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Unit 8 Study Game

Unit 8 Study Game. Mrs. Richard. Violent storm, fierce winds/rain-common in Bangladesh. Answer: Cyclone. India produces more movies than the U.S.-It’s main religion is _________ . . Answer: Hinduism. What South Asia is sometimes called? . Answer: A Subcontinent.

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Unit 8 Study Game

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  1. Unit 8 Study Game Mrs. Richard

  2. Violent storm, fierce winds/rain-common in Bangladesh. Answer: Cyclone

  3. India produces more movies than the U.S.-It’s main religion is _________ . Answer: Hinduism

  4. What South Asia is sometimes called? Answer: A Subcontinent

  5. Term for the broadened seaward end of a river Answer: Estuary

  6. What is a person with the inability to read or write called? Answer: Illiterate

  7. What was the 90 year British rule of India called? Answer: Raj

  8. _____ _____ refers to food, clothing and shelter. Answer: Basic Necessities

  9. What is it called when a ruler’s powers are limited? Answer: A Constitutional Monarchy

  10. Geometric designs, symbols of the universe (they aid in medication). Answer: Mandalas

  11. An atoll and archipelago would be found here.____ Answer: Maldives

  12. Seclusion of women & wearing of veils in Pakistan Answer: Purdah

  13. What is the system where people are born into Social classes in Hinduism? Answer: Caste System

  14. Siddhartha Gautama began this religion ______. Answer: Buddhism

  15. He won the Nobel Prize for literature as a poet Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

  16. The Brahmaputra, Indus and Ganges Rivers form the ________. Answer: Indo-Gangetic Plain

  17. India’s First Prime Minister as India became independent was ______ ________. Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

  18. The poorest country based on life expectancy, birthrates and literacy. Answer: Nepal

  19. This is the most important river in Bangladesh. Answer: Brahmaputra

  20. Varanasi and Ganges River are important for both the living and dead according to the __________. Answer: Hindus

  21. Began nonviolent resistance movement to free India from Britain Answer: Mohandas Gandhi

  22. A dam was built in Bangladesh on the _______ River which helped the area. Answer: Feni

  23. This river was a major source of conflict between India & Pakistan. Answer: Indus

  24. He first tried to keep Kashmir independent then later ceded it to India creating a conflict between India and Pakistan. Answer: Maharajah Singh

  25. Seasonal winds/flood, SW across Indian Ocean from June –Sept. (Summer) with powerful storms and rain, dry from NE from Oct-Feb. Answer: Monsoons

  26. The British partitioned this country in 1947. It is the leading producer of Cotton. Answer: India

  27. Mainly Islam, Mushairas, exports cotton and rice Answer: Pakistan

  28. Hindus who cam from India and settled in Northern Sri Lanka… Answer: Tamils

  29. Considered essential in breaking the cycle of poverty in S. Asia Answer: Education

  30. Has much of the world’s mica, iron ore and the 4th in coal. Answer: India

  31. Sacred river to Hindus but one of the world’s most polluted rivers Answer: Ganges

  32. P. Musharraf & A. Vajpayee want peace in ______. Answer: Kashmir

  33. Has 1/5th of the world’s population Answer: South Asia

  34. India’s high-tech center or silicon city. Answer: Bangalore

  35. Small Independent country with only one religion. Answer: Maldives

  36. Sri Lanka is one of the World’s Leading producers of ______. Answer: Tea

  37. Policy of making small loans to poor entrepreneurs…… Answer: Microcredit

  38. India and Pakistan have deposits of ______ (m 554) –Nuclear weapons Answer: Uranium

  39. BoduBeru/Main economic activity of the Maldives is ______ Answer: Tourism

  40. India’s most prosperous city and leading commercial center…. Answer: Mumbai (Bombay)

  41. Site of one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th century. Answer: Bangladesh

  42. The main religion of Pakistan and Bangladesh Answer: Islam

  43. It is 50 million years old and has 24 peaks over 24,000 degrees and parallel mountains. Answer: Himalayas

  44. Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Islam / Sapphires and Rubies/ Civil war. Answer: Sri Lanka

  45. Believe in Many gods, caste, dharma, reincarnation and Shiva. Answer: Hinduism

  46. The first European country to colonize Sri Lanka Answer: Portugal

  47. Heavily populated, 3/5th of India’s population, fertile plain, cities over 10 million-Kolkata, Dhaka & New Delhi Answer: Indo Gangetic Plain

  48. What did Muslim Pakistan and Bangladesh have that was rare? Answer: Female Prime Ministers

  49. Tear-Shaped, Sri Lanka was called this under British control. Answer: Ceylon

  50. After the Gupta & Mauryan empires, India was dominated in the 1500’s by __________. Answer: Britain

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