Quizlet Review of South Asia

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  1. A street sweeper in Mumbai who states "My son will grow up to be a street sweeper, as I am, not a merchant or teacher" is expressing the Hindu idea of...: Caste System
  2. alluvial plain: rich silt in flat areas
  3. Bollywood: center of Indian film industry (Bombay and Hollywood combined)
  4. Britain and Russia finally recognized Afghanistan as an independent nation because...: when they failed to conquer Afghanistan, they gave up and so Afghanistan became a state
  5. Caste System: system of social hierarchy in which people are born into a particular social group with certian duties, and they can't leave their social group
  6. charpoy: wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress
  7. cottage industry: a small-scale manutfacturing operation using little technology, often located in or near people's home
  8. Frequent flooding occurs in Bangladesh because...: monsoons
  9. Hinduism is a ___________ religion: polytheistic
  10. How are Pakistan and Bangladesh similar: In both counties, Islam is the predominant religion
  11. In 1971 East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh because...: of the ethnic and language differences, and East Pakistan felt like a colony of West Pakistan
  12. In economies of both India and California-: motion picture production is a major industry
  13. In Hinduism what city and river are considered sacred?: Ganges River and Varanasi
  14. India was divided into Pakistan and the Republic of India in 1947...: because Britain was unable to keep control in India, to overcome conflict between Muslims and Hindus, to govern, and because of economic differences
  15. India's concumer goods industry is growing because...: many of the new customers for these consumer goods are members of India's growing urban middle class
  16. joint family system: extended family living together
  17. Many of India's cities are extremely crowded because...: more people are moving to the cities in search of jobs and better education
  18. Mohandas Gandhi chose nonviolent resistance as the strategy with which Indians would oppose British rule because...: he felt that love and peace were stronger than violence
  19. monsoon: prevailing winds that blow dry air (from Northeast) during the winter and bring moisture in summer (from Southwest)
  20. Most Imdians speak languages belonging to the-: Indo-European family
  21. nonaligned nations: adopted neutrality during the cold war
  22. Pakistan's agricultural production is dependent on a vast irrigation system becuase...: the country is mostly dry and gets less than 10 in. of rain per year
  23. Purdah: the practice among Hindu and Muslim women of covering the face with a veil when outside the home
  24. Reincarnation: the belief that sould of human beings and animals go through a serious of births, deaths, and rebirths in order to be united with Brahma
  25. sari: brightly colored clothes draped over one's body like a long dress
  26. subcontinent: large landmass forming a distinct part of a continent
  27. sultanate: state ruled by a sulton (Islam ruler)
  28. The Country of Bangladesh was formed as a direct result of-: conflict between East Pakistan and West Pakistan
  29. Unlike the civil unrest in Pakistan, the civil unrest in Sri Lanka....: occurs between Hindus and Buddhists
  30. Western/ Eastern Ghats: mountain ranges that run along the coast of southern India
  31. What animal is sacred in Hinduism?: Cows
  32. What are the 3 dominant economic activities-: Subsistence farming and Nomadic herding
  33. What are the 5 cities in South Asia with over 10,000,000 people-: Mumbai, Karachi, Delhi, Dhake, Kolkata
  34. What country has the highest literacy rate?: Sri Lanka
  35. What is the dominant religion in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: Islam
  36. What is the dominant religion in Bhutan: Buddhism
  37. What is the dominant religion in India and Nepal: Hinduism
  38. What two South Asian countries are most likely to have a disput over how much Indus River water each country can draw for its own use?: India and Pakistan
  39. Which 3 South Asian countries have only 1 ecosystem: Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
  40. Which ecosystem is found only in Afghanistan: Mid-latitude deciduous forest
  41. Who is the creator in Hinduism?: Brahma