South Asia Review

What is a geographically or politically unique part of a larger continent?

• Subcontinent

• Overcontinent

• Subarctic

• Plateau

The Ganges is what?

• A Mountain Range

• A Plateau

• A Valley

• A River

What is a seasonal wind pattern that brings all the rain needed to India in a short time?

• Cyclone

• Monsoon

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

What famous building is in Agra, India?

• Taj Mahal

• Kremlin

• Buckingham Palace

• Forbidden City

What river was the home to the first civilization in India?

• Ganges

• Amazon

• Nile

• Indus

Why were the first cities in India special?

• They were really big for their time

• They were super small for their time

• They were really advanced for their time

• They are still used today as major cities

What is something that Mohenjo-Daro, major city in the Indus Valley Civilization, had that other cities at the time did not?

• Water access in each house

• Planned City streets

• Uniform sized bricks for building

• All of the above

What happened to the early Indian peoples?

• A great earthquake wiped them out

• Nobody is quite sure, they just seemed to leave

• A great battle wiped them all out

• A flood washed away the city and all the people

What does outsourcing mean?

• A company hires an outside company or individual to do work

• A company only hires people from inside their community

• A company asks another company for money to help expand

• A company moves all of its business to another country

Why does India have such a huge young population?

• The have really long life expectancy and low birth rate

• The have high birth rate and short life expectancy

• Birth rate and life expectancy are pretty much equal

• There is no real reason, they just do