Kevin's Cards about South and Southeast Asia

Question 1

Subcontinent

Answer 1

It is a large landmass that is part of another continent but distinct from it.

Question 2

The Himalayan Mountains are a

Answer 2

Transportation Barrier between South And East Asia

Question 3

Countries of South Asia

Answer 3

India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives

Question 4

Countries of Southeast Asia

Answer 4

Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, East Timor, Christmas Islands, Singapore.

Question 5

Which Country is furthest South

Answer 5

Indonesia

Question 6

Which Country is Mt. Everest Located in

Answer 6

Nepal

Question 7

The Ganges has

Answer 7

Spiritual Significance and Cultural Importance

Question 8

Gulf of Tonkin Location

Answer 8

Up north near Myanmar

Question 9

Landlocked meaning

Answer 9

Land locked means a country isn’t bordered by any water an example is Laos

Question 10

Bangladesh

Answer 10

This country used to be East Pakistan but in 1971 it became its own Nation

Question 11

New Delhi

Answer 11

New Delhi is the Capital of India and seat of the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India

Question 12

Islamabad

Answer 12

Islamabad is the Capital City of Pakistan. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory, the population of the city has grown from 95,940 in 1951 to 805,235 as of 1998 making it the 9th largest city in the country

Question 13

Conflicts between all of these nations and groups reveal patterns rotted in

Answer 13

Economic, Social, Political, and Territorial Tensions that result in change

Question 14

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

Answer 14

continued hostilities are present between India and Pakistan since the dissolution of the British Indian Empire has taken place (1947). India is primarily Hindu and Bangladesh is mostly Muslim.

Question 15

Pakistan and India both claim

Answer 15

Kashmir, a mostly Muslim Territory on the boarder between the 2 countries. Both countries want to control the entire region, mainly for its vast water resources

Question 16

Kashmir has vast

Answer 16

Water resources

Question 17

There as been many impacts of British Colonization in

Answer 17

India

Question 18

The Caste System

Answer 18

was a social class based on a person’s ancestry. A person was born into a particular caste. People married within their caste, and certain occupations belonged to the specific castes. People could not move from one caste to another. The caste system still influences Indian life, although laws now forbid unfair treatment of one group by another

Question 19

Untouchables

Answer 19

are outcasts—people considered too impure, too polluted, to rank as worthy beings. Prejudice defines their lives, particularly in the rural areas, where nearly three-quarters of India’s people live. Untouchables are shunned, insulted, banned from temples and higher caste homes, and made to eat and drink from separate utensils in public places