Geography Unit 8 South Asia Test Review

This nation’s official religion is Buddhism:

Which of the following is NOT true of a summer monsoon?

Which of these names a typical mountain guide?

Who led the movement for independence in India?

Desert that is also known as the Great Indian Desert and extends into neighboring Pakistan

Which of the following best describes the Tamils?

Positive or negative force caused by a person’s actions

Which of the following is the best description of a storm surge?

India has the world’s fourth largest reserves of this mineral product

The Maldives’ major economic activity was fishing, but that has been replaced by:

Which type of tectonic plate movement is occurring in South Asia?

An island group, such as the 1,200 islands of the Maldives, is called an atoll.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Sinhalese?

Which of the following is considered essential in breaking the cycle of poverty in South Asia?

Official language of Pakistan

Which of these names the 200-year British rule of India?

What Mughal leader’s legacy was the building of the Taj Mahal?

A Muslim ruler, like those who governed the Maldives were called a sultan

Bangladesh was formerly known as West Pakistan.

Very large landmass that is smaller than a continent

According to Hindu beliefs, which of the following rivers brings life to its people?

People of the Maldives are diverse, with people descended from Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, SE Asian, & Chinese ancestry

India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons in 1998, both countries have vowed to find a political solution to conflict.

Plant fiber that is used to make rope

Which of these names the geometric designs that are symbols of the universe and are used to aid in meditation?

What European country first tried to colonize Sri Lanka?

The Green Revolution was disastrous for India and led to years of famine.

The people of Nepal speak Nepali and generally practice either Hinduism or Buddhism.

About _____ of India’s people practice Hinduism

What abundant resource did Bangladesh use to construct the dam on the Feni River?

City that is in the center of India’s computer industry

This nation’s greatest challenge is global warming:

This is a violent storm with high dangerous winds and rain

Which of these names a type of government in which a ruler’s powers are limited by a constitution?

A highly developed urban civilization in 2500 BC is known as this

Sri Lanka is one of the world’s leading tea-producing countries.

Which of these means “separation” and refers to the division of India in 1947 into two countries, India and Pakistan?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a winter monsoon?

The Indo-Gangetic Plain supports a heavy population because it is an alluvial plain with rich farmlands.

The system of giving small loans to poor people who want to start their own business

Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of Buddhism

All of the following statements are true about Nepal & Bhutan EXCEPT:

Which country remained largely cut off from the rest of the world due to rugged terrain and its landlocked location?

The largest ethnic group in _____ is the Bhote.

Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain

Which of the following is NOT a group that conquered and controlled areas of South Asia?

Buddhist rulers governed the Maldives for many years.

Portions of Kashmir are currently held by all of the following countries EXCEPT: