south asia test

dominant religon for nepal

90% Hindu

dominant religion for bengladesh

90% Muslim

dominant religion for bhutan

Buddism

Given that the Netherlands faces many of the same geographic problems that Bangladesh does, what accounts for the deadliness of the natural disasters in Bangladesh?

The Netherlands have the money to build seawalls and floodgates

What is a main difference (other than religion) between Nepal and Bhutan?

a lot of people go to Nepal and not Bhutan

capital of bengladesh

dhaka

caste system

fixed layers in society

capital of pakistan

islamadad

capital of afghanistan

kabul

largest city in pakistan

karachi

capital of nepal

kathmandu

why has Afghanistan been so difficult, or impossible, to govern successfully over the centuries?

landscape: mountainous, landlocked, lack of sources, drought no majority, no real leadership, 40% are Pashtuns

line of control

military control line between the Indian and Pakistani formerly controlled parts of Jammu and Kashmir

largest city in india

mumbai

capital of india

new dheli

buffer state

small neutral country who does not want an outbreak regional conflict

taliban

students of religon

where had bin Laden been operating before returning to Afghanistan? what had he previously done in Afghanistan?

sudan; set up businesses and terrorist training camps

capital of bhutan

thimpu