Geography - Chapter #25

What large island country is located 20 miles off India's southeast coast? 

• Sri Lanka
• Australia
• Midway
• Bengal

What two countries have clashed over the Kashmir region?

• India and Pakistan
• Pakistan and China
• India and China
• North Korea and Pakistan

The Sherpas are an ethnic group from:

• India
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh

What is the single tallest mountain in the world? 

• K2
• Himalayas
• Everest
• Mt. St. Helen's

In terms of total population, India ranks where in the world?

• first
• second
• third
• fifth

An increase in the percentage of people who live in cities is called:

• urban sprawl
• ruralization
• urbanization
• city dwelling

A program that encouraged farmers to adopt modern farming methods was called:

• agricultural revolution
• green revolution
• blue revolution
• rural revolution

What divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth or occupation?

• reincarnation
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• caste system

What is the main religion found in India?

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Animism
• Islam

What religion tries to get people to rise above their desire for material goods and reach nirvana?

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Animism
• Islam