South Asia Quiz

Which RIVER supplies India with WATER FOR IRRIGATION and according to Hindu religion is considered SACRED

• Ganges River
• Indus River
• Brahmaputra River
• Narmada River

What is one way India’s rapid population growth has affected the environment of the region?

• Air and water pollution has worsened

• Monsoons have disappeared

• People are relying heavily on subsistence agriculture

• India is becoming less developed

Collision of tectonic plates (convergent) created

• The Himalayas

• The Indus River

• The Ganges Plain

• The Great Indian Desert

Farmers rely on these seasonal winds that bring heavy rain to South Asia.

• Typhoons

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

• Monsoons

Which factors that accounts for the creation of a tropical climate throughout most of the subcontinent?

• Neighboring mountain ranges to the north

• Proximity to the Indian Ocean and the equator

• Seasonal monsoons

• Deccan Plateau

India will surpass which Asian country as the most populous in the world during this century.

• China

• Japan

• Thailand

• Vietnam

What is the most prominent religion in India?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Sikhism

• Islam

The Brahmaputra & Ganges River form together to form a double delta in which country?

• India

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

• Bhutan

Rising sea levels are threatening to flood most of-

• Myanmar

• Bangladesh

• Sri Lanka

• Maldives

Priests and teachers in Aryan society. Highest position in social pyramid.

• Sudra

• subsistence farming

• monsoon

• Brahmin