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Largest city in Pakistan

Karachi

Largest city in India

Mumbai

Capital of Bangladesh

Dhaka

Capital of Pakistan

Islamabad

Capital of Nepal

Kathmandu

Capital of Afghanistan

Kabul

Capital of India

New Delhi

Capital of Bhutan

Thimphu

Why are/were there 4 million Afghan Pashtun refugees living in Pakistan? How did they get there?

Following the launch of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, the Pashtun people fled to Pakistan to seek shelter, support, and an escape from Soviet rule. They followed the Khyber Pass to get from Afghanistan to Pakistan.

What do Hindu fundamentalists want?

A “return” to fundamental Hindu values

What factors account for a decline in the death rate in India?

Improved medical care, soap is more common, better food distribution, urbanization, and form production is expanding

What is Line of control?

The cease fire line between Pakistani and Indian controlled Kashmir

Why has Afghanistan been so difficult, or impossible, to govern successfully over the centuries?

Mountains and bad info-structure

Why did Afghanistan become a haven for Islamic fundamentalists in the mid-to-late 1990s?

mountains, landlocked, lack of sources drought no real leader 40 percent are Pashtuns and no one has a lot in common

Buffer state

a small neutral state between two rival powers

Taliban

A fundamentalist Muslim movement whose militia took control of much of Afghanistan from early 1995, and in 1996 took Kabul and set up a radical Islamic state. The movement was forcibly removed from power by the US and its allies after the September 11, 2001, attacks

Mujahideen

Islamic guerrilla fighters

Caste system

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life

Why did the region of Kashmir become part of India instead of Pakistan?

The Kashmir's were muslim, but there leader was hindu and he decided to go with India

How was Pakistan distinctly different at the time of its independence in 1947 compared to today?

Pakistan is now predominantly Muslim, has major conflict with India, and has developed nuclear weapons.

What do the terms nationalism, non-violent resistance, and boycott have to do with Mohandas Gandhi? (Show that you understand what Gandhi's life's work was about.)

Gandhi wanted independence from the British rule he then promoted non violet resistance and boycotted British goods and fasting he was a peaceful protester

How are karma and samsara related to the Caste System?

Karma in your past life determines where you will be in your next life (samsara)

What advantages does China have in being able to better stabilize their population growth than India?

They are communist so they can makes rules on you like only have one kid.

Given that the Netherlands faces many of the same geographic problems that Bangladesh does, what accounts for the deadliness of the natural disasters in Bangladesh?

There are so many people living in a small place.

What are Pakistan’s main concerns when it comes to the Kashmir area? What are India’s concerns?

Pakistan is concerned about the majority of Kashmir people being Muslim and human rights. India is concerned about nuclear war. India has invested heavily into building infrastructure in Kashmir.

What is the dominant religion in Bangladesh?

The dominant religion in Bangladesh is muslim

What is the dominant religion in Bangladesh?

Buddhism is the main religion

What is the dominant religion in Nepal?

The dominant religion is Hinduism

What is the main difference (other than religion) between Nepal and Bhutan?

The government is a main difference.

Given its relatively high per capita GDP, what has prevented Sri Lanka from becoming an economic power in the region?

They are in a lot of wars.