What type of landform describes the physical region that includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, and Bhutan?
What is a subcontinent
100
This caste is the priestly caste
Who are the Brahmins?
100
The civilization that lived along this river gave India it's name.
What is the Indus River
100
What did the British call their system of rulership in India?
What is the Raj?
100
These native people of Nepal helped guide climbers up Mt. Everest
Who are Sherpas?
200
This mountain ranges defines the northern boundary of South Asia; also tell me the most significant feature about these mountains
What are the Himalayas; tallest mountains on earth
200
This caste is considered of such low Karma that contact with them is forbidden
Who are the untouchables? (sudras or dalits also accepted.)
200
This ancient city was built along the Indus River
What is Mohenjo Daro
200
This Indian leader used nonviolent resistance tactics to organize rebellion across India, that eventually drove out the British
Who was Mohandas K. Gandhi?
200
What type of weaponry makes the tension between India and Pakistan have such high stakes for the whole human race?
What are nuclear weapons?
300
What are the three MOST major rivers in South Asia. Which is considered MOST holy by the Hindus?
What are the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra; Ganges
300
This caste holds political and military power.
Who are the Kshatriyas?
300
This buddhist emperor protected religious freedom for Indians thousands of years ahead of other countries.
Who was Asoka?
300
This event occurred when the British left, resulting in a primarily Muslim Pakistan and a a culturally Hindu India
What is partition? (will accept description of events during partition, such as killing, migration, etc.)
300
This is the increasing interconnectedness of trade across the globe and the domination of this trade by mega-multinational corporations
What is globalization?
400
This plateau is a dry region that stretches across the interior of India, and blocks wet weather.
What is the Deccan Plateau
400
To what caste does Indian president Narendra Modi belong?
Who are the vaisyas?
400
This empire brought Muslim rule to India in the 1500s
Who were the Mughals?
400
When East Pakistan allied with India to rebel from West Pakistan, which South Asian nation was born?
What is Bangladesh?
400
Nike wants to make a 1000% profit off of its sneakers, so it ships its production to Dakkha, Bangladesh, where workers can be manipulated into working for 16 cents an hour, instead of the $25 demanded by a skilled American worker. What process has just occurred?
What is outsourcing?
500
What is the name of the rainy season that hits much of South Asia in the summer? What equivalent to hurricanes are often generated during this time of year?
What is monsoon season; what are cyclones?
500
True or false: If a poor brahmin were to marry a kshatriya princess, his social status according to the caste system would improve.
What is false
500
This language was brought by the Aryans into India 3500 years ago, is the language of Hinduism, and is the parent langauge of all Indian and European languages
What is Sanskrit
500
This rebel group fought was made up of minority Tamils, fighting against majority Sinhalese after the British left the British in power in Sri Lanka.
Who are the Tamil Tigers?
500
Why are women more likely to repay microcredit loans than men?
What is reinvestment in...children, families, communities, education, etc.