Exam 4

India--New Delhi

Nepal--Thimphu

Pakistan--Islamabad

Bangladesh--Dhaka

Sri Lanka--Colombo

Xinjiang

Pudong

The Three Gorges Dam

Chongqing

Wuhan

The universality of the English language.

The war on hunger and malnutrition.

The united opposition to Islam.

The national effort against the colonial power.

The cultural and religious strength of Hinduism.

Indian agriculture is human and animal labor intensive.

Rice dominates all along the Arabian Sea-facing southwestern coast of India and in the monsoon-drenched peninsular northeast.

Coconuts from a major crop zone along the Malabar coast of India.

The Green Revolution led to significant increases in agricultural production.

Wheat is the dominant crop in the eastern quadrant of India.

In the year 2011, the South Asian realm became the largest population cluster in the world.

India is the world's most populated federal state.

Bangladesh's landlocked status partially explains the poverty of its nearly 210 million inhabitants.

Agriculture in South Asia is comparatively inefficient when contrasted with other parts of Asia.

India's Muslims number about 194,000,000 people.

Deccan Plateau

Chota Nagpur Plateau

Vindhya Plateau

Thar Plateau

Central Indian Plateau

Bombay is the most important city in southeastern India.

Central Calcutta's cityscape bears the imprint of British rule.

The Taj Mahal is a remnant of the Muslim presence in India.

Hindi is the predominant language in India.

Amritsar is the stronghold of Sikhism in India.

Mumbai is the most important city in the Ganges Delta.

Amritar is the stronghold of Sikhism in India.

The Taj Mahal is a remnant of the Muslim presence in India.

Hindi is the predominant language in India.

Central Kolkata's city scape bears the imprint of British rule.

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Nepal

The name India come from the Sanskrit word sindhu.

Calcutta, Karachi and Dhaka are located at or near the Tropic od Cancer.

India is located between 37 degrees N and 8 degrees N.

India is the world's largest democracy.

The term bustee is used to describe one of the caste groups in India.

It was formally called West Pakistan and is mostly on the Indus delta.

It has a very high proportion of its land that agriculturally useful.

It has gained its indepependence in 1947.

It has only a moderate population density and has room for a considerable population growth before Malthusian limits are reached.

Its main export crop is rice.

The rapid industrialization in India is creating a secondary problem by drawing workers from the farm, and hence they are unable to produce enough food.

The variety of languages spoken has no hindered India's unity and development since most of the people are illiterate anyway.

The low productivity per person of the agricultural sector accentuates the problem of population by making it difficult to increase production.

The multiplicity of large cities (more than 100 with populations exceeding 5 million) means that no primate city has been able to dominate the country.

There is no conflict in India because of religious differences.

Most traffic moves by motor trucks over good paved raods that connect mot villages.

The country lacks an efficient railroad system joining the major towns and cities.

Rivers provide the primary transport system.

The villages are small, isolated and in about 20 percent of the cases connected to the towns by nothing better than footpaths.

Chongqing

Nanchang

Wuhan

Xian

Nanjing

A technique used by labor unions.

A neighborhood organization.

An agricultural system.

Slum housing.

Fragmented land.

The Indo-European Family of languages predominates in southern India.

The city of Delhi lies in the gateway of all the land routes from northwestern India to the North Indian Plain.

Bengluru (Bangalore), India's high-tech center, lies near the intersection of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India.

About 2/3 of India's population still live on and from the land.

The North Indian Plain forms a belt of alluvial lowlands stretching between the Indus and the Brahmaputra rivers.

The western Hills line the Coromandel Coast of India.

Coastal plains and riverine valleys have high population densities.

The central portion of the Deccan Plateau has fertile soils derived from volcanic materials.

The climate in the riverine lowlands of northern India varies from arid in Punjab to tropical in the Bay of Bengal.

A government subsidy of children which makes it profitable to have many children.

The longer life span of individuals, meaning more people are alive.

The decrease in the death rate between infants and children.

The increasing amount of land under cultivation, which means there is a need for more people to cultivate it.

Traditionally, the Junggar Basin has been more agricultural and the Tarim Basin more pastoral.

The "Sky Train" connects China's capital, Beijing, with Lhasa, the capital of Xizang.

