Unit 8: South Asia

Question 1

Name the resources that are found in South Asia.

Answer 1

water, soil, forests, minerals

Question 2

What is a monsoon?

Answer 2

seasonal winds

Question 3

What is a cyclone?

Answer 3

violent storms

Question 4

What is the approximate population of South Asia?

Answer 4

over 2 billion

Question 5

Name the major river that flows through Pakistan.

Answer 5

indus river

Question 6

Name the major river that flows through northern India.

Answer 6

ganges river

Question 7

Name the parallel mountain range that creates a barrier between India and China.

Answer 7

Himalayas

Question 8

Name the mountain range that lies at the west end of the Himalayas.

Answer 8

Hindu Kush

Question 9

How did the plateaus in South Asia form?

Answer 9

collision of tectonic plates

Question 10

Climate Zones… The highland zone:

Answer 10

coldest

Question 11

The tropical wet zone:

Answer 11

West and east India and Bangladesh

Question 12

The desert zone:

Answer 12

lower Indus Valley

Question 13

The lower elevations:

Answer 13

Nepal, Bhutan, northern India

Question 14

The semiarid zone:

Answer 14

Nepal, Bhutan, northern India

Question 15

Vegetation Regions… Tropical wet:

Answer 15

most forests

Question 16

Subtropical:

Answer 16

Oak, Chestnut, palm forests

Question 17

Semiarid:

Answer 17

less vegetation

Question 18

Highland:

Answer 18

pine and evergreen forests

Question 19

Why is the Ganges river important to the people of India?

Answer 19

1) water used for drinking, farming, transportation
2) sacred and spiritual meaning

Question 20

Name the major pollutants of the Ganges.

Answer 20

• raw sewage and industrial waste
• Human corpses thrown in the water

Question 21

How many people live around the Ganges River?

Answer 21

350 million

Question 22

What is Varanasi?

Answer 22

sacred site people gather everyday

Question 23

What is the Feni?

Answer 23

Flat, marshy, slow moving river

Question 24

What do the storm surges in South Asia cause?

Answer 24

high waters that swamp low areas

Question 25

Define the term “estuary.”

Answer 25

An arm of the sea at a lower end of a river

Question 26

How far back does India’s culture date back?

Answer 26

over 4,000 years ago

Question 27

What was the result of foreign invaders constantly trying to conquer India?

Answer 27

diverse culture and religion

Question 28

Where did Indian civilization begin?

Answer 28

indus valley

Question 29

Aryans

Answer 29

invaded India

Question 30

The Mauryan Empire

Answer 30

321 BCE, united most of India

Question 31

What factor brought European arrival to India around the 1500’s?

Answer 31

looking to trade

Question 32

The raj

Answer 32

Period of British control

Question 33

Nonviolent resistance

Answer 33

peaceful protest movement

Question 34

How did independence affect India?

Answer 34

divided west and east India

Question 35

What type of government does India have today?

Answer 35

democracy

Question 36

What does the Indian economy have a major dependence on?

Answer 36

farming

Question 37

What is a major problem with the agricultural system in India today?

Answer 37

low crop yields

Question 38

The Green Revolution

Answer 38

increased crop yields

Question 39

Indian industry

Answer 39

cotton, textiles, iron, steel, etc

Question 40

What is the center of modern life in India?

Answer 40

marriage and family

Question 41

What is the official religion in India?

Answer 41

hindu

Question 42

The caste system

Answer 42

system of social classes

Question 43

The correct order from levels 1-4 of the social classes in India

Answer 43

1) brahman 2) Kshatriyas 3) vaisyas 4) sudras

Question 44

Reincarnation

Answer 44

how people move to a different caste

Question 45

When did the Indus Valley Civilization fall?

Answer 45

1500 BCE

Question 46

Empires that invaded the Indus Valley at some time

Answer 46

Mauryan, Gupta, Mughal

Question 47

What brought about the partition of India?

Answer 47

British rule

Question 48

What did British rule and the division of India lead to?

Answer 48

violence

Question 49

What is the economy in Pakistan and Bangladesh dependent on?

Answer 49

agriculture

Question 50

Subsistence farming

Answer 50

farmers don't grow crops in productive ways

Question 51

How do the textile industries in Bangladesh and Pakistan help the people?

Answer 51

Provide revenue and employment

Question 52

What is one major goal of Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Answer 52

trying to raise living standards

Question 53

Islam

Answer 53

Important part of life

Question 54

Which country has very strict laws for Islamic citizens?

Answer 54

Pakistan

Question 55

How many main ethnic groups are in Pakistan?

Answer 55

5

Question 56

Punjabis

Answer 56

over 1/2 the population

Question 57

Bengals

Answer 57

speak language based on sanskrit

Question 58

What is a popular form of oral literature in Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Answer 58

poetry

Question 59

Mushairas

Answer 59

poet readings that draw many people

Question 60

Qawwali

Answer 60

devotional singing performed by Muslims

Question 61

Nepal and Bhutan are both:

Answer 61

Both very religious countries

Question 62

Describe the landscape in Nepal and Bhutan

Answer 62

mountainous

Question 63

Constitutional monarchies

Answer 63

kingdoms in which the rulers powers are limited by a constitution

Question 64

Common farm products in Nepal and Bhutan

Answer 64

rice, corn, potatoes, wheat

Question 65

What industry is very important in Nepal and Bhutan?

Answer 65

timber

Question 66

Sherpas

Answer 66

People from high Himalayas

Question 67

Bhote

Answer 67

main ethnic group in Bhutan

Question 68

Nepalese

Answer 68

minority group in southern lowlands (of Bhutan)

Question 69

What is the main religion in Bhutan and Nepal?

Answer 69

Buddhism

Question 70

The tourism industry in the mountains:

Answer 70

growing industry but damaging to environment

Question 71

Sri Lanka and the Maldives have close ties to:

Answer 71

India

Question 72

The Tamils

Answer 72

Hindus from India, settled in north Sri Lanka

Question 73

The Sinhalese

Answer 73

created an advanced civilization in India

Question 74

After Sri Lanka and the Maldives gained independence:

Answer 74

tension grows between the Sinhalese and the Tamils

Question 75

Sultans

Answer 75

Muslim rulers, controlled the Maldives

Question 76

When was the republic of the Maldives established?

Answer 76

1968