South Asia - Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean Flashcards
What is Sri Lanka?
An island nation consisting of a mainly Buddhist population.
What is the main industry of Sri Lanka?
Tea.
What is the unit of Sri Lankan tea?
Bricks.
What is an issue with tea industries?
It is hard to make large profit and is very labor-intensive.
What is an issue with Sri Lankan development?
There isn’t a lot of machinery there, so it is difficult to build large structures.
Where is Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka is South of India.
The city of Kandy attracts ___ from all over the world.
Buddhist pilgrims.
In the Indian Ocean is a group of islands called the ___.
Maldives.
The former colonial name for Sri Lanka was ___.
Ceylon.
At the end of the 20th century, Sri Lanka had to deal with a serious revolt by workers brought from ___.
Southern India.
The culture of the Maldive Islands is ___.
Muslim.
Kandy, in the highlands of Sri Lanka, has the ___.
Holiest site in Buddhism.
