Geography of South Asia
Largest country in South Asia?
What is India
This ancient civilization flourished along the Indus River around 2500 BCE.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
This religion, the oldest in South Asia, includes beliefs in karma and dharma.
What is Hinduism?
This ocean lies south of South Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This leader is known for nonviolent resistance against British rule in India.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This mountain range forms the northern boundary of South Asia and includes Mount Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
Known as the father of India.
Gandhi
This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in present-day Nepal.
What is Buddhism?
This river is considered sacred in Hinduism and flows through northern India.
What is the Ganges River?
India gained independence from Britain in this year.
What is 1947?
This country is known as the “Land of Five Rivers.”
What is Pakistan?
This European power ruled most of South Asia before independence in 1947.
What is Great Britain (the British Empire)?
This monotheistic religion originated in Punjab in the 15th century.
What is Sikhism?
This major river flows through Pakistan and gives the country its name.
What is the Indus River?
This country was created during the partition of British India as a separate Muslim state.
What is Pakistan?
Kathmandu is the capital of this landlocked country between India and China.
What is Nepal?
This empire, led by Ashoka, spread Buddhism across much of South Asia.
What is the Maurya Empire?
This religion became prominent in South Asia through trade and conquest starting in the 7th century.
What is Islam?
This bay lies east of India and borders Bangladesh and Myanmar.
What is the Bay of Bengal?
This Bangladeshi leader declared independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Who is Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?
What South Asian country was once known as East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
This 1857 uprising is often called the first war of Indian independence.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny (Indian Rebellion of 1857)?
This ancient religion, founded by Mahavira, emphasizes nonviolence (ahimsa).
What is Jainism?
This sea lies to the west of India and borders Pakistan and Oman.
What is the Arabian Sea?
This movement led by Gandhi encouraged Indians to make their own goods and boycott British products.
What is the Swadeshi Movement?