unit 9
1) The population of India is approximately:
1.2 billion
16) Approximately what percentage of sewage receives treatment in South
10%
2) India is approximately ________ percent rural.
70-75%
14) When the British began their conquest of India in the early 18th century, South Asia was still ______% forested.
90
30) This country is believed to be the largest illicit opium producer in the world.
Afghanistan
3) Before joining the rest of Asia by way of plate movement, South Asia was attached to this land mass.
Africa
26) Which of the following cities is the premier science and technology center of India?
Bangalore
10) Which of the following experiences the most regular and widespread flooding from the South Asian monsoon?
Bangladesh
28) The Raj meant the rule of the ________ in India.
British
52) The Hindu Kush Mountains are located in Bhutan.
F
56) The mujahideen were the Afghanistan puppet government of the Soviet Union.
F
58) The growth and wealth after capitalist reforms has been surprisingly evenly distributed throughout India.
F
59) Hindi is the national language of India.
F
61) All Hindus are vegetarians.
F
62) Most of India's population lives in cities.
F
63) Sri Lanka has the highest rural population in the world.
F
64) The majority of states in Southern India have achieved zero population growth.
F (?)
34) Which of these South Asian cultures is the oldest?
Harannan
38) Which of the following is India's lingua franca?
Hindi
35) The concept of karma is associated with which world religion?
Hinduism & Buddhism
17) The Thar Desert is located in which country?
India
19) This country has the second fastest growing economy in the world.
India
33) Since independence, all of these countries have had periods of military rule, except:
India
32) The Mughals originated in what is today:
India (?)
9) The South Asian wet monsoon originates over the ________ and moves ________.
Indian Ocean, northeast
5) The veterinary drug diclofenac is responsible for the death of this endangered species in South Asia.
Indian Vulture
49) The dominant religion of the Maldives is:
Islam
7) When does the wet monsoon season begin in South Asia?
June
27) The Taj Mahal is an example of ________ architecture.
Mughal
25) The main opposing force to the Marxist government of Afghanistan was the:
Mujahideen
40) "Bollywood" is the informal name of which of the following cities?
Mumbai (Bombay)
21) Pakistan was established as a:
Muslim country
22) Kashmir has a predominately ________ population.
Muslim population
6) Where is Mount Everest located?
Nepal
24) Tea was first brought to Europe by (what nationality)________ traders and marketed as a medicine.
Portuguese
43) Sikhs are concentrated in what region:
Punjab
11) What region was described as the "breadbasket of India"?
Punjab & Haryana
41) What was the religion of the group who wanted a separate state of Khalistan in the Indian portion of Punjab?
Sikh
23) From 1979 to 1989, what foreign power had troops on the ground in Afghanistan?
Soviet Union
42) All of these are mostly Muslim countries, except:
Sri Lanka
50) The South Asian country with the highest PPP (2011) is Bhutan.
T
51) Sundarbans means "beautiful forest."
T
53) The Mauryan Empire (320-125 B.C.E.) was the first to establish rule across the greater part of South Asia.
T
54) The Taj Mahal is the most famous piece of architecture of the Mughals.
T
55) The partitioning of South Asia by the British continues to cause many problems in today's South Asia.
T
57) The Harappan culture flourished between 3000 and 2000 B.C.E.
T
60) In the 1990s the most distinctive aspect of the "brain drain" from South Asia was the emigration of computer scientists and software engineers from India to the United States and part of Europe.
T
36) Buddhism is the main religious practice in:
Thailand (?)
20) When did the British set about withdrawing from South Asia altogether?
after WWII
15) Tree cover created or retained by human beings is called a(n) ________ forest.
anthropogenic
12) The well water drawn from Indian tube wells was found to have been contaminated with:
arsenic
44) What is a system of kinship groupings that is reinforced by language, region and occupation?
caste
8) In most of South Asia, the winter is characterized as a ________ climate.
cool and mainly dry
39) The most popular sport in India and Pakistan is:
cricket
29) This industry is the largest in Nepal, employing approximately 20 percent of the population.
high technology
4) What is the geologic origin of the Deccan Plateau?
immense lava flows
18) The geology of South Asia yields large quantities of:
sandstone & marble
48) The main conflict within Sri Lanka is between the Buddhist majority and the ________ minority.
the Buddhist majority and the Hindu minority
46) Most of the speakers of Tibeto-Burmese languages in South Asia live in:
the Himalayas
45) Dalits of India are also referred to as:
untouchables
13) What is the geologic origin of the Himalayas?
uplift of marine sediments
