South Asia Review

The Indian subcontinent is located

• north of the Himalayas.

• west of the Himalayas.

• south of the Himalayas.

• east of the Himalayas.

South Asia’s monsoons

• always bring cyclones.

• always bring drenching rain.

• may bring dry air or rain.

• always bring dry air.

India may pass China in the next decade as the most ____________ country in the world.

• dangerous

• populated

• clean

• wealthiest

Mt. Everest is one of the highest mountains in the world and is part of the

• Eastern Ghats.

• Hindu Kush.

• Western Ghats.

• Himalayas.

Which of the following is NOT a negative effect of the high population density in many of South Asia's cities?

• crowded roads and trains

• lack of employment opportunities

• increase in desertification

• pollution in urban areas

Which of the following was a large settlement of the Harappan civilization?

• Giza

• Timbuktu

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Taj Mahal

The _____________ river valley is where Ancient Indian civilization started.

• Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus

• Mississippi

Which of the following is TRUE about the Aryans?

• They arrived by boat from the South

• They were known for building the Taj Mahal

• Most of what we know of them comes from the Hebrew Bible

• They brought Sanskrit to Ancient India

Chandragupta Maurya set up a system of offices to carry out his rules called a ________________. There were officials in each ______________ (another name for region) who carried out his orders.

• bureaucracy; province

• democracy; state

• bureaucracy; city-state

• dictatorship; province

What event sparked the big change in the life of Ashoka?

• invention of the decimal system

• converting to the belief in Hinduism

• creation of his new tax system

• battle of Kalinga