World Geography 8

Front 1

What landforms shield South Asia from the cold airflows to the north of the region?

Back 1

Himalayas

Front 2

Which of the following provides, in a single word, a basic description of the South Asian landform?

Back 2

Peninsula

Front 3

What process created the Himalayan Mountains?

Back 3

The collision of the Indian-Australian Plate with the Eurasian Plate

Front 4

The name Deccan is given to which of the following features on South Asia’s physical landscape?

Back 4

Plateau in south central India

Front 5

What features of South Asia’s physical landscape are known collectively as the Ghats?

Back 5

Mountains that trace the eastern and western edges of the Indian subcontinent

Front 6

Which statement best describes the cultural adjustments that rural people have developed to cope with South Asia’s contrasting climatic seasons?

Back 6

Villages are built up on mounds to prevent flooding from the summer monsoons

Front 7

The monsoon that brings plentiful rain to South Asia occurs during which season?

Back 7

Summer

Front 8

Meltwater from what mountains supplies the headwaters of the three principal river systems of South Asia?

Back 8

Himalayas

Front 9

The Indus River is the principal river in what South Asian country?

Back 9

Pakistan

Front 10

Which is true of the Indus Valley (Harappa) civilization in South Asia?

Back 10

Their trade network extended to Mesopotamia and Eastern Africa

Front 11

The Aryans, thought to be the first outsiders to invade South Asia 3500 years ago, are credited with instituting what social system in the region?

Back 11

Caste

Front 12

Among the following, which is the best explanation of how the caste system may have weakened South Asia’s ability to resist invaders?

Back 12

Caste groups were easily assimilated into the ruling structure of invaders

Front 13

What is the primary legacy left in South Asia by the Moguls, whose vast sixteenth-century empire encompassed the region?

Back 13

Islam

Front 14

Which of the following countries does NOT maintain the beliefs of Islam as central to its national character?

Back 14

India

Front 15

Nearly all of South Asia was part of what European power’s colonial system?

Back 15

Britain

Front 16

As the colonial ruler of South Asia, the British explicitly inhibited the development of which of the region’s industries?

Back 16

Manufacturing

Front 17

According to the economic historian Deitmar Rothermund, what British policy had the [by-product] effect of encouraging population growth in its colony of South Asia?

Back 17

Inhibiting industrial development

Front 18

Among the following British actions in South Asia, which was beneficial to the region’s economic development during and after the colonial period?

Back 18

Constructing an expansive railroad network

Front 19

In 1947, the British partitioned their South Asian colony largely along what lines?

Back 19

Religious

Front 20

Which of the following occurred as a result of the 1947 partition of British India?

Back 20

Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan; Hindus migrated from Pakistan to India

Front 21

The purpose of Britain’s “divide and rule” tactic in South Asia was to antagonize relations between what two groups, thus weakening both in their ability to oppose colonial rule?

Back 21

Hindus and Muslims

Front 22

Approximately what percentage of South Asia’s people live in areas defined as rural?

Back 22

70 percent

Front 23

Which of the following provides the least plausible explanation for the continued population boom in South Asia?

Back 23

High literacy rates among women and men

Front 24

Education affects population growth by encouraging which one of the following?

Back 24

The use of contraceptives

Front 25

In what South Asian country do 120 million Muslims constitute the largest minority religious group?

Back 25

India

Front 26

Which of the following provides the best description of the caste system?

Back 26

Custom of hierarchical social classes

Front 27

Which of the following describes the Harijan caste, also known as “untouchables”?

Back 27

Lowest social class that performs "despicable" tasks

Front 28

Which of the following does NOT characterize any aspect of the Green Revolution in South Asia?

Back 28

Benefits accrued to poorer farmers

Front 29

Which of the following is NOT among the explicit goals of recent economic reform in India?

Back 29

Expanding food and agriculture subsidies

Front 30

Which of the following statements captures the idea of microcredit that has developed in South Asia?

Back 30

Makes small low-interest loans available to poor entrepreneurs

Front 31

What is the purpose of the Grameen Bank?

Back 31

Provide small loans to small entrepreneurs in rural villages

Front 32

What is the role of caste in the Indian democracy?

Back 32

It is increasing in importance

Front 33

The relations of what two South Asian countries are strained by regional conflicts in the states of Punjab and Kashmir?

Back 33

India and Pakistan

Front 34

The regional conflict over Kashmir primarily involves what two religious groups?

Back 34

Hindus and Muslims