WCG South Asia Chapter 17

What island country is located immediately southeast of India?

Which country is located immediately west of India and has Islamabad as its capital?

Which is the capital city of Nepal?

• Kathmandu

• Delhi

• Dhaka

• Thimphu

The Indus River begins in the Himalayas and flows for over 2,000 miles to its mouth in the Arabian Sea. Most of its length is located in which country?

South Asia is a separate ________________, a rigid section of the earth's crust that can move independently. This ____________ is moving northward, pushing the Himalaya Mountains higher and higher.

The Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh joins another major river and flows into the Bay of Bengal. What is this delta region called?

• Bhutan

• Bangladesh

• Nepal

In some isolated, high elevation villages, people depend on meat and cheese produced by Tibetan oxen. What are these oxen called?

Farmers who grow food only for their families are practicing ___________ _______________.

• Most of Bhutan is below sea level.

• Most of Bhutan is mountainous.