WorksheetsSouth Asia Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The supreme universal spirit in the Hindu religion is
a)
Buddha
b)
Siddhartha Guatama
c)
Mahavira
d)
Brahman
2.
Which religion believes in reincarnation?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Jainism
3.
The Vedas and Upanishads are sacred (holy) writings of which religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Hinduism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Judaism
4.
"What comes around goes around" is a way to describe ____________.
a)
karma
b)
dharma
c)
shiva
d)
caste
5.
What country?
a)
Sri Lanka
b)
Bangladesh
c)
Nepal
d)
Pakistan
6.
What country?
a)
Sri Lanka
b)
Pakistan
c)
Nepal
d)
Bangladesh
7.
This mountain range is located in the western part of India.
a)
Eastern Ghats
b)
Western Ghats
c)
Himalaya Mountains
d)
Rocky Mountains
8.
This mountain range is located in the northern part of India, Mt. Everest (the tallest mountain in world) is part of it.
a)
Himalaya Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Western Ghats
d)
Andes Mountains
9.
Where is the Deccan Plateau located?
a)
In the middle of India
b)
In Pakistan
c)
In the Bay of Bengal
d)
In Northern India
10.
What country?
a)
Pakistan
b)
Nepal
c)
Sri Lanka
d)
Guam
11.
The 3 longest rivers of South Asia are the Brahmaputra, the _______, and the ________.
a)
Ganges, Indus
b)
Mississippi, Amazon
c)
Amazon, Yangtze
d)
Yellow, Red
12.
The 2 monsoon seasons are called the ______ monsoon and the ______ monsoon.
a)
Wet ; Dry
b)
Hot ; Cold
c)
Hot; Humid
d)
Salt; Pepper
13.
Dharma = Following the _______ of life.
a)
Rules
b)
Karma
c)
Bible
14.
Moksha = Freedom from the cycle of ________.
a)
Karma
b)
Dharma
c)
Reincarnation
15.
Mohandas Gandhi led a non-violent struggle to persuade the British to leave. He led ___ and ___ to protest.
a)
Speeches ; Riots
b)
War ; Famine
c)
Walks ; Talks
d)
Marches ; Boycotts
16.
Non-violent resistance to injustice is effective because it builds sympathy for your ______ and it makes it harder for the other side to respond with _______.
a)
Side ; Non-violence
b)
Army ; Missiles
c)
Cause ; Violence
d)
Voice ; Laws
17.
Both Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were non-violent and both used ___ and ____ to further their goals of non-violent protest.
a)
Speeches ; Riots
b)
War ; Famine
c)
Walks ; Talks
d)
Marches ; Boycotts
18.
All of the following are mountain systems along South Asia’s northern border EXCEPT the
a)
Himalayas
b)
Karakorum
c)
Atlas
d)
Hindu Kush
19.
The Himalaya are growing slightly taller each year because ______ is still occurring.
a)
Earthquakes
b)
tectonic plate movement
c)
climate change
d)
after-shocks
20.
most farmers in India.......
a)
work on commercial plantations
b)
Grow enough food for their own use
c)
grow food as a cash crop
d)
grow food for personal use and some to sell
21.
The term Raj, meaning rule, is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was
a)
independent.
b)
dominated by Britain.
c)
torn apart by civil war.
d)
loosely ruled by the British East India Company.
22.
What was the caste system?
a)
A class system determined by how hard you work
b)
a class system determined by how smart you are
c)
A class system determined by your birth; if you are born poor, you will stay poor
d)
the belief that you can improve your life through hard work
23.
Sikhism was created from parts of ______ & ______.
a)
Islam & Judaism
b)
Hinduism & Buddhism
c)
Christianity & Scientology
d)
Islam & Hinduism
24.
ARABLE land is land suitable for ____________.
a)
raising livestock, like cattle
b)
Agriculture, or farming
c)
growing cactus, it means desert
d)
wind farming
25.
Outsourcing is when companies ______.
a)
hire people from other countries to perform certain jobs or produce good.
b)
buy goods from other countries to make products.
c)
send workers to other countries.
d)
only use employees from the country in which the country is based.
26.
Where is most of South Asia’s population concentrated?
a)
Inland
b)
Rivers and coasts
c)
Western half
d)
Mountain areas
27.
What is the main reason U.S. companies outsource work?
a)
to save money
b)
neither country wants to trade
c)
to build a positive image with other countries
d)
U.S. companies have problems keeping full-time staff
28.
What is Globalization?
a)
a term that refers to the flow or trade, people, investment, technology, and culture around the world.
b)
using a globe to fine something on a map.
c)
the connection that does not exit between difference countries
29.
This provides transportation, drinking water, water for farming & is sacred to the Hindus. Known as the Mother goddess-giver of life.
a)
Ganges River
b)
Himalayas
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Indus
30.
What are the Tamil Tigers fighting for?
a)
Their own homeland
b)
Restructured boundaries
c)
Control of the government
d)
Sri Lankan independence
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