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chapter 8 geography
geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Of India's over 1 billion population ___ million are Muslims | 150 million |
| Pakistan has recently received large numbers of refugees from what country? | Afghanistan |
| The area known as the land of the 5 rivers is | Punjab |
| The Arabian coast of India is known as the | the Malabar-Konkan coast |
| The caste system is most associated with which of the following religious groups? | Hindu |
| Telugu, Tamil, Kanarese, and Malayalam are | 4 leading dravidian languages spoken in southern India |
| The power coming down through India in the 10th century was | Islam |
| The partitioning of Hindu India from Muslim Pakistan occured in | 1947 |
| Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Pakistan? | Bangladesh |
| Which of the following is the core area of Pakistan | Punjab |
| The irredentist movement in the NorthWest frontier of Pakistan is based on cultural affiliations with the neighboring country of | Afghanistan |
| An area whose control is still disputed by India and Pakistan is | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Which of the following areas of India is located in the Brahmaputra valley? | Assam |
| Which state is located in southern India | Tamil Nadu |
| Centrifugal forces | have the effect of dividing state, promoting disunity, and fragmentation |
| The dominant centripetal force in India has been the | cultural and religious strength of Hinduism |
| The priestly caste of India is known as the | Brahmans |
| India has more land devoted to ____ production than any other country in the world | rice |
| Much of India's coal supply is found in the | Chota-Nagpur Plateau |
| 8 of the 10 costliest nationa disasters in the world have struck which of the following countries? | Bangladesh |