Name That Nation

Question 1

This nation is the world’s largest democracy and is a federal republic with different responsibilities in each states, but when the powers of the national and state governments overlap, national laws must be followed

Answer 1

India

Question 2

This nation has 28 states, some of which dominated by particular ethnic or religious groups or languages and 7 union territories which are small political areas directly under the control of the national government

Answer 2

India

Question 3

This nation’s head of state is a president, but the duties of that position are mainly ceremonial and executive power lies with the prime minister who leads the government and sets policy and the first prime minister of this nation was Jawaharlal Nehru, who was elected in 1947

Answer 3

India

Question 4

This nation’s legislative branch of government is made up of the People’s Assembly, which is elected by this nation’s voters and the Council of States, which is elected by the prime minister or state legislatures and together they make laws

Answer 4

India

Question 5

This nation’s constitution is one of the longest and most detailed in the world and guarantees all citizens fundamental, or basic, and general rights and lists all citizens duties and the job of the Supreme Court of the judicial branch of the government is to interpret laws to see if they uphold the nation’s constitution

Answer 5

India

Question 6

This nation has one of the most rapidly growing economies, but with such a large population, not enough jobs exist and many residents remain poor and nearly 75% of this nation’s workers are farmers and more than half of the land in this country is used for growing crops such as rice, wheat, cotton, tea, and jute, which is used to be spun into rope

Answer 6

India

Question 7

This nation produces most of the food that it needs and it benefitted from the green revolution, which was a set of changes that modernized agriculture and greatly increased food production in the 1970s

Answer 7

India

Question 8

This nation ranks as one of the world’s top coal producers and also mines iron ore, manganese, bauxite, and diamonds and in recent years, this nation’s government has built fish processing plants and has invested in ocean going ships for deep sea fishing for exporting

Answer 8

India

Question 9

This nation’s cottage industries involve people working in their homes and using their own equipment or craft pottery and they can spin or weave cloth or create metal or wooden items to be sold to individuals or to companies for resale or export and this nation also has textile factories which employ the most manufacturing workers and they produce cotton, jute, and synthetic, or human made fabrics

Answer 9

India

Question 10

This nation has food processing plants that provide many jobs, but mainly during harvest time and other factory workers are imported in heavy industries and make steel, locomotives, trucks, and chemicals and factories here also produce a variety of electronic products, such as televisions and this nation’s service industries are booming and many software developers and tech support people work for American companies

Answer 10

India

Question 11

In this nation, American companies often hire workers overseas to do certain jobs, which is called outsourcing, and this is common in this nation because there are large numbers of workers here, wages are low, and because the nation has many workers who are educated, skilled, and fluent in English and this nation has many doctors, scientists, and engineers and these professions are also doing outsourced work such as do research and writing for American companies

Answer 11

India

Question 12

This nation is playing an increasing role in world affairs and it is a long, wide country between Afghanistan, Iran, and India and it has mountains in the far north and the Indus River Valley is in the south, which provides the fertile land that this nation needs to support its growing population

Answer 12

Pakistan

Question 13

This nation’s population is over 160 million people and its one of the most populous nations on earth and the population continues to grow fast and death rates have declined and birth rates are still very high

Answer 13

Pakistan

Question 14

This nation’s people are almost entirely Muslim and this nation’s official language is Urdu and their religion is a common bond, but it doesn’t always bridge cultural differences and this nation’s people come from many ethnic groups and each has its own language, territory, and identity

Answer 14

Pakistan

Question 15

In the 1970s, this nation’s industries were nationalized, or put under government control, but since the 1990s, many government controlled industries have been sold to private industries

Answer 15

Pakistan

Question 16

In this nation, manufacturing and service industries are increasingly important to the economy and even though incomes have risen, most of this nation’s people are still poor and about half of this nation’s people are farmers and large irrigation systems help them grow crops such as sugarcane, wheat, rice, and cotton and cotton cloth and cotton clothing are are among this nation’s major exports

Answer 16

Pakistan

Question 17

In this nation, manufacturing and service industries are an important part of the economy and many people there work in cottage industries and make metalware, pottery, and carpets and even though this nation’s economy has grown, there aren’t enough jobs for everyone so millions of people leave to become temporary workers in other countries and the money they send home helps support their families and boosts the local economy in this country

Answer 17

Pakistan

Question 18

This nation is a federal republic, but democracy here is limited and since independence, the military has often forced elected leaders out of office seized power, and most recently, in 1999, General Pervez Musharraf took over the government and he was later voted to be the president by this nation’s people

Answer 18

Pakistan

Question 19

This nation and India each claim territory of Kashmir and they have fought two wars for control of the area and in 1998, tensions rose when this nation and India tested nuclear weapons at the same time, but since then they have moved toward greater cooperation, and in 2003, they agreed to a ceasefire in Kashmir

Answer 19

Pakistan

Question 20

This nation faces problems such as overpopulation, severe poverty, and deadly floods and with a large population and few resources, this nation is struggling for success as an independent nation

Answer 20

Bangladesh

Question 21

This nation was established in 1971

Answer 21

Bangladesh

Question 22

This nation sits surrounded by India on three sides and the Bay of Bengal is to the south and this nation is slightly larger than Wisconsin, but it has a population of 144 million people, which makes it one of the most densely populated countries in earth

