Chapter 5:
South Asia
1.
All but which of the following landforms are found in India?
a.
Ganges River
b.
Ganges Plain
c.
Deccan Plateau
d.
Hindu Kush
2.
About 80 percent of India’s people are __________.
a.
Hindus
b.
Christians
c.
Buddhists
d.
Muslims
3.
The term “cottage industry” means the practice of __________.
a.
manufacturing with machines
b.
making products in homes
c.
trading products with others
d.
helping others build houses
4.
The first civilization in India built well-planned cities along the Indus River valley __________.
a.
in the A.D. 700s
b.
in the 1500s
c.
about 4,000 years ago
d.
during the Mogul Empire
5.
Which religious group in India would like to form its own independent state?
a.
the Sikhs
b.
the Muslims
c.
the Buddhists
d.
the Hindus
6.
Pakistan and India both claim __________, a mostly Muslim territory on the border between the two countries.
a.
Brahmaputra
b.
Ganges
c.
Islamabad
d.
Kashmir
7.
Seeing Bangladesh for the first time, a person might describe the country with one word: __________.
a.
earthquakes
b.
mountains
c.
water
d.
forests
8.
The two South Asian nations that lie in the Himalaya are __________.
a.
Sri Lanka and the Maldives
b.
Pakistan and Tibet
c.
Bhutan and Nepal
d.
East and West Pakistan
9.
Which of the following nations has a name that means “land of the thunder dragon”?
a.
Sri Lanka
b.
Bhutan
c.
Nepal
d.
Maldives
10.
The Tamils and the Sinhalese are the two major ethnic groups in __________.
a.
Bhutan
b.
Nepal
c.
Bangladesh
d.
Sri Lanka
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