South Asia quiz

countries

pakistan

nepal

Bhutan

india

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Maldives

India is the second most populous country

1.4 billion people

the worlds largest democracy

sunderbans

lowest swamps, mangrove swamp (sea level)

Mt. Everest

29,032 feet tall

yaks

are good

bangladesh precarious location

this is bc its low lying topography = storms or flooding

1998

2/3 of Bangladesh was flooded, 22 million people became homeless

Nepal forest

less than 45% of nations forest cover remains

1990-2005 nepal lost 24.5% of forest cover

wild elephants

india = 18,000

Sri Lanka = 3,700

tiger numbers

100 years ago - 100,000 wild tigers across Asia

today - 3,100 lest in India, 4% of their range

Asiatic Lions

2020 - lion population was eliminated at 674 individuals

ineasce of 29% over 2015

monsoons

term derives from Arabic word ‘Mausin’ meaning “the season of winds”

caused by seasonal shifts in wind due to seasonal shifts in differential hearing between water and land

rainfall

450 inches in Cherrapunji

4 subregions of South Asia

1. mountains of the north

2. indus-ganges-brahmaputa lowlands

3. peninsular india

4. the southerns islands

90% of pakistan’s irrigation water comes from Kashmir mountains and glaciers

geopolitical water

more than 2 dozen peaks higher than 25,000ft in the north

2005 earthquake

100,000 deaths on Kashmir

population facts

in 1950, indias total fertility rate was 6.9, today it is 2.5

1/3 of the regions people live in cities

india, pakistan, Bangladesh rank in worlds 10 more populated countries

green revolution farming

began in 1960s

sought to bring “modern” tech to 3rd world farmers

india doubled grain production 1970 to 1995

13 of worlds 20 most polluted cities are in india

islam

came to Indias west coast in 7th century

2nd largest religion in India today, 170 million followers

hinduism

began 4000 years ago in Indus River valley

1 of worlds oldest religion

polytheistic, with thousands of gods

dalits

untouchables

more than 200 million in India

lowest in caste system

shiva

1 of supreme beings in Hinduism

Siddhartha

the buddha, born in 623 B.C

buddhism is also political in South Asia bc of Tibetan Gov in Exile

located in Dharamsala in India

home of the Dali Lama, doesn’t sit well with China

1840

British control was largely complete following the decline of muslim Mughal control

after independence

India was the crown jewel of British empire

British withdrew in 1947, created new states and chaos

14 million people were displaces and 1 million killed

Sri Lankan civil war 1983-2009

Hindu Tamils in north VS buddhist Sinhalese in south

more than 100,000 people died

tea production

Sri Lanka leads South Asia