Asian Trivia
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
What is the word we use for when we are dependent on each other?
Interdependent
What is the most important river that flows through India?
Ganges
What type of people and what language is spoken in the Middle East?
Muslims who speak Arabic
What type of climate does India tend to have?
Monsoon
How many languages are there in Asia?
3000
What do you call items/purchases that come from other countries coming into yours?
Import
What type of mountains are the Himalayas?
Fold Mountains
What is the entertainment industry called in Mumbai?
Bollywood
Which Middle Eastern country lies both in Asia and Europe?
Turkey
What do we call the poor parts of a city call and usually what problems do they deal with concerning their water?
Slums; The water is usually contaminated by the sewer
What do we call the islands/countries on the volcano strip?
The Ring of Fire
What are the three most populated cities in India?
Mumbai, Kolkota and New Delhi
What do you call the "apartments" that are close to each other and where poor people live in?
Chawls
What do we call it when people lose money from the difference in export and import?
Trade deficit
How did the Himalayas form?
The Indian Tectonic Plate moved up and collided into the Asian Tectonic Plate.
What was the village called in the village section of the geography bonus?
Kerala
What are the two prominent aspects of Mumbai out of these choices:
-Wealthy
-Bollywood
-Poor side
-Athletic
-Wealthy
-Poor side
What do you call it when we look at how long someone lives?
Life Expectency
What mountains lie past Mumbai?
Western Ghats
Why are cows so important in India?
They are considered sacred.
Cherrapunji is known as the ______________ place in the world.
Wettest