South Asia Culture

Where would one find the highest population of people in South Asia?

• Deccan Plateau
• Ganges Plain
• Great Indian Desert
• Indus River Valley

Hindus believe that after death,

• each person will be offered a chance to enter nirvana.
• people become gods and godesses.
• a person's soul ceases to exist.
• most people are reborn as another living thing.

In Pakistan most people follow which religion?

• Islam
• Jainism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism

The population density of South Asia is lowest in

• India and Bangladesh
• Pakistan and Bhutan
• Bhutan and Nepal
• Maldives and Sri Lanka

Who was India's beloved nonviolent leader?

• Mohandas Gandhi
• Salman Rushdie
• Indira Gandhi
• Nawaz Sharif

Where did civilization in South Asia begin?

• Ganges Plain
• Nepal
• Indus River Valley
• Eastern Ghats

Most people of India follow which religion?

• Islam
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Jainism

Hindus believe that karma

• should be chanted 5 times a day.
• will influence one's future lives.
• is a melody to be played on the sitar during worship.
• is an alter for religious offerings.

In 1971, East Pakistan became

• Bhutan
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka

What European power ruled much of South Asia until the mid-1900s?

• Britain
• France
• Netherlands
• Spain