Set 3 SA

East Pakistan eventually became the country of _______.

Bangladesh

Briefly describe the advanced facilities of the cities of the Indus Valley civilization.

Buildings were made of brick with plumbing for human waste removal and bathing.

________ currently has the largest population in the world, though _______ is predicted to be most populous by 2030.

China; India

Bhutan has a _______ form of government.

Constitutional Monarchy

Select TWO of India's largest cities.

Dehli and Mumbai

The vast majority of _______ speakers live in southern India.

Dravidian

Select the two main language groups in South Asia.

Dravidian and Indo-Aryan

Why was the Gupta Dynasty known as India's Golden Age?

Economic prosperity allowed for advances in science, art, architecture, religion, and mathematics.

________ is not recognized by the government as an official language, but is the language of business for many Indians.

English

A majority of India's population lives on _____ in rural areas.

Farms

The Indian leader, _______, played a significant part in Indian independence from the British government.

Gandhi

The most popular language spoken in India is _______

Hindi

The vast majority of the _______ speakers live in northern India.

Indo-Aryan

The most popular religion of Pakistan and Bangladesh is _______.

Islam

The religion of ______ has had a great amount of influence on the country of Pakistan.

Islam

What is the origin of the Indo-Aryan language?

It is believed to have been brought from Central Asia by the Aryan invaders.

Briefly describe the caste system.

It is the system of social categorization in Hindu society.

What is the wheel of life in the Hindu belief system?

It marks the place on which a person is in his or her progress to release from reincarnation.

_______ is the largest city in Pakistan.

Karachi

Compare and contrast Karachi's population with that of the largest city in the United States, New York City.

Karachi has a population of 12 million while New York City has a population of only 8 million.

According to _______, bad things happen to people when they do something bad.

Karma

_______ has the second largest population of Muslims in the world.

Pakistan

After achieving independence from Britain, India was divided into East and West _________.

Pakistan and India

The most prevalent language in Pakistan is the _______ language.

Punjabi

How did invaders during history advance on the Indian subcontinent?

They traveled through mountain passes in the Hindu Kush.

The ______ civilization is named after the sacred texts of the Indo-Aryans.

Vedic

The main reason India's large population is increasing is that the ______ rate is greater than the ______ rate.

birth; death

Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India have a _______ government.

democratic

A _______ is a form of social classification in India; however, it is not necessarily tied to religious belief and standing.

jati