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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?

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?