South Asia 2

What language has been suggested as a unifying national language in India?

English

What is the most widely spoken language in South Asia?

Hindi

Sri Lanka has a _____ majority living on its north coast

Hindu

The Buddha was born into a wealthy family in northern _____.

India

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

India

What physical feature is needed for orographic precipitation to occur?

Mountain

Dravidian Language

One of the earliest language families and, unlike Hindi, not Indo-european. Once spoken throughout South Asia, Dravidian languages are now found only in southern India and part of Sri Lanka.

Urdu

One of the official languages of Pakistan today because of its long association with Muslim culture.

British East India Company

Private trade organization that acted as an arm of colonial Britain -- backed by the British army -- in monopolizing trade in South Asia until 1857, when it was abolished and replaced by full governmental control.

In what sector of the economy do most of today's Indian immigrants to the United States work?

Tertiary

Caste System

a class structure that is determined by birth. If your parents are poor, you are going to be poor. Same goes for being rich. One cannot move from whatever class they were born into

Green Revolution

a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties

Dalit

a member of the lowest caste

Bustee

a slum area or shanty town

Maharaja

an Indian prince

What is the source of the place name "Mumbai"?

it is named after a Hindu goddess

Changes in the economics of agriculture resulting in greater mechanization

official government policies that encourage city growth

Orographic rainfall

rain produced when a mountain deflects moisture-laden wind upward

Monsoon

seasonal change/ shift in winds

What are bustees?

sprawling squatter settlements in South Asia

Where do most people in South Asia live?

in compact rural villages

Hindu Nationalism

A contemporary "fundamental" religious and political movement that promotes Hindu values as the essential -- and exclusive -- fabric of Indian society. As a political movement, it appears to have less tolerance of India's large Muslim minority than other political movements.

Jainism

A religious group in South Asia that emerged as a protest against orthodox Hinduism about the sixth century BC. Its ethical core is the doctrine or noninjury to all living creatures. Today, Jains are noted for their nonviolence, which prohibits them from taking the life of any animal.

Why are floods so devastating in Bangladesh?

All of the choices are correct -Because of the high population density in this region -Deforestation in Bangladesh increases runoff in the area -Powerful cyclones form over the Bay of Bengal -Natural population growth adds many new people to the region each year

Sikhism

An Indian religion combining Islamic and Hindu elements, founded in the Punjab region.

Hindi

An Indo-European language group in the world. In India, it is the dominant language of the heavily populated north, specifically the core area of the Ganges Plain

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

Bangladesh

Hinduism lacks a single, uniformly accepted ______ system

Belief

What animal is considered sacred among Hindus?

Cows

What is the name for India's secluded or untouchable class?

Dalits

Of the following countries of South Asia, which has the smallest population?

The Maldives

Salinization

The accumulation of salts in the upper layers of soil, often causing a reduction in crop yields, resulting from irrigation with water of high natural salt content and/or irrigation of soils that contain a high level of mineral salts.

Mughal Empire

The preeminent Islamic period of rule that covered most of South Asia during the early 16th to late 17th centuries and attempted to unify both Muslims and Hindus into a large South Asian state. The capital of this empire was Lahore, in what is now Pakistan. The last vestiges of the Mughal dynasty were dissolved by the British following the uprisings of 1857.

Diaspora

The scattering of a particular group of people over a vast geographical area. Originally referred to Jews living outside Israel. No generalized to refer to any ethnic dispersion

True or false Rain-shadow effect: The area of low rainfall found on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range

True

True or false Hinduism places special emphasis on the use of Sanskrit

True

Sanskrit

an ancient Indic language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived

Rain-shadow effect

an area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a topographic barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry