Exam #2

Dalits

"the untouchables" Had to do lowest tasks like cleaning the streets, etc. Impure Jobs

Salinization

Buildup of salt in fields. Problem in Pakistan and northwestern India

Green Revolution

Efforts to breed high-yield varieties of rice and wheat. South Asia became self-sufficient and India doubled its annual grain production

Sri Lanka has a Hindu majority living on its north coast.

False

What is the most serious natural hazard in Bangladesh?

Flooding

What is the most widely spoken language in South Asia?

Hindi

Which country of South Asia has the largest population in the region?

India

What territory is South Asia is claimed by both India and Pakistan?

Kashmir

According to the domino theory, if Vietnam fell to the communist , the 2 next would be who?

Laos and Cambodia

Linguistic nationalism

Linking of a specific language with political goals

Indian diaspora

Migration of Indians to foreign counties. Gujaratis.

What climatic factor dominates South Asia, often causing summer floods?

Monsoons

Which of the following best describes the geography of religion in India?

Most of the people are Hindu, but about 15% are Muslim.

Hindu

Most widely spoken language of South Asia. More than 500 million native speakers

What physical feature is needed for orographic precipitation to occur?

Mountains

Urdu

National language of Pakistan. A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s

In which of the following counties of South Asia is Hinduism the majority religion?

Nepal

How long does Southeast Asia's dry and hot season last?

November to April

What country of South Asia has been one of the most successful in the region in reducing its fertility rate?

Pakistan

Which of the following statements about Pakistan is incorrect?

Pakistan is made up of a small group of islands

British East India Company

Private organization that acted as an arm of the British government, was free to carve out its own South Asian empire. 1840's British control over South Asia was almost complete.

Hindu nationalism

Promotes Hindu values as the foundation of Indian society.

The Green Revolution in South Asia..

Relied in part on newly developed varieties of crops

Sanskrit

Sacred language of Hindus religion.

Indian subcontinent

South Asia as a whole forms a distinct langmass separate from the rest of the Eurasian continent

South Asia is will most likely not experience the following effects of climate change

South Asia is at such low elevation that 50% of its land area will be under water.

Bustees

Sprawling squatter settlements. Exist in and around urban areas.

Which of the following countries of South Asia is an island?

Sri Lanka

Jainism

Stressed nonviolence, taking creed to its ultimate extreme. Emerged same times as Buddhism in northern India

Caste system

Strict division of society into hereditary groups that are ranked as ritually superior or inferior to one another.

A thousand years ago, what was the major unifying force in South Asia?

Syncretism

Sikhism

Tension between Hinduism and Islam in northern South Asia gave rise to this religion. Originated in the 1400's in Punjab. India-Pakistan.

Why is Bhopal, India known?

Was the site of a 1984 gas leak at a fertilizer factory that killed cover 2,500 people.

About what % of people in South Asia live in cities?

about 33%

Dravidian language

strictly South Asian language family that includes such important languages as Tamil and Telugu; Once spoken throughout most of the region, it is now largely limited to southern South Asia

Orographic rainfall

uplifting and cooling of moist monsoon winds over the Western Ghats and the Himalayan foothills

Why did the Bengalis in the former East Pakistan fight for independence?

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What country near the region of Southeast Asia has sent a very large number of immigrants to Southeast Asia?

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About how many metropolitan areas in India have populations over 1 million inhabitants?

40

Approximately how many Muslims are there in South Asia?

500 million

Maharaja

A local king subject to British advisors. Took place in Kashmir by a Hindu.

What is the Tamil Tigers?

A rebel force in Sri Lanka

Rain-shadow effect

Area of low rainfall found on the downwind side of a mountain.

Which of the following statements about India is incorrect?

Bangladesh gained its independence from India in 1971

What is the most isolated country in South Asia?

Bhutan

What work are Sikh men noted for?

Bodyguards

Buddha

Born into a wealthy family in northern India.

What is the name for Indian's secluded or untouchable caste?

Dalits

Mughal (or Mogul) Empire

During the 16th and 17th century the most powerful of the Muslim state, dominated much of the region from its power center in the upper Indus-Ganges Basin.

Which country in South Asia is only 6ft about sea level at its highest point, and therefor is most threatened by raising sea levels?

The Maldives

Monsoon

The seasonal change of wind direction that corresponds to wet and dry periods.

As of 2012, the worlds largest rice exporters were Thailand and Vietnam.

True

India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons.

True

The Islamic religion dominates in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

True

Swidden agriculture

depletes soil nutrients within a few years

The Philippines

has the second highest PPP in Southeast Asia