Physical
What physical barrier in South Asia separates the country of China and India?
The Himalaya mountains
The India region was controlled by which European empire?
British Empire
Extracting a natural resource such as cobalt, represents which level of economic development?
Primary
What is the specific name of the region we are currently learning about?
South Asia
Name 4 countries in South Asia
(INDIA, SRI LANKA, BHUTAN, BANGLADESH, MALDIVES, NEPAL, PAKISTAN)
The ______ is a physical area in which the land undergoes a radical change from arid to tropical
The Sahel Transition Zone
Name of the meeting where Africa’s division was decided?
The Berlin Conference
Basket weaving in Nepal and textile industries in Bangladesh are which level of economic development?
Secondary
Name of the Indian film industry that was influenced by Western countries
Bollywood
What economic sector do many Indians Specialize in?
IT (technology)
Climate in Africa’s continent varies, hot temperatures with daily rain that potentially causes flooding and exotic animals living in lush green forest can be found in what section of Africa?
Central/Interior of Africa
India’s total population is 1,220,800,359. 1 person is born every second and the average household size is 5 people. What rank is India's population in the world?
Second largest population in the world.
Resources can be found in West Africa (The Gold Coast) and South Africa. Mismanaging resources over the years have led to….
Widespread poverty and conflict
Name of the religion that originated from the Indus river valley and is centered around present day India
Hinduism
Which 2 religions are mostly vegetarian?
Sikhism and Hinduism
Which Monsoon is associated with heavy rainfalls?
Summer monsoons
Name one problem that is caused by overpopulation
(pollution, over crowdedness, unemployment, development failures, excessive dependency)
A situation in which a company employs another organization to do some of its work, rather than using its own employees to do the work (vocab word)
Outsourcing
Name of the religion that originated in South Asia, spread across Asia and believes in the 8th fold path
Buddhism
Name the 4 main religions in South Asia, AND if they are monotheistic, nontheistic, polytheistic
Sikhism - Monotheistic
Islam - Monotheistic
Buddhism - nontheistic
Hinduism - Polytheistic
What are the name of the two major river systems in India that are heavily polluted?
The Ganges and Indus river
What caused the conflict in the Kashmir region?
British colonization and the redrawing of borders
Explain the differences between Less Developed and More Developed countries (talk about the differences in life expectancy, Literacy rates, and GDP)
Less developed countries = everything is low
Developing countries = everything is high
A system of legislation that upheld segregation against non-white citizens of South Africa? (vocab word)
Apartheid
Explain the caste system belief in the hinduism religion
A social class system based on your past Karma