Answer 22

Bangladesh

Question 23

People in this nation are mostly Muslim and poor and about 75% of people live in rural villages, but many have moved to crowded urban areas such as Dhaka, the capital and a major port, to find work in factories

Answer 23

Bangladesh

Question 24

Most people in this nation earn a living by farming crops such as rice, sugarcane, jute, wheat, and tea, and a warm climate, fertile soil, and plentiful water make it possible to plant and harvest three times every year, but despite the good growing conditions, they can’t produce enough food for its people and farmers have few modern tools and they use outdated farming methods

Answer 24

Bangladesh

Question 25

This nation has a thriving clothing industry that provides jobs for nearly two million people, mostly women, and children also worked in the clothing industry in the past, but the government has moved to end child labor

Answer 25

Bangladesh

Question 26

A profitable industry in this nation is ship breaking, which involves bringing ashore and tearing apart ships that are no longer in service and selling scrap metal for reuse in steel making or construction projects, and this is dangerous but offers needed income to thousands of people

Answer 26

Bangladesh

Question 27

This nation’s economy has to grow to provide enough jobs for its growing population and it’s likely that agriculture will soon support only about a third of this nation’s workers and one option for improving the economy would be to increase natural gas production and large reserves of natural gas were recently discovered, but the government has to decide to use it to meet the nation’s energy needs or to sell it abroad to earn money

Answer 27

Bangladesh

Question 28

This nation tries to stay on good terms with its neighbors, but tensions have sometimes arisen with India over the use of the Ganges River, which flows through both nations, but so far, this nation has resolves its disputes peacefully

Answer 28

Bangladesh

Question 29

This nation takes pride in peacekeeping, and 10,000 of this nation’s soldiers are UN peacekeepers around the world

Answer 29

Bangladesh

Question 30

More than 85% of this nation’s many ethnic groups live in rural villages and the capital, Kathmandu, is the only major city

Answer 30

Nepal

Question 31

Hinduism is the official religion in this nation, but Buddhism is also practiced and the economy depends mostly on farming small patches of land, but the need for new fields leads to clearing forests, which causes erosion and tourism and trade help the economy

Answer 31

Nepal

Question 32

For centuries, this nation had no links to other countries because of mountain barriers, but now there are roads and air services to India and Pakistan and this nation exports carpets and clothing and it imports gasoline, machinery, or consumer goods

Answer 32

Nepal

Question 33

In the past, this nation has been torn by political conflict and democracy groups and communist rebels ended the monarchy in this nation in 2008

Answer 33

Nepal

Question 34

This nation is struggling economically and most people in this nation live in remote rural villages and are subsistence farmers and with India’s help, this nation built hydroelectric plants to create electricity from rushing mountain waters and tourism is a growing industry here, but the government limits the number of tourists to protect this nation’s cultural traditions

Answer 34

Bhutan

Question 35

Most people in this nation belong to the ethnic group of their country and are faithful Buddhists and there is a small Nepali group, which is mostly Hindu and complains of discrimination during the years of rule by powerful Buddhist kings and recently, this nation has moved toward democracy

Answer 35

Bhutan

Question 36

This nation is off of India’s southeastern coast and much of the country is rolling lowlands with white sandy beaches to attract tourists and highlands cover the center and tourists come to hike the nature trails rich with wildlife

Answer 36

Sri Lanka

Question 37

This nation’s people have farmed for many years and in lowland areas, crops such as rice, which is eaten daily, rubber trees, coconut palms, and Ceylon tea, which is a famous export, are grown

Answer 37

Sri Lanka

Question 38

This nation’s economy is becoming more industrialized and factories here produce textiles, fertilizers, cement, leather goods, and wood products for export and this nation also exports sapphires, rubies, and other gemstones

Answer 38

Sri Lanka

Question 39

74% of this nation’s people are Sinhalese and live in the south and west and are mainly Buddhist and 17% of this nation’s people are Tamils and live in other parts of the country and are mainly Hindu and since 1983, the Tamils and the Sinhalese have been fighting a civil war and the Tamils say that the Sinhalese haven’t treated them justly and they want to set up a Tamil nation in the north of this nation and thousands have died fighting the civil war

Answer 39

Sri Lanka

Question 40

This nation’s capital and largest city, Colombo, is a busy port on the western coast

Answer 40

Sri Lanka

Question 41

This nation suffered its worst national disaster in December, 2004, when a tsunami, or a huge wave, was released by a powerful earthquake near Indonesia on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean and the tsunami struck two hours later and killed 3,000 and left 850,000 homeless and tourist areas were destroyed and much of the fishing fleet was destroyed and the thousands of people who survived were in need of food, water, and medical care and governments and international aid organizations responded to the tragedy with one of the largest relief efforts in modern history

Answer 41

Sri Lanka

Question 42

This nation is made up of 1,200 islands, which lie southwest of India, but only about 200 of them are inhabited and none of the islands are six feet above sea level and some scientists believe that global warming will eventually cause ocean levels to rise and completely cover these islands

Answer 42

Maldives

Question 43

About 360,000 people live in this nation and most are Muslims and some 80,000 of them live in Male, the capital

Answer 43

Maldives

Question 44

Farmers in this nation can grow only a few crops in the sandy soil so most food has to be imported and in recent years, this nation’s palm-lined, sandy beaches and coral formations have attracted many tourists and as a result, tourism is now the largest industry there and fishing and boat building are other important economic activities

Answer 44

Maldives