Physical Geography
The highest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
The Four Nobel Truths are central to _______________ religious belief.
What is Buddhist?
This country is the world's second most populous country today.
What is India?
Use the South Asia: Seasonal Rain maps on page 297 for this question.
Which is true based on the map?
Pakistan has more rain from November to March.
Sri Lanka never has less than 20 inches of rain.
Most of South Asia has less rain from November to March.
No part of India ever has more than 60 inches of rain.
Whas is "Most of South Asia has less rain from November to March"?
This is a combination of spices that is part of many dishes in South Asia.
What is curry?
The opening in the mountain range between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
What is the Khyber pass?
This religion developed nearly 2,000 years after Buddhism.
What is Sikhism?
Social classes in which people are assigned strict roles and tasks. Priest are at the top and laborers are at the bottom.
What are castes?
Use the South Asia: Seasonal Rains map on page 297.
How does the wind direction from May to September compare to the wind direction from November to March?
The wind blows constantly from the southeast all year long.
From May to September, most winds come from the southwest; from November to March, winds come from the northeast and northwest.
The wind blows constantly from the northeast all year long.
From May to September, most winds come from the northeast; from November to March, they come from the southeast.
What is "From May to September, most winds come from the northeast; from November to March, they come from the southeast?"
Artistic expression is rich in South Asia. Two great epic poems of ancient India, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata embody Hindu social and religious values. Their impact extends far beyond the Hindu community, though, South Asian children of all religions can tell you about the plots and characters of these epics. They are part of the region's heritage.
South Asia also is a center for classical dance. Music is a thriving art, and many of the regions musicians, singers, and composers are popular. Ravi Shankar, born in 1920, is probably the best-known Indian musician. He performs on the sitar, a stringed instrument. Motion pictures first arrived in India in 1896. The country now has the largest film industry in the world. The Hindi film industry, nicknamed "Bollywood," is based in Mumbai. Kolkata is also a filmmaking center.
Based on the above information, what is the Mahabharata?
What is an epic poem of ancient India?
This is the site of early civilization in what is now Pakistan.
What is Indus Valley?
Hindus believe in ______________ or the rebirth of a soul in another body.
What is reincarnation?
The title of respect was given to the Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi.
What is Mahatma?
Use the South Asia: Seasonal Rains map on page 297.
Which area in southern India has more rain all year long?
eastern coast
western coast
tip of southern coast
northern coast
What is "eastern coast?"
Artistic expression is rich in South Asia. Two great epic poems of ancient India, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata embody Hindu social and religious values. Their impact extends far beyond the Hindu community, though, South Asian children of all religions can tell you about the plots and characters of these epics. They are part of the region's heritage.
South Asia also is a center for classical dance. Music is a thriving art, and many of the regions musicians, singers, and composers are popular. Ravi Shankar, born in 1920, is probably the best-known Indian musician. He performs on the sitar, a stringed instrument. Motion pictures first arrived in India in 1896. The country now has the largest film industry in the world. The Hindi film industry, nicknamed "Bollywood," is based in Mumbai. Kolkata is also a filmmaking center.
Based on the above information, which of the following statements is most accurate?
Movies only recently became a part of the Indian culture.
South Asian culture is not concerned with developing the arts.
The film industry in India is larger than the film industry in the United States.
The epic poems of ancient India are only taught to Hindu children.
What is "The film industry in India is larger than the film industry in the United States."?
The area that straddles the border between Pakistan and India.
What is the Thar Desert?
Aryan religious hymns are called ____________.
What are Vedas?
Population trends in India a changing. More and more people are leaving the villages and migrating to the _________ or big cities.
What is metros?
The language the Vedas, ancient Aryan poetic texts, were written in.
What was "Sanskrit"?
In what significant way has the rapid growth of South Asia affected its cities?
Hinduism has become the only religion racticed in the cities.
Resources are strained and air and water pollution have increased.
Many people have left the cities and returned to rural areas.
The population density in Mumbai is only slightly more than the world's average.
What is "Resources are strained and air and water pollution have increased"?
The high flat area that makes up most of southern India.
What is Deccan Plateau?
This is the number of main religions that are practiced in South Asia.
What is 6? Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Christianity
For which political tactic is Mohandas Ganhdi famous?
What is civil disobedience?
The language spoken by a majority of Sri Lankans.
What is "Sinhalese"?
This has allowed India to advance their agriculture to increase crop yields that include the use of irrigation, fertilization, and better seeds
What is the green revolution?