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35 Cards in this Set
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South Asia includes which countries? |
India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka |
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Where are the Himalayas? What is the tallest peak and where is it? |
Nepal, India, Bhutan Mt. Everest = 29,000 ft, Nepal |
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Where are the Karakoram Mountains? What is the second highest mountain in the world? |
Pakistan K2 |
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What are the impacts of tourism in Nepal? |
Deforestation (trees have been cut down for benefit of tourists) Loss of traditional culture in the villages |
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Describe Bhutan |
Very little tourism because- Himalayas Trying to avoid cultural change |
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Where is the Ganges river mainly? Where does it flow to? |
India Bangladesh |
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Where is the Indus river? |
Pakistan |
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Describe the Summer Monsoons and where are they located? |
Land gets very hot Winds blow onshore and bring a lot of rain Very humid Rain = rice farming Southwest coast of India |
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What is important about Cherrapunjee? |
Rainiest place on earth |
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Describe the Winter Monsoons |
Winds reverse Dry weather (except in Sri Lanka) |
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What are the desert countries? |
Pakistan West India (Rajasthan) |
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Where are India, Pakistan and Bangladesh ranked in terms of population? |
India = #2 Pakistan = #6 Bangladesh = #7 |
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Describe the colonial history of British India |
From Pakistan to Burma (one big country called British India) In 1947 the British pulled out Region was partitioned based on religion |
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What are the religions of South Asia? |
India- Hindu Pakistan- Muslim Sri Lanka- Buddhist |
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When was Pakistan formed? When did it separate and what is the name of the new country? |
1947 1971, Bangladesh |
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What are the Hindu countries? |
India Nepal |
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Describe Hinduism |
Polytheistic (not all people worship the same gods) Holy animals |
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What role does the Ganges river play in Hinduism? |
The water is considered to be holy water |
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Where is Varanasi and why is it important to Hinduism? |
On the Ganges River Holiest Hindu city |
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What are the Buddhist countries? |
Sri Lanka Bhutan |
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What are the Muslim countries? |
Pakistan Bangladesh |
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Describe the Mogul Empire |
Were Muslim 1500s-1800s Came from Mongolia (adopted Islam as they were conquering) Ruled much of South Asia Architecture -Taj Mahal of Agra, India |
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Describe the Taj Mahal |
Tomb to bury the queen King was eventually buried there too |
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Describe Sikhism |
Religion of Punjab, India Sikh men have the same last name (Singh) Hair = enery
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What is Amritsar |
Holiest city for Sikhs |
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What do the Sikhs want? |
Independence Their proposed name is "Khalistan" Unlikely to happen because they're the richest state in India (good, advanced agriculture- wheat) |
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What are the languages of India? |
Hindi English in the higher education |
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What are Pakistan's languages? |
Urdu (written in Arabic but a completely different language) English spoken in higher education |
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Cities of India |
Mumbai Kolkata New Delhi -All established by the British- have european looking buildings |
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Mumbai |
Largest city in India nicknamed "wall street of India" |
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Film Industry |
"Bollywood" comes from Bombay |
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Describe Calcutta (Kolkata) |
On the Ganges delta Extreme poverty Where mother Teresa helped Former capital (British India- rainy and humid during the summer so they built New Delhi) |
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New Delhi |
India's capital since 1911 |
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What is Pakistan's largest city? Where is it? Why is it important? |
Karachi Indus River Main seaport |
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What is the capital of Pakistan? When was it built? |
Islamabad 1970s |
