MT 6 Geography

Question 1

What is the capital of Bangladesh?

Answer 1

Dhaka

Question 2

What is the capital of Bhutan?

Answer 2

Thimphu

Question 3

What is the capital of Maldives?

Answer 3

Male

Question 4

What is the capital of Nepal?

Answer 4

Kathmandu

Question 5

What is the capital of India?

Answer 5

New Delhi

Question 6

What is the capital of Sri Lanka?

Answer 6

Colombo

Question 7

a large area of land that is a part of a continent

Answer 7

subcontinent

Question 8

a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.

Answer 8

rain shadow

Question 9

to hire somebody outside the company to do work for the company

Answer 9

outsource

Question 10

fishing large amounts of fish to sell is called…

Answer 10

commercial fishing

Question 11

What is the staple crop of Asia?

Answer 11

rice

Question 12

What are three challenges of climbing Mount Everest

Answer 12

1. low oxygen 2. physically rough slopes 3. low temps and harsh climates

Question 13

Name two negative effects of lots of people visiting Mount Everest

Answer 13

1. Pollution increasing 2. deforestation

Question 14

Why does the Deccan Plateau receive such little rain?

Answer 14

The Western Ghats create a rain shadow.

Question 15

What three bodies of water surround South Asia?

Answer 15

Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal

Question 16

Who were the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

Answer 16

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Question 17

Where were the first cities of South Asia built?

Answer 17

Indus River valley

Question 18

Why is there such high population density in the Ganges Plain?

Answer 18

Fertile land draws people in

Question 19

What percentage of Earth’s population lives in South Asia?

Answer 19

25% 1-2 billion