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Geo. Ch. 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Early civilizations and states of South Asia | 1. Indus Valley 2. Mughal Empire 3. Sultanate |
| Countries of South Asia | 1. Afghanistan 2. Pakistan 3. India 4. Nepal 5. Bhutan 6. Bangladesh 7. Sri Lanka |
| Major Cities of South Asia | New Delhi, Islamabad, Kabul |
| Major Mountain Ranges of South Asia | Himalayas, Sulaiman |
| Major Religions of South Asia | Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism |
| sulanate | state ruled by a sultan |
| nonaligned nation | a nation that remains neutral |
| subcontinent | large land mass forming a distinct part of a continent |
| alluvial plain | rich silt in flat areas from Himalayan runoff |
| monsoon | winds that carry dry air from the northeast during the winter and carry moisture from the southwest in the summer |
| the largest country in South Asia | India |
| The oldest civilization in South Asia is | the Indus Valley located in modern Pakistan |
| The landscape of South Asia is | greatly varied and consists of deserts, rain forests, and glacier covered mountains |
| The monsoons can bring heavy rain in the summer | the monsoons bring dry air in the winter |
| Reasons why South Asia has a wide range of ecosystems and plentiful wildlife | it size, elevations, and landforms |
| What is the population like in South Asia | South Asia is one of the most densely settled populations in the world with more and more people moving to cities |
| why was India's textile industry almost destroyed? | Britain imported their cotton and made cheaper clothes in Britain and then sold it cheaply in India |
| What western ideas were spread among the Indian middle class in the late 1800s? | individuals rights and self governement |
| What was Gandhi's most powerful weapon against the British? | nonviolent resistance |
| in what way did Gandhi use nonviolent resistance to show opposition to the the sale of British cloth? | he boycotted British cloth and made his own clothes |
| what happened to the sale of British cloth in India due to Gandhi's boycott | the sale of British cloth fell sharply |
| what decision did the British government make in 1935 | they established provinces that were governed entirely by Indiana |
| What was the basis of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 | Religious conflict between Hindu and Muslim |
| what results did the 1947 independence of India and Pakistan have on their inhabitants | 12 million people moved to the place where their religion ruled because they didn't want to be ruled by people of another religion |
| what problems arose between the regions of West Pakistan and East Pakistan and what was the result? | they had different languages and economies. East Pakistan became Bangladesh |
| nationalism | pride in ones nation (like patriotism) |
| nonviolent resistance | the policy of opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violence |
| boycott | to refuse to purchase, sell or use a product or service |
| partition a nation | to divide a nation into parts |
| Mahatma | means "the Great Soul" ... name for Gandhi |
| After the partition of India and Pakistan, how were their relations | hostile and warlike |
| people of East Pakistan fought a civil war in 1971 because | East Pakistanis increasingly felt that the region was treated mostly as a colony of West Pakistan |
| The caste system involves a social heierarchy | There are 5 castes: 1. Brahamans 2. Kshatriyas 3. Vaisyas 4. Sudras 5. untouchables |
| how do you get into a certain caste | you are just born into the one your parents were in |
| What do castes affect | they affect what jobs you can get and your relationships like who you can marry |
| What is rural Indian life like | people live in small villages of houses surrounded by fields. |
| what a a rural Indian house like | rich people have brick houses with tile roofs but poor people have grass and mud houses with dirt floors |
| what furniture is inside an Indian rural house | the only furniture is usually just a wooden bed with string mattress called a charpoy |
| how to families live | families all live together in one house including parents, kids, brothers, aunts, uncles, etc. |
| What are the major industries of India | computers, space research, TVs, VCRs (electronics) |
| reincarnation | the belief that human and animal souls go through a series of births, deaths, and rebirths until they achieve a perfect soul |
| charpoy | wooden bed with string mattress |
| sari | a bright colored cloth worn by Indian women like a dress |
| purdah | the Indian custom of covering a woman's face with a veil (they got the idea from Muslims) |
| joint family system | where large extended Indian families all lives in the same house |
| cottage industry | Indian people who make products in their own homes using their own tools to sell |
| The highest rank in the caste is | Brahmans |
| India's busiest port and financial center | Mumbai (Bombay) |
| What has been the result of the growth of the middle class in India | there are more people who want to buy consumer goods |
| Why are some diseases in India are becoming less common today | more villages are getting deep drilled wells that give clean and safe drinking water |
| Pakistan features | high mountains to the north keep it warm and hot, it is mostly dry and barren except for the Indus River Valley |
| Afghanistan features | It has the Kush Mountains (Kush means death), most people live in the fertile valleys at the base of the mountains |
| Bangladesh features | A large delta formed by 3 rivers : Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna. Soil is very fertile but floods a lot |
| Nepal and Bhutan features | Big span of elevations because of all the mountains. Southern lowlands are hot and humid and tropical so they grow tropical crops |
| Sri Lanka | An Island 33 miles SE of the tip of India (called the teardrop of India). Tropical climate grows coconuts, rubber and tea |
| hydroelectric power | electricity made by moving water |
| irrigate | to supply water to land for farming |
| embankment dam | a wall of soil and rock to hold back water |
| buffer state | a country separating opposing powers or political enemies |
| malnutrition | lack of food or unbalanced diet |
| deforestation | cutting down all the trees |
| Where do most of the people in Pakistan live | rural areas |
| What is Pakistan's growth rate compared to India | It is higher than India's |
| except at high elevations temperatures in Pakistan are generally warm or hot becasue | high northern mountains keep cold air from coming south |
| soils of the delta formed by the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers are | very fertile |
| in 1979, Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to | help put down a revolt at the request of the country's government |
| one of the greatest challenges in Bangladesh is | malnutrion |
| What two groups have been fighting in Sri Lanka? | Sinhalese and Tamils |
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