True or false? Weather causes disputes for India and Bangladesh.
True
100
Which was the site of some of the worst natural disasters of the 20th century?
A. Bangladesh
B. India
C. Pakistan
A. Bangaldesh
100
I destroy farmland, wipe out villages, and cause massive flooding. What am I?
Cyclone
100
True or false?
The climate of South Asia leads to a terrible famine due to the crops that cannot grow.
True.
200
What does it mean to be illiterate?
Not being able to read or write.
200
The Indus River
Which river provides drinking and irrigation water for all of Pakistan?
200
What is the climate of South Asia like?
It's either summer floodwater or wither in drought- parched soil (a.k.a. the weather is hardcore bad).
200
____ is essential to break the cycle of poverty and may improve the status of females which is greatly needed in India.
Education
200
South Asia is home to about 27% of the world's population. But they live in only about what percent of the world's land area?
Only about 3%.
300
About how many babies are born each day in India?
About 70,000 babies a day.
300
What dam left little water for Bangladesh, causing a dispute.
The farakka Dam
300
What is the land that India and Pakistan have been fighting over?
Kashmir
300
What was the leader called for Kashmir?
The maharajah.
300
The more children a family in India has, the more likely someone will be around to what?
To take care of that parent in their old age.
400
Today, India spends much of its nearly $1billion annual health-care budget encouraging Indians to what?
Hint: "Let's have _________ for a stronger India."
To have smaller families.
400
What was the reason as to why India and Pakistan spent most of their money on weapons and troops instead of their critical need of education?
They were arming themselves for war against each other to fight over a land.
400
Why is Kashmir the land that India and Pakistan specifically fight over?
It is at the foot of the Himalayas and is surrounded by India, Pakistan, and China.
400
What is the difference between a summer monsoon and a winter monsoon?
Summer monsoon blows from the southwest across the Indian Ocean toward Asia from June to September. A winter monsoon is from October to February and carry little moisture.
400
Why is South Asia burdened with so much debt?
Because of all the financial and medical aid that the agencies have given them.It keeps building up while South Asia continues to have disasters.
500
Poor sanitation and the lack of health education have led to what in India?
Outbreaks of diseases.
500
When Britain gave the Indian states a choice of freedom, which was the land that decided to stay independent?
Kashmir
500
Which is one of India's most densely populated cities?
Kolkata.
500
The fight over Kashmir, when did it begin?
1948
500
Are droughts caused by the summer monsoons or the dry winter monsoons and how does this affect the people in the economies?
The dry winter monsoons cause the droughts and this affects the people's economy very drastically.