South and Southeast Asia: Vocabulary Check

A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea.

• The Indus River
• The Tigris River
• The Euphrates River
• The Nile River

What is the highest mountain range in the world, it separates South Asia and Central Asia? Mount Everest is located in this mountain range.

• The Atlas Mountains
• The Andes Mountains
• The Himalayan Mountains
• The Zagros Mountains

What mountain range is a barrier between India and Afghanistan? It is one of the highest mountain ranges in the world, but not as tall as the Himalayas.

• The Zagros Mountains
• The Hindu Kush Mountains
• The Sumatra Rainforest
• The Atlas Mountains

What is the name a fertile plain encompassing most of northern and eastern India? it is the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh.

• The Indo-Gangetic Plain
• The Northern European Plain
• The Midwest
• The Savanna

What is the name of the mass of land including India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh? It is technically on a different continental plate than the rest of Asia.

• The Malaysian Subcontinent
• The Chinese Subcontinent
• The Pakistani Subcontinent
• The Indian Subcontinent

What is the name of the island country off of the southern coast of India? It sits in the Indian Ocean.

• Indian Island
• Sri Lanka
• Madagascar
• Thailand

What is the name of the physical landform that covers the lowland forests running the length of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia? The region is one of exceptionally high biodiversity (plant and animal life).

• Amazon Rainforest
• Sumatra Rainforest
• Congo Rainforest
• Indo-Chinese Rainforest

What is the name of a body of water that the Ganges River flows into? This body of water is located north of the Indian Ocean, in between India and Southeast Asia.

• The Bay of Bengal
• The Gulf of Thailand
• The Bay of Persia
• The South China Sea

This is a tropical section of the Pacific Ocean that is located between China and Southeast Asia?

• North China Sea
• South China Sea
• Gulf of Thailand
• Bay of Bengal

A river of South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. This river is considered sacred to people who practice Hinduism.

• The Ganges River
• The Tigris River
• The Nile River
• The Amazon River