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South Asia Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A large land mass that is part of a continent.

a)

Subcontinent

b)

Alluvial Plain

c)

Boycott

d)

Varna

2.

A seasonal wind that blows steadily from the same direction for several months.

a)

Delta

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Monsoon

d)

Cyclone

3.

A plan of course of action.

a)

Green Revolution

b)

Outsourcing

c)

Establish

d)

Policy

4.

Hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs.

a)

Civil Disobedience

b)

Outsourcing

c)

Raj

d)

Monsoon

5.

A Hindu belief that after a person dies, his or her soul is reborn into another body.

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Boycott

d)

Dalit

6.

Group outside India's social system; also called the "Untouchables".

a)

Dalit

b)

Sitar

c)

Cyclone

d)

Varna

7.

An area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river.

a)

Subcontinent

b)

Sitar

c)

Delta

d)

Atoll

8.

A circular shaped island made of corral.

a)

Atoll

b)

Annual

c)

Raj

d)

Karma

9.

A storm with high winds and heavy rains.

a)

Monsoon

b)

Establish

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Cyclone

10.

Yearly

a)

Alluvial Plain

b)

Atoll

c)

Raj

d)

Annual

11.

An area built up by rich fertile soil left by a river.

a)

Alluvial Plain

b)

Delta

c)

Outsourcing

d)

Boycott

12.

To refuse to buy items from a particular country or company.

a)

Outsourcing

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Boycott

d)

Delta

13.

The use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government or it's laws.

a)

Sitar

b)

Civil Disobedience

c)

Establish

d)

Green Revolution

14.

A home or village-based industry in which people make simple goods using their own equipment.

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Policy

c)

Alluvial Plain

d)

Atoll

15.

A long-necked instrument with 7 strings on the outside and 10 inside the neck that gives Indian music a distinct sound.

a)

Dalit

b)

Cyclone

c)

Sitar

d)

Reincarnation

16.

The spread of control of nuclear power, particularly the knowledge of how to construct nuclear weapons.

a)

Nuclear Proliferation

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Atoll

d)

Raj

17.

A period in time in which Great Britain controlled India as a part of the British Empire.

a)

Sitar

b)

Raj

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

Policy

18.

The social class a person is born into and cannot change.

a)

Raj

b)

Alluvial Plain

c)

Varna

d)

Cottage Industry

19.

The effort to use modern techniques and science to increase food production in poorer countries.

a)

Monsoon

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Establish

d)

Cottage Industry

20.

To start.

a)

Outsourcing

b)

Annual

c)

Raj

d)

Establish