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Geo S.A./India test
geogrpahy test for S.A./ India USE TO STUDY FOR FINALS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why is South Asia so hard to unify? (4 reasons) | language, religion, social class, & physical geo. |
| how does disunity effect south asia? (3) | the creation of different divisons, lack of development & communication, too much diversity+harder to unify |
| who/what in SA was considered a "planned city" ? | Harappa & Mohenjo- Daro: bc they where very advanced, smart. new how to build and had street drains. |
| who was located on the Indus river and whats its significance? | Harappa & Mohenjo- Daro & they began a cultural hearth on Indus riv. |
| what is significant about the Aryan Invasion? | cultures blended creating cultural diffusion. |
| give an examaple of cultural diffusion durning the Aryan invasion. | brought beginnings of Hinduism & the caste system. |
| history of the Mughal Empire? who where the people? | Islamic group of Muslims that had to go all the way around mongolia..migrating into india to become the biggest & most sucessful empire on earth. |
| what is significant about the Mughal Empire? (3) | 1. worlds biggest empire 2. Taj Mahal created by Shan Jahan 3. increase trade with europeans, falls into britsish. |
| what is the british east india company ? | 'trade' company |
| who did the british east india company create? and who where they? | Sepoy army= Native indian soliders serving in a British led army |
| how did TBEIC improve there company? | built railroads, improved agriculture, grow cash crops for $ |
| what was significant about nation buliding in India? what was the INC goal? | nationalism! INC goal=independence |
| Ghandi took charge and led to what? (3) | non violent- civil disobedience, hunger strikes, and boycotts |
| what is significant about the great salt march 1930 ? and what did that lead to? | 1. Ghandi protested again british 2. indians rebeled to make&sell salt and led to india being independent |
| once india gains independence, what happens? | india divides=conflict arises. India=Hindus(move throughout india to get around) & Pakistan=Muslims( need to get through India to get to pak.==partition |
| define partition, who was involved, and what where the causes? | India&Pakista- the act/process, after India gained its independence causing bad masacre, war & famine. Causes: religion, laguage, demand of muslims to seperate from india(sepertism) |
| why does the sepoy army rebel? & what is the impact of that? who colonizes india? | bc of cultural ignorance- causes revolt againest british. Impact= british take direct rule over india= colonialism |
| define dharma (hinduism) | religios & moral duties, according to the caste sys, occupation, gender/age. *duties* "follow your dhrama get good karma" |
| why would hinduism be considered polytheistic? | they believe in more than 1 god. many gods. 330 million |
| what are Indias 2 most important natural resources? | rich soil & rivers |
| what are potential advantages of monsoons? | rich soil!! great for farming use, get $. bost economy & agriculture |
| what are some disadvantages of monsoons? | kills crops, alot of rain= flooding may occur in some areas and may involve some death/ injuries |
| what is significant about sikhism? 5 maj points | unique religion, hinduism+islam combined(cultural diffusion), no caste system, just reincarnation, & monotheistic |
| significance of the religion jainism? | preservation of life, follow strict moral code, live a harmlessness life. |
| what is significamt about the alluvial plain south of the himalayas? | good/rich soil=farming=moneyyyy |
| why is the deccan plateau important? | its the oldest and most stable area of the land in india |
| what is significant about the hindu kush mts and deccan plateau? ___=___ | big/ veried(cultural barrier)= having more diversity |
| what makes the himalayas important? (3) | 1. convergent plates 2. brings monsoons= creation of gangetic plains= rich soil. 3. cultural barrier |
| brahmaputra river | irragation & transportation.. impacts the growth of rice |
| Define Brahman (hinduism) | supreme force that unites everything in the universe, absolute truth, and is located on the top of the caste sys. |
| what is hinduisms ultimate goal? and define it | moksha= spiritaul perfection |
| define subcontinent | large landmass- bigger than a country, smaller than a continent. |
| where is Kashmir & why would pakistan claim it? | northern region in the middle of pakistan, india & china. & bc most of there population are muslim |
| India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons..how might there people feel? what might lead to it? | theyd be scared.. might be alittle tense over there. and would led to death |
| outsourcing | moving job somewhere else to make bigger profit |
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