South Asia Unit

Question 1

Government type of India; world’s largest

Answer 1

Democracy

Question 2

The term for foreign countries moving their businesses to India

Answer 2

Outsourcing

Question 3

Founders of Hinduism

Answer 3

Indo-Aryans

Question 4

The year British granted India its independence

Answer 4

1948

Question 5

The way to learn life’s lessons over many lifetimes in Hinduism

Answer 5

Reincarnation

Question 6

Consequences of actions, what goes around comes around

Answer 6

Karma

Question 7

River that’s holy to Hindus

Answer 7

Ganges

Question 8

Rigid social classes associated with Hinduism, now common mainly in rural areas

Answer 8

Caste System

Question 9

The three main forms of the God of Hinduism

Answer 9

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

Question 10

India and Pakistan have fought for control of this region

Answer 10

Kashmir

Question 11

Fear of this type of war in South Asia

Answer 11

Nuclear Weapons

Question 12

Country that had a civil war between Hindus and Buddhists until 2010

Answer 12

Sri Lanka

Question 13

Country where Osama was captured, destabilized by the Taliban

Answer 13

Pakistan

Question 14

Reasons why extremist groups are more successful in Pakistan than in other countries in the region

Answer 14

Poverty, lack of education, historical conflict with India

Question 15

Country formerly known as East Asia

Answer 15

Bangladesh

Question 16

Majority religion in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Answer 16

Islam

Question 17

Most common language in India

Answer 17

Hindi

Question 18

Major river in Pakistan

Answer 18

Indus River

Question 19

Two main climate types in Pakistan

Answer 19

Desert and Highland

Question 20

Gandhi developed his methods in this country

Answer 20

South Africa

Question 21

Gandhi’s method to break unfair law to protest it

Answer 21

Civil Disobedience

Question 22

Hi-tech city in India

Answer 22

Bangladesh or Hyperabad

Question 23

Archipelago in danger of sinking

Answer 23

Maldives

Question 24

Physical feature created by colliding tectonic plates

Answer 24

Himalayas

Question 25

Country where Sikhism was founded

Answer 25

India

Question 26

Similarity between Sikhism and Hinduism

Answer 26

Karma

Question 27

Seasonal winds that bring heavy rains in summer

Answer 27

Monsoons

Question 28

World’s tallest mountain; climbers finally reacher its peak in 1953

Answer 28

Mt. Everest

Question 29

Country with world’s tallest mountain

Answer 29

Nepal

Question 30

Country where originator of micro-loans, Mohammed Yunus, started Grameen Bank

Answer 30

Bangladesh

Question 31

Gandhi’s religion

Answer 31

Hinduism

Question 32

Archipelago south of India

Answer 32

Maldives

Question 33

Region with nuclear weapons

Answer 33

Kashmir

Question 34

This arid feature creates a cultural and physical divide between India and Pakistan

Answer 34

Thar Desert

Question 35

Low-lying country that floods often, in part due to Ganges Delta

Answer 35

Bangladesh

Question 36

Country who economy is based on tourism

Answer 36

Sikhism

Question 37

Source of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra

Answer 37

Himalayas

Question 38

Factor slowing region’s economic growth

Answer 38

Overpopulation

Question 39

Division of British India that created India and Pakistan

Answer 39

Partition

Question 40

Formerly known as East Pakistan

Answer 40

Bangladesh

Question 41

Gandhi’s key beliefs

Answer 41

Civil disobedience, nonviolence, and self-rule