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Water and Land
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This landform was created by the collision of India with Asia.
Plateau of Tibet or Himalaya Mountains
100
What sea forms the border for Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
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Most of the nations in this region have this suffix that means "land of". What is it?
stan
100
What is the name of the main river in Pakistan?
Indus
100
An oily liquid formed from the remains of plants and animals that can be used as a fuel.
Petroleum
200
What is the largest nation in South Asia?
India
200
What two natural resources are the most important in the region?
Oil (Petroleum) and water
200
Petroleum is one important natural resource they have here. What is the second most important one?
Natural Gas
200
What is the name of the sea that is between India and the Arabian Peninsula?
Arabian Sea
200
An area in a desert region where water is available.
Oasis
300
What is the name of the two island nations in this region?
Sri Lanka and the Maldives
300
Much of Southwest Asia is this type of landform.
Desert
300
What is the most important river in India?
Ganges
300
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were important in the early civilization of what?
Mesopotamia
300
A large land mass that is a major part of a continent.
Subcontinent
400
The most important aspect of climate in South Asia is what?
Monsoons
400
Much of what country is a plateau?
Iran
400
What is the name of the sea that is drying up due to irrigation projects?
Aral Sea
400
What body of water separates Asia and Africa?
Red Sea
400
Vast, mostly level treeless plains covered with grassland vegetation.
Steppe
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What is the name of the two mountain ranges in the southern part of India?
Ghat
500
Two main ways that people make a living by using the land are oil production and agriculture. What is the third?
Herding
500
All the countries in the region were once a part of the Soviet Union except for what one?
Afghanistan
500
What is the name of the highly populated plain that goes across Pakistan and India?
Indo-Gangetic Plain
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Made of soil deposited by rivers.
Alluvial
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