Worksheets9 South Asia-Living with Extreme Weather
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 33mins
Monsoon are? (a)
Effects of the Summer Monsoon: The Good rains help the agriculture of South Asia by? (a)
Winter monsoon is a wind system that blows across the (Land) Himalayas toward the ____?____.
India constructed the Farakka Dam across the Ganges River. The dam left little water for drinking and irrigation for the southern portion of which country?
Belgium
Britain
Bangladesh
Which religion do the majority of the people of Kashmir belong to?
Hindu
Christian
Muslim
Judaism
What river is a critical source of drinking and irrigation water for all of Pakistan. As a result Pakistan is unwilling to let India control such a vital resource.
Indus River
Ganges River
Tapi River
Brahmaputra River
summer monsoon is a wind system that blows across the Indian Ocean toward ____?____ South Asia
This type of storm causes high winds and excessive rain cause crop ruination, loss of homes and other structures, injury, and death.
Monsoons
Typhoons
Cyclones
Green Revolution-new farming (a) and higher- (b) grain varieties to improve (c) .
Money spent by India and Pakistan for armaments, including nuclear weapons, has not been available to help improve the lives of the people of these countries. How could that money help the people of India and what would be some of the results?
Caste System- a (a) system based on a person’s wealth, occupation, and family (b) .
