South Asia (Review)

In Asia, a seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in

summer and reverses direction in the winter, bringing cold, dry air from

Asia’s interior

• cyclone

• monsoon

• tsunami

• panchayat

A huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake.

• cyclone

• monsoon

• tsunami

• panchayat

The seventh most populous country in the world.

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

• Nepal

• Maldives

The official language of Pakistan

• Urdu

• Punjab

A member of the Buddhist religious group that fled Tibet and settled in Bhutan.

• Lama

• Algae

• Tamil

• Sherpa

An important food source for the marine life that literally supports the Maldives

• Lama

• Algae

• Tamil

• Sherpa

An ethnic group that fought with the Sinhalese for control of Sri Lanka for nearly a

thousand years.

• Lama

• Algae

• Tamil

• Sherpa

A climate zone found in the Maldives and parts of Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

• Lama

• Algae

• Tropical

• Sherpa

Nepal’s Tibeto-Nepalese people known for their mountaineering skills.

• Lama

• Algae

• Tropical

• Sherpa

Nepal’s ethnic people known for their skills as soldiers

• Lama

• Algae

• Ghurka

• Sherpa