Question | Answer |
What is the landform that separates the subcontinent from the Eurasian plate? | mountains |
Where are monsoon rains the heaviest? | eastern Southern Asia |
What is the narrow crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan called? | Khyber Pass |
What is the world's tallest peak? | Mount Everest |
What is the Gangetic Plain? | an area at the foot of the Himalaya's watered by the region's great rivers. |
The Eastern and Western Ghats block rainfall to what area? | Deccan Plateau |
When does the wet season occur in South Asia? | from June or July until September |
How were the Himalayas the formed? | The Indian subcontinent broke away from the landmass of Africa. It collided with the southern edge of Asia, which thrust up new mountain ranges. |
How much of the world's population lives on the Gangetic Plain? | one tenth |
What is located between the Eastern and Western Ghats? | Deccan Plateau |
Where is the source of the major rivers located? | high in the Himalayas |
What are the main reasons that the Gangetic Plain is the most agriculturally productive area of India? | it is the world's longest alluvial plain |
What river flows through Pakistan? | Indus River |
Where does the Indus empty into? | Arabian Sea |
Why do countries in the region need to work together on water resource management? | it is important for basic needs as well as economic needs |
What climate region would you find the Sundarbans in? | Tropical wet climates |
What season occurs in much of South Asia between February and June? | hot season |
What is a monsoon? | seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cold, dry air from inland in winter |
Cyclones are the same as? | hurricanes |
What causes a tsunami? | underwater earthquakes |
Where did Sri Lanka originate and what does it look like? | it is a teardrop shaped island that broke away from the original Indian landmass |
What two rivers join together in Bangladesh and form the Ganges Delta? | Ganges and Brahmaputra |
What accounts for the band of humid subtropical climate that extends across Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and northeast India? | the Himalayas block the cold winds from blowing south from Central Asia |
Where is the coldest climate region found in South Asia? | along its northern edge |
Summer monsoon winds carry moist air from what body of water? | Indian Ocean |
What natural disaster hit both Pakistan and Kashmir in 2005? | Earthquake |
Where are both petroleum and natural gas found in South Asia? | Petroleum - India's NW coast, near the Ganges Delta, in northern Pakistan, Arabian Sea. Natural Gas - southern Pakistan, Ganges Delta, Bangladesh |
What South Asian country has banned timber exports? | Sri Lanka |
What country has experienced massive soil erosion as a result of overcutting? | Nepal |
Where is the world's largest protected mangrove forest? | Bangladesh's Sundarbans |
What do Hindus believe after death? | people undergo reincarnation |
What is the major religion in Pakistan? | Islam |
What does the Vedas outline? | Aryan ideas about social structure and religion |
Who was the nonviolent political and spiritual leader of India? | Mohandas K. Gandhi |
What is the largest religious group in India? | Hinduism |
What percentage of the world lives in India? | more than 15 percent |
Definition of Jati? | a group that defines one's occupation and social position |
India's population density is about how many times the world average? | about seven times the world's average |
Which country is the most densely populated in South Asia? | Bangladesh |
Name a program aimed at reducing population growth in Bangladesh. | private and government programs give women small loans to start their own businesses |
What have Pakistan and India been fighting over? | Kashmir |
Which two countries in South Asia have developed nuclear weapons? | India and Pakistan |
Which of the smaller countries in South Asia is the most ethnically diverse? | Nepal |
What is the government system in Sri Lanka? | parliamentary republic |
Who were the Maldives first settled by? | southern India |
What European powers fought over Sri Lanka as a strategic trade location? | Portugese, Dutch and British colonial powers |
What does Sikhism teach? | that there is one God, and that good deeds and meditation bring release from the cycle of reincarnation |
What is Mercantilism and who employed the policy? | Economic system of using colonies for supplying materials and markets to the colonizing country. British. |
What group has control of the government in Sri Lanka? | Buddhist Sinhalese |
When Hindu and Muslim leaders could not agree on a constitution, the British granted independence to what two states? | India and Pakistan |
What city in India is known as "Bollywood"? | Mumbai |
Why is Bangladesh vulnerable to waterborne disease? | lies mostly in a vast river floodplain |
In India, the British dominated the political and economic systems through the practice of what? | Imperialism |