Human Geography of India

Multiple Choice

Mercantilism is an economic system in which

• farmers grow food on land they do not own and give the land owner a part of their crops as payment for

  using the land.

• businesses employ workers in their homes.

• businesses export high-technology services and software workers.

• colonies supply raw materials to the colonizing country, which then sells finished goods back to the colony.

Open Ended

As people move from villages to large cities, what are some advantages and disadvantages for them?

Multiple Choice

The Sikhs of India...

• make up about 20 percent of the population.

• identify themselves by their religion and caste.

• live primarily in southern India.

• desire an independent Sikh state.

Multiple Choice

Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life is known as what?

• reincarnation

• jati

• panchayat

• pesticide