South Asia: Physical, Human, & Culture

South Asia

Physical, Human, & Culture

Himalayan Mountains

• The Himalayan Mountains are a result of the collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates converging and pushing the surface to form the mountains

Multiple Choice

The Himalayan Mountains are a result of which two tectonic plates converging?

• Australian and Pacific

• Antarctic and African

• Eurasian and Indian

• Caribbean and Eurasian

​Climate

• The climates of India are directly impacted by the monsoonal flows of the Indian Ocean

• Much of India and Sri Lanka have a climate that is typically tropical while in the northwest the weather is typically dry and arid

Multiple Choice

Which ocean impacts the climate of India by monsoonal flows?

• Arctic

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Pacific

​Population

• Much of India's population lives in urban cities along the coasts and rivers, resulting in overcrowded cities and heavily polluted waters in the Ganges and Indus rivers.

Multiple Choice

Most of India's population living along the coasts and rivers has resulted in which of the following?

• overcrowded and polluted

• disease and disaster

• economic growth

• scarce resources

​Human Development Index

• Despite a large industrial complex in India, much of South Asia remains fairly low on the Human Development Index due to the threat of disease and illness from the overcrowding of cities and lack of basic medical care in many parts of South Asia

​Transportation

• India has advanced rail network connecting its major cities and transports roughly 18 million people per day

Multiple Choice

How many people does India's major rail network transport on average per day?

• twenty thousand

• 5 million

• 35 million

• 18 million

​Religion

• India has historically been a divided nation between Hinduism and Buddhism; aside from Pakistan, most of South Asia follows a similar pattern

Hinduism

• Based on Karma

• How one conducted oneself in life often reflected how they would return to the world when resurrected in the next cycle

Buddhism

• Human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment

• Focused on equality for all

Multiple Choice

Which of the following religions is based on karma?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism