Chapter 26

Question 0

How big is India in comparison to the U.S.?

Answer 0

1/3 of the size of the U.S.

Question 1

What are some examples of basic necessities?

Answer 1

Food, clothing, and shelter

Question 2

What percentage of the world does South Asia make up?

Answer 2

22%

Question 3

What percentage of the world’s land area does South Asia take up?

Answer 3

3%

Question 4

What is the inability to read or write?

Answer 4

Illiteracy

Question 5

What does India spend its health care budget on?

Answer 5

Trying to tell people to create smaller families

Question 6

What is the infant mortality rate in India?

Answer 6

75 per 1,000 births

Question 7

How much money does India spend per pupil on primary and secondary education?

Answer 7

Less than $6

Question 8

What are the two monsoon seasons?

Answer 8

The moist summer monsoon and the cool, dry winter monsoon

Question 9

TRUE/FALSE:

India gained independence from Britain in 1947.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

TRUE/FALSE

South Asia is home to 22% of the world’s population.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

TRUE/FALSE

Illiteracy is the inability to read or write.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

At what age do women in India typically marry?

Answer 12

Before age 18

Question 13

Why do most Indians have large families?

Answer 13

Children represent security in old age.

Question 14

What is necessary to break India’s cycle of poverty?

Answer 14

Education

Question 15

What happened to India’s population after it gained its independence?

Answer 15

It tripled.

Question 16

What is the wind system that blows from the southwest across the Indian Ocean towards South Asia from June through September?

Answer 16

Summer monsoon

Question 17

What is the wind system that blows from the northeast across the Himalayas toward the sea from October through February?

Answer 17

Winter monsoon

Question 18

During which monsoon do droughts typically occur?

Answer 18

The winter monsoon

Question 19

How is the summer monsoon helpful?

Answer 19

It nourishes rainforests, irrigates crops, and replenishes soil.

Question 20

How is the summer monsoon harmful?

Answer 20

It causes cyclones and massive flooding.

Question 21

What are cyclones called in the U.S.?

Answer 21

Hurricanes

Question 22

What dam was constructed to bring water to the city of Kolkata, India?

Answer 22

The Farakka dam

Question 23

What percentage of Indian boys aged 6-12 are in school?

Answer 23

85%

Question 24

What percentage of girls aged 6-12 are in school?

Answer 24

70%

Question 25

When did the Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir end?

Answer 25

1948

Question 26

When did India explode its first nuclear device?

Answer 26

1974

Question 27

How many wars have India and Pakistan fought over Kashmir since 1947?

Answer 27

Three