South Asia Test Review

What is a long period of little or no rainfall called?

• Drought

• Famine

• Monsoon

• Pollution

Land that is suitable for farming is known as

• Drought

• Pollution

• Arable Land

• Manufacturing Land

What are the seasonal winds that bring powerful rainfall called?

• Typhoons

• Monsoons

• Tsunamis

• Tornadoes

What is it called when the environment is make unclean or contaminated?

• Green Revolution

• Slum

• Famine

• Pollution

What is it called when someone is treated differently because of their race, age, gender, or ethnicity?

• Pollution

• Discrimination

• Drought

• Slum

This is the name for the basic systems that a society needs to function.

• Infrastructure

• Outsourcing

• Tsunami

• Caste System

What is it called when a company shifts the jobs to workers outside of the company?

• Slums

• Getting fired

• Outsourcing

• Famine

This is an area in a city with crowded, unclean housing, poor sanitation, and bad living conditions.

• Arable land

• Outsourcing

• Nomad

• Slum

What is the likely source of water at high elevations in South Asia?

• Melting snow

• Tropical rains

• Monsoons winds

• Underground lakes

What do subsistence farmers do?

• Grow only one crop, such as corn or wheat

• Depend on payments from the government to live

• Grow only enough food for themselves and their families

• Sell almost everything they grow