South
Asia
TEST
Review
Ch. 24-26
1. South Asia is sometimes
called a ________________ - a
major landmass smaller than a
continent.
1. subcontinent
2. An___________ is an island
that is a low-lying top of a
submerged volcano.
2. atoll
3. Mt. Everest is a towering
peak in the________________.
3. Himalayas
4. When rivers flood, they
deposit soil on ___________
plains. The Indo-_________
Plain is one of these and it is
able to support a heavy
population.
4. alluvial/ Gangetic
5. Timber resources in India,
Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are
being threatened
by__________________,
or the cutting down of trees.
5. deforestation
6. _____________ are seasonal
winds that can bring either dry
or moist air to South Asia.
6. monsoons
7. The type of storm that
caused severe devastation in
Bangladesh in 1970 was a
_______________.
7. cyclone
8. Thousands of Hindu
pilgrims gather at daybreak
along the banks of the
_____________, the river
they believe brings life to the
Hindu people. It is known as
____________ in India.
8. Ganges River/ Ganga
or Gangamai
9. Cyclones often cause
_______________ --huge water
that swamps low-lying areas.
9. storm surge
10. If you were driving across
the dam on the Feni River, you
would be viewing a body of
water known as
an_____________--an arm
of the sea at the lower part of a
river.
10. estuary
11. An ________________ is a
group of islands that sometimes
form an arc.
11. archipelago
12. Because they bring much
needed rains to the region,
____________ are crucial to life
in South Asia.
12. monsoons
13. The most extreme weather
pattern in South Asia is
the_____________, a violent
storm with fierce
winds and heavy rains.
13. cyclone
14. ______________ is the
religion of most people who live
in India.
14. Hinduism
15. Mohandas Gandhi’s
opposition movement against
British rule was based
on___________________.
15. nonviolent resistance
16. Muslim rulers, such as
those who governed the
Maldives, are
called_____________.
16. sultans
17. The Muslim month-long
period of fasting and prayer is
called________________.
17. Ramadan
18. There were four basic
categories in the original
Hindu___________ system.
Below these four are the Dalits,
sometimes called
the__________________,
because of the work they do.
18. Caste/ untouchables
19. ____________ are the
traditional mountain guides in
Nepal.
19. Sherpas
20. While meditating, a
Tibetan Buddhist might use a
_______________, a geometric
design.
20. mandala
21. By the early 1500s, Muslims
had conquered areas of India
and established
the____________Empire.
The structure called
the________________ is an
architectural masterpiece built
during this period.
21. Mughal/ Taj Mahal
22. India and Pakistan have
fought bitter wars over the
territory called ___________, in
northern India.
22. Kashmir
23. The__________was the
90-year period of direct British
rule over India.
23. raj
24. About 75 percent of the
population of Sri Lanka is made
up of the Buddhist group
known as the _____________.
The minority are made up of a
group called the__________,
who are Hindus.
24. Sinhalese/ Tamils
25. A ruler’s powers are limited
by a constitution in a system of
government called a:
__________________.
25. constitutional monarchy
26. The division of India in
1947 into two countries, India
and East & West Pakistan, is
known as the ______________.
Its purpose was to divide
Hindus and _____________.
26. partition/ Muslims
27. Sri Lanka is one of the
world’s leading ___________-producing countries.
27. tea
28. __________________ was
the founder of Buddhism. He
was born in present-day Nepal.
28. Siddhartha Gautama
29. A person who starts and
builds businesses is
an_______________.
29. entrepreneur
30. _____________________
was the highly developed urban
civilization that existed in 2500
B.C. in present-day Pakistan.
30. Indus Valley civilization.
31. ______________ is the
policy of trying to balance
distribution of land among
farmers in South Asia.
31. land reform
32. The__________________
Mountains are located at the
western end of the Himalayas.
32. Hindu Kush
33. The tear-shaped island of
_____________ is located in the
Indian Ocean just off India’s
southeastern tip.
33. Sri Lanka
34. The Eastern and
Western_________ are located
on either side of the Deccan
Plateau.
34. Ghats
35. The _____ Desert is
located in northwestern India.
35. Thar
36. The three great river
systems of South Asia are
the______________,
______________ and
________________.
36. Ganges, Indus &
Brahmaputra
37. K2 is located in
the________________
Mountains that are located in
the north central portion of
the Himalayas.
