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South Asia

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mt. Everest is located in what Mountain range?

a)

Denali Range

b)

Alps Range

c)

Himalayan Range

d)

Everest Range

2.

The two major rivers that provide food, water and transportation for South Asia are the _____ and ____.

a)

Ganges and Indus

b)

Indus and Yellow

c)

Mississippi and Missouri

d)

Ganges and Yellow

3.

Which two countries does Mount Everest border?

a)

China and Japan

b)

China and Nepal

c)

Pakistan and Afghanistan

d)

China and Mongolia

4.

What is the #1 reason that farming is difficult in Bangladesh?

a)

Insects like grasshoppers

b)

disease

c)

flooding from monsoons

d)

dry desert conditions

5.

The ocean just south of South Asia is the

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

6.

Pakistan is Southwest of

a)

India

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Myanmar

d)

Afghanistan

7.
Which of the following countries IS NOT part of South Asia?
a)
Pakistan
b)
Bhutan
c)
China
d)
India
8.

What is the country of B?

a)

India

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Pakistan

d)

Nepal

9.
Which of the following bodies of water DOES NOT surround, or IS NOT located near, South Asia?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Bay of Bengal
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Arabian Sea
10.
The Indus is the largest river in...
a)
India
b)
Bhutan
c)
Pakistan
11.

What country is C?

a)

Afganistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Nepal

d)

Sri Lanka

12.
What is a Monsoon?
a)
A song by Jack Johnson
b)
weather fronts that carry massive amount of snowfall
c)
seasonal winds
d)
same as a hurricane
13.

What country is D?

a)

Bhutan

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Nepal

d)

India

14.
Which of the following is the most important river in India?
a)
Nile 
b)
Amazon
c)
Mississippi
d)
Ganges
15.

What country is E?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Bhutan

c)

Nepal

d)

Bangladesh

16.
What physical geography feature separates India from the rest of Asia?
a)
Indus River
b)
Bay of Bengal
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Arabian Sea
17.

What country is F?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Bangladesh

c)

India

d)

Bhutan

18.

What country is G?

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

Maldives

c)

Nepal

d)

Bhutan

19.

What country is H?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

Sri Lanka

d)

Maldives

20.
What is being described in the reading passage?
a)
American Revolution
b)
Indian Revolution
c)
Plant Revolution
d)
Green Revolution
21.
How does the geography of India impact where people live?
a)
People settle near volcanoes to help them gather food
b)
People settle around sources of water, like rivers and coastlines
c)
People settle in mountainous regions for easy trading and travel
d)
People settle in similar cultural regions due to religious beliefs
22.
If we were to use a geographical metaphor... If a whole pizza was considered a continent, one piece of the pizza would be considered a...
a)
slice
b)
region
c)
subcontinent
d)
zone
23.
True OR False:
The northern mountains and bodies of water around South Asia have isolated the area from the rest of Asia and world.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Mt. ____________ is the tallest mountain in the world and is located in the country of ____________.
a)
Everest, India
b)
Fuji, Japan
c)
Kilimanjaro, Kenya
d)
Everest, Nepal
25.

– seasonal winds that affect climate in the southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months.

a)

rain forest

b)

monsoons

c)

erosion

d)

tundra

26.

is a small island nation in South Asia, located in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India.

a)

Maldives

b)

Padre Island

c)

Madagascar

d)

atolls

27.

What county is letter D?

a)

Nepal

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

28.

What county is letter B?

a)

India

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

29.

What country is letter A?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

Sri Lank

d)

China

30.

What county is letter E?

a)

Nepal

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

31.

What county is letter F?

a)

Nepal

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

32.

What county is letter G?

a)

Maldives

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

33.

What physical feature is represented by the #3?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Thames River

c)

Indus River

d)

Schuylkill River

34.

What physical feature is represented by the #2?

a)

Mt. Fuji

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Hindu Kush Mts

d)

Ganges Plain

35.

What physical feature is represented by the #1?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Bay of Bengal

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

South China Sea

36.

What physical features is represented by the #8?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Bay of Bengal

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

37.

India is what kind of landform?

a)

Archipelago

b)

Island

c)

Peninsula

d)

Isthmus

38.

Maldives are what kind of landform?

a)

Archipelago

b)

Island

c)

Peninsula

d)

Isthmus

39.

This building is called the:

a)

The Citadel

b)

The Hindu Cathedral

c)

The Taj Mahal

d)

None of these

40.

A (a)   is an area where a river deposits sediment as it empties into a body of water.

41.

They grow food for their families, but nothing to sell to anyone else.

a)

Subsistence farmers

b)

Bad farmers

c)

Selfish people

d)

Cash crop farmers

42.

Long, or prolonged, period without rain.

a)

drought

b)

monsoon

c)

arid

d)

semi-arid

43.

Land that is suitable for farming is (a)   .

44.

A time when people starve because of a lack of food is called a (a)   .

45.

Something that is capable of being continued without long-term damage to the environment is...

a)

carbon neutral

b)

a good idea.

c)

sustainable.

d)

recycleable

46.

A bed or layer beneath the surface of the earth that contains water is...

a)

deep.

b)

an aquifer.

c)

a cistern.

d)

a reservoir.

47.

The main religion in South Asia is...

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

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