South Asia Quiz

Countries like Japan have a free enterprise economy, whereas North Korea operates under a __________ economy.

• socialist
• planned
• mixed
• command

Labor is cheap in east and southeast Asia, therefore __________ is a main industry.

• manufacturing
• tourism
• technology
• agriculture

The __________ protect the northern border of India from invasions.

• Andes
• Alps
• Himalayas
• Rockies

India’s thousands of miles of __________ help with the transportation of goods.

• airports
• mountains
• roads
• rivers

The Hindu film industry, __________, is one of the largest film production centers in the world.

• Nollywood
• Hollywood
• Bollywood
• Tollywood

The most popular religions in South Asia include __________, Buddhism, and Sikhism.

• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Islam

The Indian __________ is a hierarchy of organizing people into social groups based on their jobs.

• Caste system
• Occupation structure
• Job hierarchy
• Social system

Using civil disobedience, __________ worked towards gaining independence for India from British rule.

• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mahatma Gandhi

Many South Asian countries’ governments operate under some type of __________ government.

• dictatorship
• anarchist
• monarchial
• federal

India is a __________ republic with three branches of government.

• federal

• monarchial
• communist
• anarchist