Asia Geo Bee Quiz

a low area of fertile soil in Bangladesh; where rivers deposit sediments as they empty into the Bay of Bengal

• Deccan Plateau
• Ganges Delta
• Indus Delta
• Gobi Valley

he 1947 division of British India into the countries of India (primarily Hindu) and Pakistan (primarily Muslim). This separation along religion lines created an upheaval in the country, causing many people to be displaced.

• civil disobedience
• partition
• colony
• independence

The belief in more than one god

• monotheism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• polytheism

Capital of India

• Dhaka
• Kathmandu
• Beijing
• New Delhi

highest mountain range in the world; formed about 50 million years ago when the Indian tectonic plate collided with the Eurasian plate

• Himalayas
• Taklimakan
• Hindu Kush
• Zagros

fertile; land that is suitable for farming is considered arable.

• agriculture
• arable
• famine
• drought

a social structure in India composed of four main levels,

• Hinduism
• Caste System
• partition
• rain shadow

capital city of Afghanistan

• Colombo
• Kathmandu
• Lahore
• Kabul

Leader of the Indian independence movement who advocated peaceful resistance against British rule; he advocated civil disobedience

• Simon Bolivar
• Antoni Gaudi
• Mohandas Gandhi
• Mother Teresa

seasonal winds that change direction twice a year;

• westerlies
• El Nino
• monsoons
• typhoons