South Asia Practice Test

How have the physical characteristics of the Indo-Gangetic Plain affected human patterns?

• A decreasing population characterizes this region

• Religious beliefs cause people in the region to move closer to the Himalayas Mountains

• Increasing population and high amounts of agriculture

• Commercial farming is widespread in this region with low population density

What type of government does India have?

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

What do summer monsoons bring?

• Cold winds from North and East Asia

• Seasonal drought due to lack of rain

• Hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico

• Seasonal flooding due to heavy rains

What famous route has been used for centuries as an access through the mountains west of the Himalayas?

• Hindu Kush

• Khyber Pass

• Strait of Hormuz

• Kashmir

Which of the following best describes Mount Everest?

• Formed by transform plate boundaries

• Second highest peak in the Himalayas

• Highest peak in the Himalayas

• Formed by divergent plate boundaries

What strategy did Gandhi advocate for in order to protest unjust British colonial rule?

• Gandhi threatened to create an armed insurrection to take control of the Indian government and place its power back in the hands of the people.

• Gandhi suggested that Muslims and Hindus should set aside their differences and form a new religion together.

• Gandhi claimed that a riot is the “voice of the unheard” and advocated for street riots to take place throughout India.

• Gandhi argued for Satyagraha and civil-disobedience.

Which of the following describes the Kashmir region?

• Military equipment is used to protect natural resources

• Disputed region

• The mountains are used as a border

• Opposition to military equipment in urbanized areas forces the armies to retreat to the rural, mountainous areas.

One way that the partition of India and the breakup of Yugoslavia are similar is that both...

• occurred in reaction to ethnic or religious differences

• resulted from the Berlin Conference

• formed communist and non-communist states

• conformed to the United Nations guidelines

Tom, who lives in Bangalore, India, and works for an IT company based in Houston, TX.  What economic concept is represented by this scenario? 

• Outsourcing

• Advanced Analytics

• Fiat Money

• Cost Benefit Analysis    

Which river is spiritually significant for Hindus?

• Ganges

• Nile

• Indus

• Congo