People Places and Events
This terrorist group in Sri Lanka had female suicide bombers called
What are freedom birds?
This is the holiest river for Hindus
What is the Ganges?
This type of loan was originally only given to the extreme poor and mainly women-owned businesses
What is Microcredit?
At this meeting in 1885, and without asking its people, 17 European countries decided to meet and discuss about how to divide up Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
This type of crop is grown and sold rather than be used by a family
What is a cash crop?
This Mountain in South Asia is the highest in the world
What is Mount Everest?
This river in East Africa is the more than 4000 miles long (wider than the U.S.), and gave rise to the Egyptian civilization
What is the Nile?
The practice of legally, politically, and economically separating blacks and whites in South Africa was known as __________
What is Apartheid?
By the government informing people about the spread of this disease, South Africa was awarded the World Cup
What is AIDS/HIV?
This type of business practice of sending out work to another country or company is very common with U.S businesses
What is outsourcing?
His non-violent forms of protest in India, helped inspire Nelson Mandela and MLK
Who is Ghandi?
This archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean is in serious threat of disappearing because of global warming
What are the Maldives?
Sikhism, Hinduism, and Buddhism all began in South Asia. They also all believe in this
What is reincarnation?
Because of religious differences, and its access to oil, this country separated from its mother country, Sudan
What is South Sudan?
The U.N. says that these precious minerals were used to create conflict, fund wars, and keep dictators in power.
What are conflict diamonds?
This European nation pitted the Tutsi Minority against the Hutu majority when they decolonized
Who is Belgium?
These summer winds over the Western Ghats mountains cause extreme flooding in India
What are Monsoon winds?
This practice causing tribal war and the mass murder of farmers in Darfur by the government is called
What is Genocide?
The British built these on the coast of India to slowly take control of the country
What are factories?
Controlling a weaker nation, taking cash crops, taking resources, and creating tribal warfare were all made by the practice of __________
What is European/Colonial Imperialism?
This mountainous area has been fought over 6 times between India and Pakistan
What is Kashmir?
This multi-national attempt to stop desertification of the Sahal from the Sahara Desert by planting more trees and bushes is called
What is the Great Green Wall?
Islam is practiced mainly by these two countries
What are Pakistan and Bangladesh?
After their independence from Britain, Pakistan and India ________ or separated, because of their political and religious differences
What is partitioned?
Even though the majority of South Asia is in the tropical zone, This LAMECOW cause the Himalayan mountains to have snow on its peaks
What is elevation?