South Asia Review

Another name for South Asia is the...

• Indian Hypercontinent

• Indian Subcontinent

• Indian Island

• Indian Continent

What mountain range formed as a result of of the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate slamming into one another millions of years ago?

• the Alps

• the Urals

• the Rockies

• the Himalayas

Which Indian culture that created the 'zero' and contributed much to science and math?

• Aryan

• Mauryan

• Gupta

• Indus Valley

Which Indian culture adopted Buddhism under Asoka and spread Buddhism across India?

• Mauryan

• Aryan

• Gupta

• Indus Valley

Which Indian culture created the caste system and Hinduism?

• Mauryan

• Gupta

• Aryan

• Indus Valley

Tallest mountain in the world which is located in the Himalayas?

• Mount Everest

• Mount Fuji

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount St. Helen

The Muslim empire that ruled India was known as the...

• Hephthalite Empire

• Mughal Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Mauryan Empire

The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan to be his wife's tomb. He was a tolerant Mughal Emperor. What was his religion? (look at the Taj Mahal design)

• Christian

• Muslim

• Buddhist

• Hindu

Much of southern/central India is a fairly flat highland area called the...

• Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Eastern Ghats

• Western Ghats

• Deccan Plateau

Capital city of India is...

• New Delhi

• Mumbai

• Karachi

• Islamabad