S.Asia

Question 1

population distribution

Answer 1

People live along Ganges River and Ganges Plain bc of the water (go over)

Question 2

subcontinent

Answer 2

• Large landmass smaller than a continent

Question 3

collision zone of India and Asia

Answer 3

Collision zone created the Himalayas (separated it from the rest of Asia)

Question 4

Alluvial Plain

Answer 4

alluvial plain is a largely flat land form created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms.

Question 5

River Systems

Answer 5

Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra Rivers

1. All flow from Himalayas
2. Ganges and Brahmaputra meet at the Ganges Delta

Question 6

Atolls

Answer 6

Low-lying tops of submerged volcanoes

- The Maldives

Question 7

Monsoon winds

Answer 7

Winter- cause droughts

Summer- heavy rain and storms

Question 8

Hinduism

Answer 8

• Aryans introduces basic ideas that became apart of HInduism
• 80% of India is hindu
• Started the caste system, renincarnation, Dharma, and Karma

Question 9

European involvement

Answer 9

• Beginning in 1958 the British controlled all of the Indian subcontinent
• Wanted powerful trading companies and India’s resources
• Pakistan, Bangledesh,and Sri Lanka were also apart of these colonies

Question 10

Division of India and Pakistan

Answer 10

-Pakistan is mainly muslim while India is mainly hinduism

Question 11

Countries religions

Answer 11

India- mostly HIndu

Pakistan and Bangladesh- mostly muslim

Question 12

Mahatama Ghandi

Answer 12

Led many protest marches, boycotts, and hunger strikes

believed in no violence

Question 13

The Caste System

Answer 13

• Made by hinduism
• born into it
  Brahmins- Priests and Intellectuals
  KShatriyas- warriors
  Vaisays- traders and merchants
  Sudras- farmers and laborers
  Dalits- not even part of the system/ untouchables

unfair bc u cant change casts

Question 14

Population growth in rural areas

Answer 14

people are looking for job oppurtunities here bc the Urban area is running out of space

Question 15

cottage industries

Answer 15

a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person’s home.

Question 16

the hollywood of India

Answer 16

Bollywood- Mumbai, got the nickname bc so many films were filmed there

Question 17

Kashmir

Answer 17

both India and Pakistan have parts of Kashmir but both want it bc it is good for trading but there is a large hindu population (could start a nuclear war)

Question 18

Islands vs. Mountains, physical impact

Answer 18

islands-

1. more accessible
2. diversity of people
3. better land to farm

Mountains-

1. isolated
2. traditions stay the same
3. bad farming land

Question 19

Indian Government

Answer 19

Worlds biggest democracy

Question 20

Sri Lanka’s Political instability

Answer 20

Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Sinalese

Many plants were diseased so when Sri Lanka finally had a successful tea crop, the hindu tamils were overworked

Question 21

outsourcing, effect on India

Answer 21

• getting more buisness bc they are being used for customer service and computerized jobs.
• caste systems starting to be ignored
• traditions are changing bc of the american businesses coming in