STUDY GUIDE
KEY
1. A storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric
pressure.
CYCLONE
2. In India, a group that defines one’s occupation and social position.
CASTE
3. A huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
TSUNAMI
4. Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life.
REINCARNATION
5. In Asia, a seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and reverses direction in the
winter, bringing cold, dry air from Asia’s interior.
MONSOON
6. A chemical used to kill insects, rodents, and other pests.
PESTICIDE
7. A large landmass that is a distinct part of a larger landmass.
SUBCONTINENT
8. An area on which a river has deposited silt.
ALLUVIAL PLAIN *
9. An alluvial plain in Pakistan.
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
10. A fiber used to make string, rope, and cloth.
JUTE
11. The sixth most populous country in the world.
PAKISTAN
12. The eighth most populous country in the world.
BANGLADESH
13. The official language of Pakistan.
URDU
14. An ethnic group that fought with the Sinhalese for control of Sri Lanka for nearly a thousand years
TAMILS
15. A country that consists of many islands formed by coral and submerged volcano cones.
MALDIVES
16. The highest mountain in Nepal.
MT. EVEREST
17. A chemical used to kill insects, rodents, and other pests.
18. In India, a group that defines one’s occupation and social position.
19. A huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake
20. An area on which a river has deposited silt.
21. A large landmass that is a distinct part of a larger landmass.
22. The theory or practice of merchant or trading pursuits.
MERCANTILISM
23. The eighth most populous country in the world.
24. The official language of Pakistan.
25. The sixth most populous country in the world.
26. The primary landform of the Maldives.
ATOLL
27. A climate zone found in Maldives and parts of Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
TROPICAL *
28. An ethnic group that fought with the Sinhalese for control of Sri Lanka for nearly 1000 years.
29. A Buddhist monk.
LAMA
30. A country that consists of a single, tectonically stable island in the middle of the Indian plate.
SRI LANKA
31. A country that consists of many islands formed by coral and submerged volcanic cones.
32. The section of Pakistan that later became Bangladesh.
EAST PAKISTAN
33. The section of Pakistan that later became Pakistan.
WEST PAKISTAN
34. Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life.
35. In Asia, a seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and reverses direction in the
winter, bringing cold, dry air from Asia’s interior.
36. A storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric
pressure.
37. The theory or practice of merchant or trading pursuits.
38. A huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
39. In India, a group that defines one’s occupation and social position.
40. The inability to read or write.
ILLITERATE
41. What territory is involved in the conflict between India and Pakistan?
KASHMIRE
42. Term for food, clothing, and shelter?
BASIC NECESSITIES
43. Compare and contrast: a summer monsoon and a winter monsoon.
S = HOT/WET
W = COLD/DRY
44. What is needed to break the cycle of poverty in South Asia?
EDUCATION
45. Define partition.
SEPARATION
46. What is a constitutional monarchy?
GOVERNMENT WITH A KING/QUEEN
47. What might someone use while meditating?
MANDALA
48. What is the caste system and what role does a jati play?
SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM DIVIDED INTO SUBCLASSES CALLED JATI
49. What was the Mogul Empire?
LARGE EMPIRE THAT CONQUERED INDIA
50. Who was Mohandas Gandhi?
ADVOCATED NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE AND SELF-RULE FOR INDIA
51. Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
THE BUDDHA
52. A synonym for peaceable dissonance?
NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE
53. Why are the Pakistanis unwilling to give up control of the Indus River?
IT IS THEIR ONLY IRRIGATION AND WATER SUPPLY
54. In which industry do half of India’s people work?
AGRICULTURE
55. Where do people of the higher castes or jatis live?
CENTER OF THE VILLAGE
56. What percentage of India’s population lives in the Indo-Gangetic plain?
70%
57. Which is the greatest source of water pollution in India?
GARBAGE/RAW SEWAGE
58. Compare the weather in Pakistan to that of Bangladesh.
PAKISTAN IS DRIER THAN BANGLADESH
59. Of the top 10 most populous countries in the world, where do Bangladesh and Pakistan rank?
BANGLADESH – 8; PAKISTAN – 6
60. Why did Pakistan split into two in 1971 and what two countries did it become?
LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES AND ETHNIC RIVALRIES
61. What are the negative effects of burning firewood inside?
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION *
62. What is an atoll and which country has them?
RING SHAPED ISLAND MADE FROM CORAL BUILD UP; MALDIVES
63. Who ruled Maldives and Sri Lanka up until the 1900s?
BRITAIN
64. India is located on a subcontinent, which is separated from the rest of Asia by what?
HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS
65. About what percentage of the population lives in cities?
30%
66. Fishing and tourism are the primary industries of what country and why?
MALDIVES BECAUSE THE DO NOT HAVE VEGETATION OR FRESH WATER.
67. What are the main causes for water pollution in India?
68. Who in the caste system is most likely to live in the center of the village?
BRAHMINS
69. To what religion do the majority of India’s people belong?
HINDUISM
70. Why did the British split the Indian colony into two countries and what were their names?
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES
71. Raw sewage affects which two rivers in South Asia the most?
GANGES AND INDUS
72. What has decreased the total fertility rate in Bangladesh?
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS GAVE LOANS TO WOMEN TO START SMALL BUSINESSES
73. Where does Maldives get most of its water?
AQUIFERS