the caste system, even though it is now outlawed, is still widespread.

(d) rivers.

explanation:

civilizations developed around rivers because their waters provided places to hunt and fish. also, as the rivers flooded, the lands around them became fertile. this allowed them to support farming. this is especially true of the nile river, which flooded the same time each year.

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.