Geography of South Asia

Question 0

What mountain pass do people pass through between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Answer 0

Kyber Pass

Question 1

What three mountains form the northern boundary?

Answer 1

Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayas

Question 2

What river in Tibet flows southwest through Pakistan and Afghanistan?

Answer 2

Indus River

Question 3

Where can you see wild elephants in the rain forest and smell spices?

Answer 3

Karnataka Plateau

Question 4

How many islands to the Maldives have?

Answer 4

Over 1300

Question 5

What is one of the resources India has that makes it luckier than its neighbors?

Answer 5

Chromate

Question 6

What is the ingredient for cement?

Answer 6

Limestone

Question 7

What is a cause of air pollution?

Answer 7

Villagers cook and heat their homes by burning wood, kerosene, charcoal or animal dung.

Question 8

What three season does South Asia experience?

Answer 8

Hot dry and wet

Question 9

What two areas receive little or no yearly rainfall?

Answer 9

Deccan Plateau and West Pakistan

Question 10

What kind of climate does south-central India have?

Answer 10

Tropical dry

Question 11

What lies east of the Indus River?

Answer 11

The thar desert

Question 12

What climate surrounds the desert?

Answer 12

Steppe

Question 13

What is the result of highland climate found along South Asia’s northern edge?

Answer 13

Little vegetation can survive

Question 14

What is a large landmass that is part of a continent?

Answer 14

Subcontinent

Question 15

What is the soil deposit at the mouth of the river?

Answer 15

Delta

Question 16

What is a circular shaped island made of coral?

Answer 16

Atolls

Question 17

What are atolls that have a shadow body of water in the center?

Answer 17

Lagoon

Question 18

What are seasonal winds that bring wet or dry weather?

Answer 18

Monsoon

Question 19

What is a storm with highwinds and heavy rain?

Answer 19

Cyclone