India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal & Bhutan
Sir Lanka & the Maldives
100
What is the main religion in India?
What is Hindu
100
This is how East Pakistan gained its independence?
What is help from India
100
How diverse is the country of Pakistan?
What is six main ethnic groups that live in Pakistan
100
Nepal is home to the tallest elevation in the world.
What is Mt. Everest
100
This is the state religion in the Maldives
What is Islam
200
What river is sacred in India to Hindi's
What is the Ganges
200
This is the name given to a wind system that blows from the southwest across the Gulf of Bengal toward South Asia from June through September?
What is the summer monsoon
200
This is the national language of Pakistan
What is Urdu
200
These professionals are leaving south Asia after they receive this kind of education
What is higher/college education
200
What is a dance performed in Sri Lanka that tells the story of local kings and heroes?
What is the Kandyan Dance
300
Each year, what does India need, in order to keep up with its rapidly growing population?
What is 127,000 new schools must be built 400,000 new teachers must be hired 2.5 million new homes must be built
300
The following was a reason why West and East Pakistan separated?
What is Ethnic and Cultural Diversity
300
Why have the people of Pakistan and Bangladesh shown their people modern farming techniques?
What is to allow people to farm more on less and less land so that land can be used for home construction
300
What type of government system has Nepal and Bhutan had?
What is a constitutional monarchy, in which the powers of the ruler is limited by a constitution
300
What poses a serious threat to the Maldives because of sea level rise?
What is Global Warming/Climate Change
400
Why do people give birth to so many kids in South Asia?
What is high infant mortality rate, parents try to have many children to ensure that at least some will reach adulthood
400
Compared to India and Pakistan, Bangladesh does not have this military capability
What is Nuclear Weapons
400
Compared to Bangladesh, what is Islam like in Pakistan?
What is Pakistan has strict Islamic practices and implements the Purdah
400
What is the monsoon is a wind system that blows from the northeast across the Himalayas toward the sea from October through March and carries a lot of moisture?
What is the winter monsoon
400
Who are the two main ethnic groups of Sri Lanka?
What are the Sinhalese and Tamils
500
What is the solution to the growing population problem in India and what is the main barrier to this solution?
What is Education and the main barrier is funding, because India only spends 300 dollars on primary and secondary education per pupil, where the United States spends over 6,000 dollar on primary education and spends over 8,000 dollars per pupil
500
In Pakistan and Bangladesh, people will memorize these
What are poems
500
What caused tension between India and Pakistan?
What is India’s claim to Kashmir
500
This person was born on the border of Nepal and India, is the founder of Buddhism and is considered the Buddha.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama
500
After independence in Sri Lanka, what happened with these two groups?
What is the minority Tamils claimed discrimination by the majority Sinhalese and sought to create their own country named Tamil Eelam. This led to a bloody civil war, which saw 70,000 people die and the eventual defeat of the Tamil Tigers.