Review of South Asia
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Most Imdians speak languages belonging to the-
- Indo-European family
- Pakistan's agricultural production is dependent on a vast irrigation system becuase...
- the country is mostly dry and gets less than 10 in. of rain per year
- Who is the creator in Hinduism?
- Brahma
- Which ecosystem is found only in Afghanistan
- Mid-latitude deciduous forest
- Caste System
- system of social hierarchy in which people are born into a particular social group with certian duties, and they can't leave their social group
- In Hinduism what city and river are considered sacred?
- Ganges River and Varanasi
- Britain and Russia finally recognized Afghanistan as an independent nation because...
- when they failed to conquer Afghanistan, they gave up and so Afghanistan became a state
- Mohandas Gandhi chose nonviolent resistance as the strategy with which Indians would oppose British rule because...
- he felt that love and peace were stronger than violence
- Unlike the civil unrest in Pakistan, the civil unrest in Sri Lanka....
- occurs between Hindus and Buddhists
- What two South Asian countries are most likely to have a disput over how much Indus River water each country can draw for its own use?
- India and Pakistan
- What are the 3 dominant economic activities-
- Subsistence farming and Nomadic herding
- India's concumer goods industry is growing because...
- many of the new customers for these consumer goods are members of India's growing urban middle class
- Purdah
- the practice among Hindu and Muslim women of covering the face with a veil when outside the home
- sultanate
- state ruled by a sulton (Islam ruler)
- What country has the highest literacy rate?
- Sri Lanka
- Hinduism is a ___________ religion
- polytheistic
- A street sweeper in Mumbai who states "My son will grow up to be a street sweeper, as I am, not a merchant or teacher" is expressing the Hindu idea of...
- Caste System
- What is the dominant religion in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
- Islam
- nonaligned nations
- adopted neutrality during the cold war
- Frequent flooding occurs in Bangladesh because...
- monsoons
- What is the dominant religion in India and Nepal
- Hinduism
- The Country of Bangladesh was formed as a direct result of-
- conflict between East Pakistan and West Pakistan
- monsoon
- prevailing winds that blow dry air (from Northeast) during the winter and bring moisture in summer (from Southwest)
- In economies of both India and California-
- motion picture production is a major industry
- In 1971 East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh because...
- of the ethnic and language differences, and East Pakistan felt like a colony of West Pakistan
- alluvial plain
- rich silt in flat areas
- sari
- brightly colored clothes draped over one's body like a long dress
- India was divided into Pakistan and the Republic of India in 1947...
- because Britain was unable to keep control in India, to overcome conflict between Muslims and Hindus, to govern, and because of economic differences
- subcontinent
- large landmass forming a distinct part of a continent
- Western/ Eastern Ghats
- mountain ranges that run along the coast of southern India
- cottage industry
- a small-scale manutfacturing operation using little technology, often located in or near people's home
- Bollywood
- center of Indian film industry (Bombay and Hollywood combined)
- What is the dominant religion in Bhutan
- Buddhism
- What animal is sacred in Hinduism?
- Cows
- charpoy
- wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress
- joint family system
- extended family living together
- Many of India's cities are extremely crowded because...
- more people are moving to the cities in search of jobs and better education
- How are Pakistan and Bangladesh similar
- In both counties, Islam is the predominant religion
- Which 3 South Asian countries have only 1 ecosystem
- Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
- Reincarnation
- the belief that sould of human beings and animals go through a serious of births, deaths, and rebirths in order to be united with Brahma
- What are the 5 cities in South Asia with over 10,000,000 people-
- Mumbai, Karachi, Delhi, Dhake, Kolkata