South Asia Geography Quiz

The Alps are in Europe, and the Urals separate Europe and Asia. The Deccan plateau is not a mountain chain.

The Volga is in Russia, and the Yellow is in China.

One would travel east through India.

The monsoons hold great sway over India’s climate. A delta is a triangular-shaped landform. It forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water.

Sri Lanka and the Maldives are the only sovereign islands in South Asia.

Bhutan and Nepal are in the Himalayas, which rules out fishing and rice and makes hogs unlikely.

Both religions are polytheistic (belief in more than one God). Buddhism has a single founder and originated in Nepal. Hindusim supports caste—a class structure that is determined by birth.

Hinduism is most common. Islam is second-most common.

Islam is practiced by more than 95 percent of the population. India and Pakistan were partitioned by the British along religious lines.

Islam is practiced by more than 90 percent of the population. India and Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) were partitioned by the British along religious lines.

Gandhi led the movement that resulted in India’s freedom from British rule. Martin Luther King was the primary leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Nelson Mandela worked to end apartheid in South Africa.

Bhutan and Nepal are monarchies. Pakistan is currently a democracy but has also had periods of military rule.

Bangladesh is one of the most overpopulated countries in the world.

People crowd into slums due to overpopulation. Overpopulation also produced pollution. High poverty keeps tax revenue low, which makes it hard for government to provide public services.

Drought causes people to leave, which makes it a push factor.

New job opportunities in factories attract or pull people to cities.

Delhi is the third-most populous city in the world. Karachi is the most populous city in Pakistan.

The Green Revolution is the use of scientific agricultural methods, including pesticides, herbicides, high-yield seeds, and genetically-modified seeds, to produce large quantities of food.

Diet has improved as a result of the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution has also decreased the need for agricultural workers. India’s growing role in the global economy has increased its middle class and the number of jobs that require English.

Running, piped-in water was invented in India more than four thousand years ago.