Physical Geography
What is one of the flattest areas on Earth in this region called?
Indo Gangetic Plain
How much of the world’s population is in South Asia?
1/5th.
Who brought the Gupta Empire to an end?
The Huns.
What is the smallest country in South Asia?
The Maldives.
What is the definition of isolated?
Far away from other places, buildings or people.
What river spans 1,600 miles is in this region?
The Ganges River
Seventy percent of people in India live where?
Rural villages in dried mud and straw homes.
What empire in this region started a numerical system?
The Mauryan Empire.
What is one of the sacred animals in India? What is the most common food in India?
The cow.
Rice.
What is the definition of trek?
A long strenuous journey, especially one made on foot.
What mountain range stretches nearly 1,500 miles in this region? And how tall is Mt. Everest?
The Himalayan Mountain Range. Mt. Everest is 29,035 ft tall.
What fraction of children under 5 in Bangladesh are considered under nourished? And On average there is 1 qualified doctor per how many people in the region?
2/3rds. 1 qualified doctor per 25,000 people.
The history of India dates back to how many years ago? The first settlements began near what river valley?
6,000 years ago. Near the Indus River Valley.
What is the overall population of the region of South Asia? What is the average population density for the planet overall?
1.7 billion.
48 people for every squared kilometer.
What is the definition of oppression?
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
Nepal is a country about the size of what state? What ethnic group lives in the region of Nepal?
Florida. The Sherpas live in this region.
What percentage of the population in India is under 40? How many people are under the age of 25 in India?
70 percent of the population is under 40. 600 million people under the age of 25.
During WW1 why did Indians serve in the British army? Was this promise kept?
The British promised if they served that they would give them their own government at the end of the war. This promise was not kept.
Bangladesh is home to how many people?
Bangladesh was ruled by who? What year did they gain their Independence?
156 million people.
Ruled by Great Britain. Gained independence in 1947.
What is the definition of civil disobedience?
The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
Most Sri Lankans are farmers but what 4 other things are popular? And what are the 2 main sources of income in the Maldives?
Wood carving
Basket weaving
Jewelry making
Pottery
Maldives: Fishing & Tourism
How much of the population in India is illiterate? One-third of the population of India lives on how much money per day? And what percentage of people in India practice Hinduism?
1/3rd of the population is illiterate.
1/3rd of the population lives on 56 cents a day.
80 percent of the people in India practice Hinduism.
Which revered leader was arrested several times for his civil protests and sit ins? What year was this leader born? And where did they study in school? What did they study.
Gandhi. Born in 1869. Studied Law in London.
What floods the area in the summer?
The winter brings what kinds of weather in the region?
Devasting monsoons.
Winter brings extreme droughts and temperatures reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the definition of region?
A man made label that helps divide the world into manageable chunks for study.