STUDY GUIDE: South Asia NOTEBOOK

World Geography GRADE SCALE:

112-125 A
Due in NOTEBOOK on test day (worth 125 points): 100-111 B
1. This Study Guide (36 points) 87-99 C
2. South Asia vocabulary (20 points) 75-86 D
3. Map: South and Southeast Asia (9 points) 74 F
4. Worksheet: Mysteries of History A mysterious writing system (5 points)
5. Worksheet: Himalaya (5 points)
6. Notes: Overview of Hinduism (10 points)
7. Notes: Indias Traditional Caste System (10 points)
8. Notes: India: Political History (10 points)
9. Worksheet: Ganges River: The Good, the Bad, and the Nasty (5 points)
10. Worksheet: Nuclear Files India and Pakistan (5 points)
11. Notes: A Cultural Overview of India (10 points)

STUDY for the TEST:

South Asia vocabulary: monsoons, subcontinent, cultural hearth, caste
system, reincarnation, cremate, funeral pyre, industrial waste, partition,
typhoon/cyclone
Map locations for South Asia (bodies of water, cities, countries)
Information in the questions and answers on this Study Guide.

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. They will be GRADED in on

Wednesday, March 1.

FROM worksheet Mysteries of History A mysterious writing

system
1. Around what river was South Asias greatest civilization four thousand years ago?

2. We have written information from this civilization. So why dont we know more
about them?

FROM worksheet Himalaya

3. What causes the Himalaya Mountains to grow some each year?

4. The highest point on earth is Mount _____________.

5. What animal is especially useful to people living in the Himalaya Mountains? _________
6. What people are usually hired by Mt. Everest climbers as guides because of their
physical strength and knowledge of the area?
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 FROM notes Overview of Hinduism
7. What percent of Indias population is Hindu? ____%
8. What are the Vedas?
9. According to Hinduism, what must happen before a person can escape the cycle of
reincarnation and become one with the Creator?

10. What is the holiest river for Hindus? the _______________ River

FROM notes Indias Traditional Caste System

11. What is the highest cast and supposedly has great purity and wisdom?
12. What Hindu belief is the caste system based on?

13. In the caste system, how was your career traditionally decided?

14. In India, what is an untouchable?

15. What kinds of careers do untouchables/Dalits do?

FROM notes India: Political History

16. Which European country controlled India for many years?
17. What was Gandhis profession?

18. In what African country did Gandhi work for 21 years before returning to India?

19. What was Gandhi protesting when he and thousands others did the March to
the Sea?

20. Why did the British think India needed to be partitioned to create India and Pakistan?

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 FROM worksheet Ganges River: The Good, the Bad, and the
Nasty
21. What is the main cause of child and infant mortality in India?

22. According to the World Health Organization, how bad is the coliform bacteria in the
Ganges?

23. Why are the chemicals from industrial waste so dangerous to people and animals if
they have contact with them over long periods of time?

24. Why is there so much raw sewage (untreated bathroom waste water) in
the Ganges?

25. How have bacteriophages helped the Ganges River fight pollution?

FROM Nuclear Files India and Pakistan Nuclear States in

Conflict
26. What is the main religion in Pakistan and in Bangladesh? ___________________
27. According to the United Nations, how should it be decided what country should control
Kashmir?

28. Why would war between Pakistan and India be so serious?

FROM notes Cultural Overview of India

29. What is the term for a country whose economy is not wealthy yet but they are become a
world economic power?

30. Why have so many well-educated Indians left India?

31. What is outsourcing?

32. Compared to the rest of the world, how many movies does Indias Bollywood make
each year?

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33. What two elements are typically found in Bollywood movies that
are only occasionally in American-made movies?
_______________ and ___________________
34. Cricket is an extremely popular sport in India. Who brought cricket to
India?

35. About what amount of Indias people live in extreme poverty?

36. In addition to marriage uniting the couple, who else do most Indians believe marriage
unites?