ch 9 South Asia – Flashcards
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The Thar Desert
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is located in india
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When the British began their conquest of India in the early 18th century
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South Asia was still 60% forested.
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The Punjab and Haryana region is known as
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as the "breadbasket of India
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Only 10% of sewage receives treatment
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in South Asia.
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One of the most horrific environmental disasters of all time took place Bhopal in 1984, when
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lethal methyl isocyanate leaked from a Union Carbide plant, killing around 4,000 people.
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Before joining the rest of Asia by way of plate movement, South Asia
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was attached to Africa.
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The South Asian wet monsoon originates
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over the Indian Ocean and moves northeast.
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The wet monsoon season in South Asia begins
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in June.
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Of all the countries in South Asia, Bangladesh
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experiences the most regular and widespread flooding from the South Asian monsoon.
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The Taj Mahal is an example of
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Muslim architecture.
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The Raj meant the rule of
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the British in India.
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The British set about withdrawing from South Asia altogether after
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WWII.
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Pakistan was established as a
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Muslim country.
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The separation of the British led to problems between India and Bangladesh over
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distribution of the Ganga (Ganges) River.
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Before 1992, the Soviet Union was
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India's major trading partner.
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Sikhs are concentrated in
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the Punjab region.
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Kashmir has a predominately
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Muslim population.
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The main competitor of the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company for the monopoly of the Indonesian spice trade was
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the Portuguese
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Currently, Pakistan has the highest total
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fertility rate in South Asia.
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Since independence, India has never
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had periods of military rule.
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The borrower's labor is the "security" of a bonded loan
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in traditional Indian society.
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Tea was first brought to Europe by `
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Portuguese traders and marketed as a medicine.
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South Asia is approximately
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75 percent rural.
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The population of India
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is 1.2 billion.
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The Taj Mahal is the most famous piece of
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architecture of the Mughals.
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The 19th century migration from South Asia to British colonies
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was encouraged by the need for cheap labor.
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In the 1990s the most distinctive aspect of the "brain drain" from South Asia was the emigration of computer scientists and software engineers from
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India to the United States and part of Europe.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives are mostly
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Muslim countries.
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India (80%) and Nepal (80%) are mostly
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Hindu.
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Sri Lanka (69%) and Bhutan (75%) are mostly
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Buddhist.
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The Maldives is a low-lying country in danger of disappearing because of rising sea level, due
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to global warming.
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The Caste system represents kinship groupings that are reinforced
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by language, region and occupation.
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In the Caste System those who pursue wealth
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are less well regarded.
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Urdu is a Pakistani language spoken by people who
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migrated from India at the time of partitioning.
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The Soviet Union, from 1979 to 1989,
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had troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
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The main opposing force to the Marxist government of Afghanistan was
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the Mujahideen.
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The separatist movement in Sri Lanka is named
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the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam.
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The main conflict within Sri Lanka is between
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the Buddhist majority and the Hindu minority.
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The Muslims who migrated to Pakistan from India after the partition agreement that created the two countries are called
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Muhajirs.
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The partitioning of South Asia by the British continues to cause
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many problems in today's South Asia.
