Climates, Biomes and Resources
Monsoons are created by this
What is by the difference in temperatures over the ocean and over the landmass?
Definition of jati
What is a social class society that defines one's occupation and social postion?
Most widely spoken language in the country
What is Hindi?
This amount of India's population work in agriculture
What is about half?
This percentage of the world's population live in the Ganges River valley
What is ten percent?
Time of year when winds bring hot, wet weather
What is about mid-June to the end of September?
Reason being the Indian National Congress calling for independence
What is they were not treated equally and were forced to pay the costs of British domination?
Percentage of people practicing Islam in India
What is a little over 13 percent?
During these years, the Indian government opened its economy to direct foreign investment
What are the 1990s?
Reason why large quantities of people cut down trees illegally
What is fuel for cooking?
Two factors affecting agriculture in the subregion
What are temperature and rainfall?
Time period where many Indians converted to Islam
What is from 1526 to the 1800s?
Religion originally starting in India
What is Buddhism?
This program helped produce higher-yielding food crops
What is the green revolution?
Reason for the Tehri Dam being built
What is to supply Northern Indian residents with water and power?
Important mineral resources in India
What are copper, bauxite, zinc, lead, gold and silver?
Government system of India
What is a democracy?
Definition of panchayat
What is a village council?
Definition of cottage industry
What is a business that employs workers in their homes?
This has contributed to issues with air pollution
What is lack of sanitation due to overcrowding?
Large mammals living in India
What are the Indian elephant, rhino, and several species of tiger?
The year when the Indian government approved the twelfth Five-Year Plan
What is October 2012?
Religion that believes in reincarnation
What is Hinduism?
Many Indians are employed in these two industries
What are mining and fishing?
One of the worst environmental disasters happened in this city in December 1984
What is Bhopal, India?