South Asia exam
Approximately how many people live in India?
1 billion
Bangladesh has a population approximately _______ the size of the United States with an area the size of the state of ________.
1/2; Wisconsin
When was Buddhism founded?
500 BC
How many people in Egypt live in the Nile Valley or the delta region?
99 percent
Which of the following is one of the Maghreb nations?
Algeria
What is the official language of Egypt?
Arabic
The 1971 war between India and Pakistan led to the creation of what nation?
Bangladesh
The civil war of Pakistan led to the formation of what nation?
Bangladesh
What African Empire had influence on the Roman Empire?
Bantu
Who were the original inhabitants of North Africa?
Berbers
What is the highest level of the Indian caste system?
Brahmans
What is the primary religion in Bhutan?
Buddhism
The Egyptian pyramids are located near which major city?
Cairo
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What animal is sacred to Hindus?
Cows
What country invaded and gained control of some North African countries before they gained their independence again in the 1900s?
France
The Hindus consider what waterway to be sacred?
Ganges River
Since the mid-1700s who controlled India?
Great Britain
What language is spoken by over half of the people in India?
Hindi
Pakistan's border includes what mountain range?
Hindu Kush
The primary religion in India is what?
Hinduism
Who was Jawaharlal Nehru?
India's first prime minister
The major hydroelectric power stations of Pakistan are powered by what body of water?
Indus River
What is the official religion of Egypt?
Islam
What is the primary religion of Pakistan?
Islam
Pakistan receives approximately how much annual rainfall?
Less than 10 inches
Approximately how many Pakistanis can speak the native language of Urdu?
Less than 10 percent
One of the largest and most profitable industries in Africa is what?
Mining
Who led India to independence?
Mohandas Gandhi
Which of the following is one of the Maghreb nations?
Morocco
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
What African river is the longest in the world?
Nile
What's the world's longest river?
Nile
What part of Africa is strongly influenced by Southwest Asia?
Northern
What large desert is present in Africa?
Sahara
What religion combines Hinduism and Islam?
Sikhism
In the 1990s, what radical group had control of Afghanistan?
The Taliban
One of the distinct nomadic groups across the Sahara is known as the what?
Tuareg
Which of the following is one of the Maghreb nations?
Tunisia
What is the lowest level of the Indian caste system?
Untouchables
What is the holiest city to Indians?
Varanasi
Afghanistan separates two powers of Britain and Russia, acting as what?
buffer state
What is the term for Egyptian peasants?
fellaheen
In 1947, British and Indian leaders agreed to do what with South Asia?
grant it independence
Hinduism resulted from the merging of ideas between the people of the Indus Valley and who else?
invaders
The Tarbela Dam is unique for what reason?
it holds more water than any other embankment dam in the world
India produces more what than any other country in the world?
movies
One of Gandhi's primary beliefs was what?
nonviolent resistance
East and West Pakistan were two separate regions that had what in common?
religion of Islam
The Nile Delta is known for what?
rich farmland
South Asia is known as a what?
subcontinent
What is the barrier between South Asia and the rest of the continent?
the Himalayas
What is Egypt's nickname?
the gift of the nile
Mahatma means what?
the great soul
What did the pyramids serve as?
tombs for pharaohs
Most of India is what type of climate?
tropical grasslands
