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South Asia Unit Test Flashcards

1
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Name the largest city in Pakistan:

A

Karachi

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2
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Name the largest city in India:

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Mumbai

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3
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What is the capital of India?:

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New Delhi

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4
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What is the capital Pakistan?:

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Islamabad

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5
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What is the capital of Bangladesh?:

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Dhaka

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6
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What is the capital of Nepal?:

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Kathmandu

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7
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What is the capital of Afghanistan?:

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Kabul

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8
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What is the capital of Bhutan?:

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Thimphu

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9
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Why has Afghanistan been so difficult, or impossible, to govern successfully over the centuries?:

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Because of lack of resources (for infrastructure, things that a government needs), landscape, drought, and different languages (many different ethnic groups)

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10
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Where had bin Laden been operating before returning to Afghanistan? What had he previously done in Afghanistan?:

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Sudan, previously mujahideen who helped fight back against Soviet Invasion

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11
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Define Caste system:

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fixed layers in society, determined by karma from previous life

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12
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Define Double-cropping:

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to raise two crops per year on (an area of land).

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13
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Why are/were there 4 million Afghan Pashtun refugees living in Pakistan? How did they get there?:

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they fled major wars in Afghanistan, such as the Soviet-Afghan war

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14
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What are Pakistan’s main concerns when it comes to the Kashmir area? What are India’s concerns?:

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  • Pakistan: human rights (self determination)// Majority of Kashmir people are Muslim, therefore Pakistan argues free choice should deliver Kashmir to Pakistan. // also Indian control of irrigation water from Indus river that is needed in Pakistan.
  • India: India has invested heavily in building infrastructure in Kashmir since UN decision to deliver 60% to India, 30% to Pakistan, and 10% to China
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15
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What do the terms nationalism, non-violent resistance, and boycott have to do with Mohandas Gandhi? (Show you understand what Gandhi’s life’s work was about):

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  • Indian nationalism rose in the early 20th century – India wanted independence from Britain
  • Gandhi promoted non-violent resistance as means for accomplishing this
  • Boycott - refusing to purchase (British goods), Fasting – galvanized country in support of the cause
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16
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How are karma and samsara related to the Caste System?:

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Samsara= cycle of being reborn (Hinduism)
In Hinduism/India, it is a widely held belief that your karma, whether good or bad, affects what social class you will be born into in your next life (Caste system in India)
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17
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What do Hindu fundamentalists want?:

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Hindu fundamentalists want the Caste system to remain a thing in India

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18
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List 3 centripetal (unifying) forces in India:

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  • Cultural strength of Hinduism
  • Democracy & its democratic institutions
  • Strong leadership
  • India’s (Hindu’s) capacity for accommodating change (flexibility)
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19
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What factors account for a decline in death rate in India?:

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  • improved medical services
  • soap became common
  • more effective food distribution
  • urbanization
  • farm production expanded
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20
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What is the dominant religion in Bangladesh?:

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Approx 90% Muslim

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21
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What is the dominant religion in Bhutan?:

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Buddhism

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22
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What is the dominant religion in Nepal?:

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Hindu

23
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Aside from Indonesia, this country is home to the greatest number of Muslims:

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Pakistan

24
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The country with the highest per capita GDP in South Asia:

A

Sri Lanka

25
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The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from this capital city:

A

Kabul

26
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The country with the smallest population in South Asia, about 300,000 people:

A

The Maldives

27
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Though not its capital, its is India’s largest city and one of three Indian cities ranked in the world’s top 12 in population:

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Mumbai (Bombay)

28
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These treacherous mountains in Afghanistan and Pakistan provide a major advantage to the defenders of the area against foreign invaders:

A

Hindu Kush

29
Q

Bangladesh is built around the deltas of these two great rivers:

A

the Ganges and the Brahmaputra

30
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The two great rivers that share a delta in Bangladesh flow into this body of water:

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The Bay of Bengal

31
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Near where Osama bin Laden crossed into Pakistan, it is the path that 4 million Pashtun Afghans took when fleeing Soviet rule in the 1980s:

A

Khyber Pass

32
Q

The physical feature between the Eastern and Western Ghats is referred to as this:

A

Deccan Plateau

33
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China has been better able to stabilize its population growth due to this aspect of their government’s authority:

A

Totalitarian and Communist rule

34
Q

The river that caused controversy between India and Pakistan:

A

Indus River

35
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A country that separates two political enemies:

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Buffer state

36
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The official name for Jihadists or Islamic holy warriors who fought in the first modern defensive jihad in Afghanistan against the Soviets:

A

Mujahideen

37
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Growth of crops for the family only, rather than for sale is known as this type of farming – that 95% of the Nepalese engage in:

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Subsistence farming

38
Q

The lowest status possible in the Caste System:

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the untouchables

39
Q

Non-violent resistance and boycotts are actions often associated with this great Indian historical figure:

A

Mohandas Gandhi (“The Mahatma”)

40
Q

The “students of religion” from Pakistan who took over Afghanistan with the intent of ending its chronic factionalism:

A

The Taliban

41
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The term for the people in Nepal that guide tourists up the mountains:

A

Sherpas

42
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The Afghan tribe that comprises 40% of Afghanistan’s population:

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The Pashtuns

43
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Regional Indian leaders were referred to as this, and the most notorious one was the one who chose to align Kashmir with India rather than Pakistan:

A

Maharajah

44
Q

Pakistan established its capital here, which is much closer to India than Pakistan’s largest city is; they did this as a statement to India, making this city a “forward capital”:

A

Islamabad

45
Q

This is the reason that Sri Lanka has failed to become an economic power of the Indian Ocean:

A

civil war

46
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The cease-fire line between Pakistan and India in the Kashmir region is known as this:

A

Line of Control

47
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Along with strict Islamic law, the presence of this source of revenue attracted Islamic extremists to Afghanistan in the mid-1990s:

A

The Opium trade

48
Q

This common trait among bitter enemies, India and Pakistan, is the reason their rivalry is now a global issue, not merely a local conflict:

A

Nuclear weapons

49
Q

This new country was created when East and West Pakistan simply became Pakistan:

A

Bangladesh

50
Q

This crime-ridden coastal city is Pakistan’s largest city and the 5th most populous city in the world (not including metropolitan areas), bigger than any U.S. city:

A

Karachi

51
Q

Bhutan has this type of government:

A

Monarchy

52
Q

Osama bin Laden arrived in Afghanistan in 1996 after secretly leaving this country:

A

Sudan

53
Q

The border region of Kashmir exploded in violence in the late 1990s thanks to the newly trained fighters sent by… (what or whom):

A

Osama bin Laden / Al Qaeda

Honours World Regional Studies (6 decks)

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