7th: Ch. 6 South Asia& ch.7 Central Asia Review

Question 1

______ Mountains and the _____ Mountains both generally mark the borders between Asia and Europe.

Accepted Answer

Caucasus and Ural

Question 2

Letter F is which country?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 3

What country is G?

Accepted Answer

Tajikistan

Question 4

What country is I?

Accepted Answer

Armenia

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Indus River Valley civilization technology?

Accepted Answer

Concrete

Question 6

Gandhi assassinated in 1948 CE due to rising religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Letter B is which country?

Accepted Answer

Sri Lanka

Question 8

How has the rapid growth of cities affected South Asia?

Accepted Answer

Air and water pollution have increased

Question 9

What country is F?

Accepted Answer

Kyrgyzstan

Question 10

What country is C?

Accepted Answer

Kazakhstan

Question 11

Water is used for transportation, hydroelectricity, religion, trade, crops, and drinking in South Asia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What country is A?

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 13

the permanently frozen, lower layers of soil found in the tundra and subarctic climate zones

Accepted Answer

Permafrost

Question 14

Ottoman troops killed hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians during

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 15

A seasonal wind that blows steadily from the same direction for several months at a time but changes directions others

Accepted Answer

monsoon

Question 16

What are some key concepts in Hinduism are Polytheism, reincarnation, karma, Nirvana

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which two religions arose around 500 BCE as responses to Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Jainism and Buddhism

Question 18

Who founded Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 19

Which religion did the Mughal rulers of India follow?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 20

an inland lake that nearly dried up completely due to mismanagement and too much irrigation.

Accepted Answer

Aral Sea

Question 21

What country is H?

Accepted Answer

Azerbaijan

Question 22

What is an alluvial plain?

Accepted Answer

Area of fertile soil deposited by floodwaters

Question 23

The tallest mountain rang in the world is

Accepted Answer

Himalayas

Question 24

Many South Asians eat meat due to the number of cows in India

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

______ was brought to Central Asia after it was conquered by Arabs in the 700s CE.

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 26

The Green Revolution is

Accepted Answer

agricultural advances using irrigation, fertilizers, and high-yielding crop

Question 27

What country is D?

Accepted Answer

Uzbekistan

Question 28

The Gupta Empire developed algebra that is still used in mathematics today.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What is the capital of India?

Accepted Answer

New Delhi

Question 30

What opened up Siberia for settlement and aided in economic expansion?

Accepted Answer

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Question 31

a large, circular structure made of animal skins that can be packed up and moved from place to place

Accepted Answer

Yurt

Question 32

What are the two major legacies of the Aryans?

Accepted Answer

Language and Caste System

Question 33

This is the parent language of Hindi, one of the major languages in India

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 34

What country is E?

Accepted Answer

Turkmenistan

Question 35

What are the three major rivers in South Asia?

Accepted Answer

Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra

Question 36

What is the highest peak in the world?

Accepted Answer

Mount Everest

Question 37

The four noble truths and the eightfold path are components of which religion?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 38

the spread of control of nuclear power, particularly the knowledge of how to construct nuclear weapons

Accepted Answer

nuclear proliferation

Question 39

Letter G is which country?

Accepted Answer

Pakistan

Question 40

A source of unrest in _____________ has been different ethnic minority groups seeking independence.

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 41

two major holidays celebrated by Hindu

Accepted Answer

Diwali and Holi

Question 42

Letter D is which country?

Accepted Answer

Bhutan

Question 43

a partly dry grassland often found on the edge of a desert

Accepted Answer

Steppe

Question 44

Who fought for India’s independence by using nonviolence and civil disobedience?

Accepted Answer

Mohandas Gandhi

Question 45

This created inequality in South Asia for thousands of years because people were treated differently

Accepted Answer

Caste System

Question 46

Thousands of years ago, Asia and North America were connected by a strip of land called

Accepted Answer

Beringia

Question 47

India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan were all a part of the colony called

Accepted Answer

British India

Question 48

The two island countries of South Asia are

Accepted Answer

Sri Lanka and Maldives

Question 49

What is a cyclone?

Accepted Answer

Large, swirling storm that can cause devastation

Question 50

The Taj Mahal built was built in memory of Emperor Shah Jahan’s favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

The belief in multiple gods is known as

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Question 52

Why are projects like the Narmada River dam unpopular to certain groups of South Asians?

Accepted Answer

Flooding would displace people and destroy ecosystems

Question 53

hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs

Accepted Answer

outsourcing

Question 54

a flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground

Accepted Answer

Tundra

Question 55

Letter C is which country?

Accepted Answer

Bangladesh

Question 56

The origins of the Indus River Valley Civilization dates back to around

Accepted Answer

3500 BCE

Question 57

Soviet rule changed the Caucasus from being an agricultural region to an urban and industrial region.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

Letter A is which country?

Accepted Answer

Maldives

Question 59

What country is B?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 60

Why was the Silk Road the greatest prize for many early conquerors of Central Asia?

Accepted Answer

It allowed them to control and profit off of the trade

Question 61

Letter E is which country?

Accepted Answer

Nepal

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