Chapter 9 - South Asia

Question 1

Name all the countries in South Asia.

Answer 1

Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Nepal (top right of india) 
Bhutan (above bangladesh) 
Bangladesh (right of india)
Sri Lanka (island at bottom of India)
Maldives (island to left of sri lanka)

Question 2

Name two countries that have Hinduism as their dominant religion.

Answer 2

Nepal and India

Question 3

Name two countries that have Islam as their dominant religion?

Answer 3

Afghanistan and Bangladesh

Question 4

What are some characteristics of the Indian Ocean?

Answer 4

Below Sri Lanka

Asian Brown Cloud, a blanket of air pollution 3km thick that hovers over most of the Indian Ocean and rest of asia.

Important for its Monsoon system that brings rain on which the livelihoods of south asia depend.

• propelled by annual heating and cooling of the landmass of central asia to the north and the constant feeding of moisture from the Indian ocean to the south.

Question 5

Where is the Bay of Bengal and what are some characteristics?

Answer 5

Located East of India and in between South Asia and SouthEast Asia.

Typhoons are an endemic to the Bay of Bengal and implications of climate change make the region vulnerable. A serious environmental hazard to Bangladesh.

Question 6

Where is the Himalayas?

Answer 6

Located northeast of India, a mountainous region.

The movement of the Indian Plate into the Eurasian plate 10 million years ago created a zone of turbulent contact and uplift, forming the Himalayas.

Glaciers are on the decline which threatens agriculture and drinking supplies for more than half-billion people.

Question 7

What are some aspects of Nepal?

Answer 7

Tourism rules the economy. Nepal boundaries 8 of the 10 highest mountains of the world, including Mount Everest, making the country a destination for mountain climbers, trekkers and nature enthusiasts from around the world.

Question 8

Where is the Ganges River?

Answer 8

Flows through the nation of India and Bangladesh.

On the border of Nepal and India.

Question 9

What are the major cities of the Ganges?

Answer 9

Varanasi and Kolkata.

Question 10

What is the Yangtze River?

Answer 10

The longest river in Asia, located in China.

Question 11

Where is the Yangtze River Delta?

Answer 11

Ends in the the Chinese Province of Shanghai.

Question 12

Where is Mumbai (Bombay) ?

Answer 12

Mumbai (Bombay) is located in India.

Question 13

Where is Kolkata?

Answer 13

Kolkata is located in India.

Question 14

Where is Dhaka located?

Answer 14

Dhaka is located in Bangladesh and is the capital city.

Question 15

Where is Kathmandu located?

Answer 15

Kathmandu is located in Nepal and is the capital city.

Question 16

Where is Delhi located?

Answer 16

Delhi is located in India.

Question 17

Where is Karachi?

Answer 17

Karachi is located in Pakistan.

Question 18

Where is Bangalore?

Answer 18

Bangalore is located in India.

Question 19

What asian countries were colonized by the British?

Answer 19

Afghanistan 
India
Burma
Singapore
Hong Kong
Malaya 
North Borneo
Brunei

Question 20

What place in East Asia was never directly colonized?

Answer 20

China

Question 21

What places in South Asia were never directly colonized?

Answer 21

Nepal

Bhutan

Question 22

What is a Monsoon? And when.

Answer 22

A seasonal reversal of wind flows in parts of the lower to middle latitudes, driver by atmospheric pressure gradients, which govern precipitation patterns in many regions, including especially South and Southeast Asia.

Between April and September.

Question 23

What is the Raj?

Answer 23

The rule of the British in India, typified by indirect control over local populations through local rulers, bolstered by colonial bureaucracies and armies.

Question 24

What is Anthropogenic?

Answer 24

A tree/forest cover created or retained by human beings which can serve as wildlife habitat.