37. Karakoram
38. The South Asian peninsula
extends south into the
________ Ocean and is
bordered by the
_______________ to the west
and the_______________ to the
east.
38. Indian Ocean/ Arabian
Sea/ Bay of Bengal
39. Most energy in South Asia
is still generated
from_____________ resources.
39. mineral
40. The____________ climate
zone of South Asia has the
coldest climate.
40. highland
41. ______________ plants
have been built along the
Ganges River to clean-up the
water.
41. sewage treatment
42. The Ganges source is in a
Himalayan______________ and
it empties into the
___________________.
42. glacier/ Bay of Bengal
43. The most important river of
Bangladesh is
the__________________.
43. Brahmaputra
44. The_______________
crossed the Hindu Kush
Mountains and spread across
northern Indian, pushing the
natives, called______________,
to the south.
44. Aryans / Dravidians
45. _____________ and
___________ remain at the
center of Indian life.
45. marriage/ family
46. Under Prime
Minister_____________, India
adopted a _____________,
making the new country a
democratic republic.
46. J. Nehru/ constitution
47. Beginning in 321 B.C., the
______________ Empire united
most of India. Several centuries
later, the_______________
Empire came to power. In the
1500s, the Mughal Empire took
control,
47. Mauryan/ Gupta
48. In Hinduism, ___________ is the term
for the moral consequences for one’s
actions, either in this
life, or the next. The goal of the devout
Hindu is ________________, breaking the
endless cycle of birth, death & rebirth
called___________________. These ideas
came from the last of the Vedas . These are
known as the__________________.
48. karma/ liberation/ reincarnation/
Upanishads
49. In 1971, __________
Pakistan won its independence
as Bangladesh.
49. East
50. The most productive
farming areas of Pakistan are
the irrigated portions of the
__________
Valley.
50. Indus
51. ___________ is a special
interest in both Pakistan and
Bangladesh. Poetry readings,
called______________--can
draw thousands of people,
much like a concert.
51. poetry/ mushairas
52. A mountainous landscape
is the main geographic feature
of _________ and __________,
the most remote countries
of South Asia.
52. Nepal/ Bhutan
53. The three main gods of Hinduism
are _____________, ____________,
and ______________. They are three
aspects of Brahman. The son of Shiva
and Pavarti is ______________, the
god with an elephant head. Krishna,
another popular god, is an incarnation
of
Vishnu
53. Brahma/ Vishnu/ Shiva/ Ganesh
54. One of the fastest growing
industries in Nepal
is_______________.
54. tourism
55. Hindu kings once ruled
Nepal, while ______________
priests controlled Bhutan.
55. Buddhist
56. China controlled
___________ briefly in the
1700s, explaining why
Buddhism is a dominant
religion there.
56. Bhutan
57. Farmers in Nepal and
Bhutan create _____________
on the mountainside to increase
the amount of farmland and
limit soil loss.
57. terraces
58. ______________ and
____________ from Sri Lanka
and India settled the Maldives.
58. Hindus & Buddhists
59. In 1972, Ceylon adopted a
new constitution and renamed
itself the__________________.
59. The Republic of Sri Lanka
60. Food, clothing and shelter
are known as
the_________________. Many
people in India lack these
things.
60. basic necessities
61. __________________ is the
inability to read and write.
61. illiteracy
62. A___________ monsoon
has winds that blow from the
northeast across the Himalayas
toward the sea.
62. winter
63. A_________ monsoon has
winds that blow from the
southwest across the Indian
Ocean toward South Asia.
63. summer
64. For many Indians, children
represent________________ in
old age. This explains why
families are so large in India.
64. security
65. Unless the growth rate
slows down, India will be the
most_____________ country in
the world, surpassing China.
65. populated
66. The rains that accompany
the summer monsoons are
critical to _______________ in
South Asia.
66. farming
67. In 1998, India and Pakistan
each
tested__________________.
67. nuclear weapons
68. Kashmir was
mainly__________, and
Pakistan and India have fought
three civil wars over control of
the region.
68. Muslim
69. In 1947, the______________
government formally ended its
colonial rule over the Indian
subcontinent.
69. British
70. Kashmir is a territory at the
foot of the_________________.
70. Himalayas