Chapter 25
a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake
tsunami
India is located on a subcontinent, which is separated from the rest of Asia by
the Himalaya, Hindu Kush, and Karakoram Range
a fiber used to make string, rope, and cloth
jute
Most mountain ranges in Pakistan are generally impassible, but this one has several wide, very high passes.
the Hindu Kush
Nepal’s ethnic people known for their skills as soldiers
Ghurka
Though numerous European countries fought for control of Maldives and Sri Lanka, the ____________________ ruled them both until their independence in the mid-1900s.
British
a storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric pressure
cyclone
Which city is located on the Bay of Bengal?
Chennai (Madras)
a lightweight cotton cloth
muslin
During the summer monsoon season, the weather in Bangladesh is
hot and wet.
Nepal’s Tibeto-Nepalese people known for their mountaineering skills
Sherpa
The main religious groups influencing life in Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are
Hindu and Buddhist
a floodplain on which flooding rivers have deposited silt
alluvial plain
Most farmers in India
work by hand and use livestock to plow the fields.
the official language of Pakistan
Urdu
A desert climate is found in
southern Pakistan
a member of the Buddhist religious group that fled Tibet and settled in Bhutan
lama
The Maldives gets most of its water from
aquifers
panchayat
village council
Which of the following is true about water pollution in India?
Many rivers are polluted by sewage and human waste.
an alluvial plain in Pakistan
Punjab
Why were two countries formed from the former British colony of India?
Hindu and Muslim leaders could not agree on a constitution for a single state
an ethnic group that fought with the Sinhalese for control of Sri Lanka for nearly a thousand years
Tamil
A major export from Sri Lanka used by students around the world.
graphite
rebirth in new bodies or forms of life
reincarnation
Which is a negative consequence of the construction of India’s vast system of railways?
It stripped the land of vast quantities of trees.
a large bowl-like basin that floods during the wet monsoons
haor
Current relations between India and Pakistan are
strained, but improving.
the primary landform of Maldives
atoll
Every year, tourists leave 120 tons of trash where?
on the slopes of Mount Everest