 | Term | Definition |
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The Country of Bangladesh was formed as a direct result of- |
conflict between East Pakistan and West Pakistan |
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Most Imdians speak languages belonging to the- |
Indo-European family |
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In economies of both India and California- |
motion picture production is a major industry |
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What country has the highest literacy rate? |
Sri Lanka |
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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 |
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How are Pakistan and Bangladesh similar |
In both counties, Islam is the predominant religion |
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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 |
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Unlike the civil unrest in Pakistan, the civil unrest in Sri Lanka.... |
occurs between Hindus and Buddhists |
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alluvial plain |
rich silt in flat areas |
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Bollywood |
center of Indian film industry (Bombay and Hollywood combined) |
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monsoon |
prevailing winds that blow dry air (from Northeast) during the winter and bring moisture in summer (from Southwest) |
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nonaligned nations |
adopted neutrality during the cold war |
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subcontinent |
large landmass forming a distinct part of a continent |
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sultanate |
state ruled by a sulton (Islam ruler) |
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Western/ Eastern Ghats |
mountain ranges that run along the coast of southern India |
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Which 3 South Asian countries have only 1 ecosystem |
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh |
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Which ecosystem is found only in Afghanistan |
Mid-latitude deciduous forest |
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What is the dominant religion in India and Nepal |
Hinduism |
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What is the dominant religion in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh |
Islam |
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What is the dominant religion in Bhutan |
Buddhism |
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What are the 5 cities in South Asia with over 10,000,000 people- |
Mumbai, Karachi, Delhi, Dhake, Kolkata |
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What are the 3 dominant economic activities- |
Subsistence farming and Nomadic herding |
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Hinduism is a ___________ religion |
polytheistic |
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Who is the creator in Hinduism? |
Brahma |
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In Hinduism what city and river are considered sacred? |
Ganges River and Varanasi |
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What animal is sacred in Hinduism? |
Cows |
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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 |
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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 |
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charpoy |
wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress |
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sari |
brightly colored clothes draped over one's body like a long dress |
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joint family system |
extended family living together |
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Purdah |
the practice among Hindu and Muslim women of covering the face with a veil when outside the home |
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cottage industry |
a small-scale manutfacturing operation using little technology, often located in or near people's home |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Many of India's cities are extremely crowded because... |
more people are moving to the cities in search of jobs and better education |
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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 |
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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 |
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Frequent flooding occurs in Bangladesh because... |
monsoons |
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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 |
