Geography final

Palatines northwest frontier is controlled by the taliban

True

What country lays claim to India’s northeastern Jammu and Kashmir

China

Which of the following about Nepal is incorrect

Agriculture is a success story

Leading local leaders in place as long as the British extracted the desired trading arrangements was called

Indirect rule

The majority of Indias languages belong to a family known as

Indo-European

What South Asian country would be affected by monsoons the least?

Pakistan, it's dry

India contains how many more megacities than the US?

6 (India and SA region have 8, US has 2) 

One program prompted by NGOs in Bangladesh are ___ small loans given to the poor

Microcredits

Japans climate does not contain a B climate

True, Japan is mostly CF and DF (temperate and dry)

The Kobi plain lies between the Kansai district and Kanto Plain

True

To the PCR, Taiwan is known as a wayward province even though it makes 3x more money than China

True

Taiwan is a leading producer and exporter of high tech goods, especially personal computers

True, they are also making microelectronics and PCs (teleopole)

East Asia population is centered in the east

True

Mongolia is a classified example of a buffer state

True, it's between China and Russia, can also be called a transition zone 

After WWII the Korean peninsula became a power struggle between ___ communist armies and ___ led anti communist armies 

Chinese, American

Which of these is most likely to be impacted by the Chinese belt road initiative

Asia and Europe

Which province expresses the highest GPD growth?

guizhou

The investments and push to develop Chinas interior region was spearheaded by the

Go west movement

Japans second largest city, Osaka, is located in the

Kansai district

The Chinese city with the largest population is

Shanghai

Which of the following is not an Asian tiger?

North Korea

The Eurasian landmass incorporates 6 of ___ regions in the world's geographic realms

12

Much of South Asia realms are marked by the Indian ocean, deserts, and mountains 

True

____ is considered a transition zone between South Asia and NASWA

Afghanistan

The South Asian realm is divided into

5 geographical realms

Hundreds of thousands of Indians have found jobs across the Arabian sea in the oil rich countries of the

Persian gulf

In India casta systems became associated with certain occupations

True, there were also jobs set aside for people in lower castes 

What does sikh mean?

Disciple 

In the forest and terraced hills that separate India from Mynmar just one ethnic group is found

False

What is Pakistan's score and the Islamic heartland?

Punjab

What Pakistan subregion produces most of Pakistan's oil and natural gas?

Balochiastan 

What is the national language of Pakistan? It is evenly dispursed? 

Urdu, no

What is Pakistan's official name

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The United states was successful in defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan 

False

Afghanistan has the highest birth rates in the world

True

What range dominates Afghanistan and splits it into 3 environmental zones 

Hindu Kush

Preference for boys has led to a shortage of girls in India

True

What explains the skewed sex ratio in India?

With fewer children, the pressure to have at least one boy has increased

Fertility rates continue to rise in South Asia

False

Population density measures the number of people per area and also tells a great deal about the socioeconomics about that area

False, that is the Physiologic density (arable farmland and such)

More than South Asia’s workforce is engaged in agriculture and their productivity is

Very low

Because most of South Asia's economy depends on agriculture, the region is vulnerable to climate change

True, there are lots of monsoons

Neoliberalism entails

Reduction of government subsidies, privativization of state run companies, and cutting corporate taxes

What is the population of India?

1.3 billion

Although India and China share a border, there are few conflicts other than Jammu and Kashmir 

False, they were fightinggg

The 200 million Muslims in India represent the largest cultural minority in the world

True

As British India moved towards independence, a major political crisis developed and resulted in the separation of 

India and Pakistan

By the 18th century, the Mughal empire was in decline

True

South Asia is divided into 3 physiographic realms

True

Because of over seven centuries of Islamic rule, Islam is the main religion practiced in India

False, Hinduism is the main religion

It is estimated that ___ of India’s agricultural areas do not have irrigation and depend fully on rainfall

2/3

What is a blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs?

Shikism

Brahmaputa, Ganges, and indus river all stem from the himmlayas 

True

What language did the Aryans speak?

Indo-european

India is both a country and a region with the South Asian realm

True

What group invaded India in 1500BC

The Aryans

The ___ located in the South Asian realm is one of the world's cultural hearths 

Indus valley

What religions originated in South Asia?

Hinduism and Buddhism 

The western ghats is one of India's most productive farming regions 

True

Over 70 percent of Sri Lanka's population of 21 million are adherents of

Buddhism

The Maldives are threatened by sea levels rising

True

The largest island in South Asia is the Maldives

False, the largest is sri lanka

Bhutans ___ measures well being in ways that go beyond economic well-being, it measures education, health care, ect

Gross national happiness index

Bhutan is wedged between India and Afghanistan

False, it's between China, Bangladesh, and nepal

Nepal contains 6 geographic zones

False

In Nepal, most people speak ___ which is related to Indian Hindi

Nepali

What countries are the northern mountains states of South Asia? 

Nepal and Bhutan

In Bangladesh, primary school enrollment of girls is ___ that of 2010

Double

Bangladesh is highly susceptible to natural hazards

True

What country controls the Ganges river, the lifeline of Bangladesh

India

India's IT industries cluster in

Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai

The steel industry provides more jobs in India than any other employment sector 

False 

Only about ___ percent of the population currently lives in cities and towns in India 

34

Bangladesh occupied an area called

The double delta

In the forested and terraced hills that separate India and Myanmar just one ethnic group is found in this remote territory 

False 

Hindu is the official language of India and is universally used

false

Hindurva or hinduness is variously expressed as Hindu

Heritage, nationalism, and patriotism