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What is an alluvial Plain? |
flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time |
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Himalayan Mountain range. Discribe |
Includes 30 of the biggest mountains |
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Nickname for Himalayan Mountain |
The rooftop of the world |
Covers you |
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What is a monsoon? |
Bring need rain and cause flooding |
Over use |
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Where do most of sout Asia's population live |
70% rual areas |
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Afghanistan |
Kubul |
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Pakistan |
Islamabad |
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India |
New Delhi |
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Nepal |
Kathmandu |
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Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
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Bhutan |
Thimphu |
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Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
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Bodies of water ( 4) |
Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean Indus River Ganges River |
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Land Forms ( 4) |
Hindu Kush Thar Desert Mt. Everest Himalayas |
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Most Densely populated Country in SA? |
India |
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Three dominate religions? |
Hindu, Islam, Christianity |
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Popular relgion for Pakistan and Bangladesh |
Hinduism |
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Whats a Shepra? |
member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet |
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Joint family system? |
Everyone in the family has a roll to play |
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Sri Lanka tention |
Speak different languages and worship differently Violence has divided the island and etthnic groups |
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Posative and negative affects of great Britains control over India |
P: more updated things, improving schools, railroads N: nationalism, self-government, less jobs |
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Indian national congress |
Poltical group that will lead the struggle for Indian Independence. |
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What happened in Armitsar 1919 |
A massacre |
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Why did Gahndi use nonviolent resistance aposed to British rule? |
Tolerance among Indias social and religious group |
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Salt March? |
Indians needed salt to replace what they sweated out, salt tax protest |
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How did Pakistan and Bangladesh gain independence |
They faught, broke out into war, protested |
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Mass migration after 1947 |
People were fighting on there way back and killed other people along the way |
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What is Varna, dharma, karma? |
1. Social group 2. Duty as a member of your caste 3. Determines which group you are reincarnated in |
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Caste system order and role |
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