GARY GRANT Flashcards
1
Q
Location of famous Indian camel fair
A
PUSHKAR
2
Q
A much bigger explosion than either Tambora or Krakatoa, which ‘supervolcano’ erupted approximately 75,000 years ago in Sumatra? Some palaeoclimatologists believe that the area, now a lake, caused a volcanic winter lasting a decade, and a huge decline in worldwide human populations.
A
TOBA
3
Q
erhaps a name better known in an automotive context, what name is given to the once-nomadic (some still are) peoples of Western Iran, who are famed for their carpet weaving, and speak a language they call ‘Turki’?
A
Qashqai
4
Q
Around 20 million pilgrims annually converge on the shrine of Imam Reza in Eastern Iran. In which city, Iran’s second largest, is it found?
A
MASHAD
