DZ GEO Unit 10 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Lifeline of Pakistan | Indus River |
Afghanistan's "melting pot" culture | Due to all the hostile takeovers by foreign nations |
3 powerful rivers that make up delta in Bangladesh | Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna |
highest mountain peak in world | Mt. Everest (29,035 feet) |
England both helped and hurt this nation when they controlled it | India |
Hindu nation created out of India | Pakistan |
Taliban controlled government until 2001 U.S. invastion | Afghanistan |
Promoted tourism which has led to financial and cultural growth | Nepal |
nation created out of Pakistan | Bangladesh |
tsunami devastated nation in 2004 | Sri Lanka |
has not promoted tourism and has not grown as a nation | Bhutan |
does unclean jobs in India such as tanning hides and street cleaning | Untouchables |
teachers and priests; top caste in India | Brahmans |
warrior caste in India | Kshatriyas |
farmers and merchants caste in India | Vaisyas |
craftworkers and laborers caste in India | Sudras |
opposing an enemy by any means other than violence | non-violent resistance |
refusal to do things in order to achieve a larger goal | boycott |
belief that human and animal souls are born, die, and reborn | reincarnation |
social hierarchy in which people are born into particular group with distinct rank in society | caste system |
brightly colored cloth that is draped over body like a dress | sari |
common in India; family lives with husband's parents after marriage | joint family system |
biggest health concern in India | unhealthy water |
electricity produced by movement of water | hydroelectric power |
terrorist group that controlled Afghanistan | Taliban |
lack of food or an unbalanced diet | malnutrition |
"tear drop" of India | Sri Lanka |
process of stripping land of its trees | deforestation |
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