Southern Asia Vocabulary

Seasonal winds that affect the climate in southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months?

• Cyclone

• Monsoon

• Hurricane

• Tornado

During which months does the summer monsoon typically occur in southern Asia?

• December to February

• March to May

• June to September

• October to November

Large landmass that is geographically set off from the larger continent?

• Peninsula

• Subcontinent

• Island

• Archipelago

Where do typhoons typically originate?

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean or western Pacific Ocean

• The Arctic Ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

Theory that explains the process that formed the continents and explains why the earth's crust shifts

• plate tectonics

• typhoon

• tsunami

• monsoon

A large ocean wave caused by an earthquake along the ocean floor

• typhoon

• tsunami

• hurricane

• eruption

Political, economic, and cultural domination imposed on a society by another society?

• Imperialism

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Nationalism

The process of adjusting to the surrounding conditions

• adaptation

• modification

• migration

• landscape

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

• A dense forest untouched by humans.

• A city with buildings, roads, and monuments.

• A desert with no human activity.

• A mountain range with no signs of human presence.

Movement from one region to another

• adaptation

• migration

• landscape

• modification