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South Asia Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which nation is highlighted on the Map?

a)

Bhutan

b)

Nepal

c)

Bangladesh

d)

India

2.

Formerly known as East Pakistan, what nation is highlighted on the map?

a)

Nepal

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Maldives

d)

Pakistan

3.

What nation is highlighted on the map?

a)

Bhutan

b)

Nepal

c)

India

d)

Pakistan

4.

What body of water is on the west or left side of India?

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of India

d)

Bay of Bengal

5.

What nation is highlighted on the map?

a)

India

b)

Nepal

c)

Maldives

d)

Pakistan

6.

What nation is a group of islands on the southwest coast of India?

a)

Maldives

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Bhutan

d)

Bangladesh

7.

What body of water is on the east coast of India?

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Indian Sea

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

Bangladesh Bay

8.

What island nation is highlighted on the map?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

Maldives

d)

Sri Lanks

9.

What mountain kingdom is highlighted on the map?

a)

Nepal

b)

Bhutan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Pakistan

10.

What river is found flowing across northern India into the Bay of Bengal?

a)

Indus

b)

Brahmaputra

c)

Ganges

d)

Yamuna

11.

How are India’s waters both polluted and losing water?

a)

Industrial waste pours into rivers

b)

Human waste pours into rivers and

c)

Poisoned wells

d)

Runoff from farm fertilizers

e)

shrinking glaciers in the Himalayas

12.

What mountains are found along the coasts of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea?

a)

Elburz

b)

Himalayas

c)

Ghats

d)

Kashmir

13.

How do monsoons affect the climate in South Asia in the summer?

a)

Winds from the Thar Desert make it hot and dry

b)

Winds from the Himalayas bring cool breezes

c)

Winds from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea bring heavy rain

d)

Winds from the Himalayas cause drought.

14.

India went through a ___________Revolution but now practices ___________ agriculture.

a)

Industrial /sustainable

b)

Green/ sustainable

c)

Green/ fixed

d)

Industrial/ fixed

15.

What religion is described below?

 it is more a way of life with yoga, reincarnation & vegan

is thought to be the oldest religion in the world

has 30 million deities

a)

Christianity

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

16.

The Ganges River and the city of Varanasi are important for Hindus. What is a pilgrimage?

a)

A religious journey

b)

A soul’s actions during life

c)

A bath in sacred water

d)

A building where families worship

17.

What European nation used its strong navy and a private army to gain control over India?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Portugal

18.

How did Gandhi promote Indian independence?

a)

Through armed resistance

b)

By promoting Hindu-Muslim conflict

c)

Through civil disobedience

d)

By disbanding the East India Company

19.

What Muslim nations were formed after gaining independence from Britain in 1947?

a)

Bangladesh and Pakistan

b)

India and Bangladesh

c)

Pakistan and Indian

d)

Nepal and Bhutan

20.

Which of the following is an accomplishment of modern India?

a)

India’s government brought back the Mughal Empire

b)

India is the world’s largest democracy

c)

The Green Revolution to increase crop production for all Indians

d)

Beef has become a major part of the Indian diet

21.

What is civil disobedience?

a)

Shouting about injustices to lawmakers

b)

quietly refusing to comply with unjust laws

c)

sitting down in protest of an unjust law

d)

Protesting with signs, yelling chants about an unjust law

22.

Select all of the future civil rights leaders that were inspired by Gandhi.

a)

Dr Martin Luther King

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Rosa Parks

23.

How do India's people use the Ganges River?

a)

Take sacred baths

b)

Float memorial oil lamps

c)

Toss flowers in honor of a loved one

d)

Dispose of their waste