Practice Quiz for Chapter 12
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
Which statement is TRUE regarding the partition of South Asia into India and Pakistan?
All of the answer choices are true statements.
Sexual discrimination in South Asia is being combated by
All the above
As an example of the success of South Asian film production, what film made 47m USD in eight days?
Baahubali: The Beginning
What country of South Asia has been one of the most successful in the region in reducing its fertility rate?
Bangladesh
What part of South Asia receives the most rain during the monsoon months?
Bangladesh and northeastern India
Which of the following statements about India is INCORRECT?
Bangladesh gained its independence from India in 1971.
What is the second most widely spoken language in South Asia?
Bengali
What is the most isolated country in South Asia?
Bhutan
What is the name for India's secluded or untouchable caste?
Dalits
What is the most widely spoken language in South Asia?
Hindi
What religion dominates in India?
Hinduism
Sikhism is a blend of what two religions?
Hinduism and Islam
Besides Hinduism, what other religion is most predominant in India?
Islam
Which of the following is one of the main reasons that Pakistan has had a difficult time achieving economic growth?
It is burdened by high levels of defense spending
Which Indian state has the highest GDP?
Maharashtra
The only remaining forested areas of South Asia are found where?
Northern and northeastern India
South Asia is likely to experience the following effects of climate change EXCEPT
South Asia is at such a low elevation that 50% of its land area will be under water.
Which of the following countries of South Asia is an island?
Sri Lanka
Why did the Bengalis in the former East Pakistan fight for independence?
They felt they were treated as second-class citizens.
Who brought Islam to South Asia?
Turkic-speaking Muslims from Central Asia
What are the Tamil Tigers?
a rebel force in Sri Lanka
Why do some of the poorest regions of India have relatively high literacy rates despite their poverty?
because of the educational efforts of Christian missionaries
What work are Sikh men noted for?
bodyguards
What reasons are given by scholars for the region's catastrophic floods?
both deforestation and agricultural expansion
The most densely populated areas of South Asia are found
in the Ganges and Indus river valleys.
What trend is threatening the survival of the Zoroastrian community?
intermarriage and low fertility
What environmental damage often occurs after many years of irrigation?
soil salinization
Why is Bangladesh internationally competitive in textile and clothing manufacture?
low wages
Sri Lanka's mangrove initiative efforts have aided conservation efforts and also helped
to reduce to poverty
After the partitioning of India in the late 1940s and the subsequent formation of Bangladesh in 1971, what was Pakistan's policy toward the Pashtun tribes in the country?
to retain the British policy, and allow them to maintain nearly full autonomy
