SOUTH ASIA ~ PAGES 582-587 AND 590-600 NAME:
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- 3. What type of forest dominates South Asia?
- 5. Which river joins the Ganges in Bangladesh?
- 10. What are fields of rice known as?
- 13. What type of climate dominates Pakistan?
- 15. What bay is south of Bangladesh?
- 16. What type of plain is formed when a river floods?
- 17. What is the term for a large, distinct landmass connected to a continent?
- 18. What is the name of the teardrop-shaped country southeast of India (2 words)?
- 20. What desert lies east of the Indus River?
- 21. What is the name of the pass that connects Pakistan and Afghanistan?
- 22. Which South Asian country has the longest life expectancy and the highest literacy rate?
- 23. What is the name of the sacred river that flows southeast through India across the Gangetic Plain?
- 25. What is one of the languages spoken in Pakistan?
- 26. Which ocean surrounds India?
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- 1. What is the name of one of the countries that claims Kashmir?
- 2. What is the name of the highest mountain peak in the world (2 words)?
- 4. The Eastern and Western _____ are on the coasts of India.
- 6. What is the name of the mountain range that separates India from China?
- 7. Which sea is west of India/
- 8. Which plateau lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats?
- 9. Which country's capital is Kathmandu?
- 11. Which country suffered the worst loss of life in the 2004 tsunami?
- 12. Which South Asian country is dominated by a highland climate?
- 14. In the Atlantic Ocean, they are called hurricanes. What are they called in South Asia?
- 15. Which country is surrounded by India on three sides and the Bay of Bengal on the fourth side?
- 18. What is building up behind the Tarbela Dam?
- 19. What type of climate is found on the Deccan Plateau (you must compare a climate map and a physical map)
- 22. What is the term for seasonal winds?
- 24. What is the wettest month in Cherrapunji?
- 27. Which river flows mainly through Pakistan?