South Asia

What is the island located directly south of India?

• Madagascar

• Bengal

• Sri Lanka

• Pakistan

Which mountains form a border between India and China?

• Himalayas

• Hindu Kush

• Khyber Pass

• Appalachian

India is one of the most __________ countries in the world

• wealthy

• populated

• arid

• segregated

What weather event greatly impacts India?

• forest fires

• monsoons

• typhoons

• tropical storms

"Don't pay your taxes or send your children to an English-supported school . . . Make your own cotton cloth by spinning the thread at home, and don't buy English-made goods. Provide yourselves with homemade salt, and do not buy government-made salt."

— Mohandas Gandhi

In this statement, Gandhi was expressing his commitment to

• armed rebellion

• civil disobedience

• the good of the British government

• guerrilla tactics

Several historic events are listed below.

A. Partition of India and Pakistan

B. Establishment of the caste system

C. British colonization of the Indian subcontinent

D. Gandhi's Salt March

What is the correct chronological order of this set of events?

• A B C D

• B C D A

• C D A B

• D B A C

In Bangladesh, the adaptation to this house is important because

• it provides space for large families

• of the extensive flooding

• having storage for surplus crops is important

During the 500s BC, Siddhartha Gautama founded this religion that included the practice of meditation

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Islam

What event forced Siddartha to abandon his early life and seek wisdom?

• He discovered that he was actually the son of the king

• His parents were killed, leaving him alone in the world

• He realized that books did not contain all of the answers to life

• He saw an old man, a sick man, and a dead man and realized that suffering existed

What is meant by the "partition" of India in 1947?

• the creation of Hindu and Muslim legislatures inside of India

• the establishment of African colonies controlled by an independent India

• the creation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Hindu-dominated Union of India

• the creation of British-controlled cities along the coast in an independent Indian republic