The city of Kashi is the core of Muslim minorities in western Xinjiang.

Xinjiang's borders lie separated by Kazakhstan from the major energy reserves of the Caspian Sea Basin.

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region is resource-poor, densely populated, and of little strategic value to China.

Four major cities in Pakistan, all with more than 250,000 inhabitants.

Border provinces of India, facing Southeast Asia.

Thhe political divisions of Bangladesh, created after independence in 1963.

The capitals of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively.

Four leading Dravidian languages spoken in southern India.

Dharma--the individual duty of each person.

Bustee--shantytown in India.

Sudra--the Indian name for the untouchables.

Suttee--Hindu practice whereby a widow immolated herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.

Kshatriya--in the caste system, the political leaders and warriors.

The Hindu population of Sri Lanka is called the Tamils.

The partitioning of Hindu India from Muslim Pakistan occurred in 1947.

The majority religion of Sri Lanka is Buddhism.

Sikhism developed and is still based in the Punjab region.

Dravidians are in the majority in the population of the island-nation formely call Ceylon.

Chang Jiang

Xi Jiang

Yellow River

Songhua

Huang He

Russians and Liaodong

France and Zhanjiang

Britain and Xianggang (Hong Kong)

Germany and Qingdao

Netherlands and Macao

In winter, high pressure over the water, low pressure over the land and the effect of the jet stream.

In summer, high pressure over the land, low pressure over the water and the effect of the jet stream.

In summer, low pressure over the land, high pressure over the water and the impact of the jet stream.

None of the above.

The Indo-European Family of languages predominates in southern India.

More than 70% of India's population still live on and from the land.

The city of Delhi lies in the gateway of all land routes from northwestern India to the North Indian Plain.

Bengaluru (Bangalore), India's high-tech center, lies near the intersection of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India.

Japan

Pakistan

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Philippines

Indonesia

Malaysia

Vietnam

Laos

The caste system of India.

Seasonal reversal of the wind systems.

The type of vegetation found in northern India.

Strong hurricane-like weather systems in the Bay of Bengal.

"Law of the deed" concept of reincarnation.

Large use of inanimate energy

The construction of prefabricated homes

Small scale, labor intensive production

Tertiary activities

Mechanized dairy production

Whereas Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India, Sikkim is the state with the smallest population.

Sri Lanka, the island state off the southern tip of India, is a dominantly Buddhist country.

At the time of partition, the ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir was Muslim.

Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai are examples of cities that were developed by the British colonizers.

Hindi is the most widely spoken language of India.

Forests cover 12% of the area of China.

Grasslands account for one third of the area China.

Only 10% of China's territory is classified as farmland.

Deserts account for 12% of the area of China.

Mountains and plateaus higher than 2,000 meters account for about two thirds of China's area.

Tamils and Islam

India and Hinduism

Sinhalese and Buddhism

Pakistan and Islam

Dravidians and South India

Coal

Petroleum

Diamonds

Tin

Iron ore

The local names for important crops grown in Sri Lanka.

Two leading Dravidian languages, spoken in southern India.

Border provinces of India, facing southeast Asia.

Two major cities Pakistan, all with more than 250,000 inhabitants.

The political divisions of Bangladesh, created after independence in 1963.

Varanasi--Holy city of Hinduistan.

Karachi--Current capital of Pakistan.

Bangladesh--Disastrous 1970 cyclone (hurricane).

Amritsar--Sikh religious capital.

English--India's lingua franca.

The indenture of Chinese laborers for work on the plantations of Southeast Asia.

The Europeanization of the educational system of China.

The removal of the Manchu rulers to North Korea, where they were forced to create an exile government.

The occupation of areas adjacent to China by European powers, and their subsequent attachment to China for purposes of colonial exploitation.

Immunity of foreigners and foreign organizations from Chinese jurisdictions, and the exclusion of certain residential areas and facilities in China's cities from the Chinese jurisdiction.

Chennai (Chennai Madras)

Lahore

Kolkata (Calcutta)

Karachi

Mumbai (Bombay)

The concept of Hindutva or Hinduness refers to the desire to remake India as a society in which Hindu priciples prevail.

Coromandel is the name for the lowland od far southeastern India that borders the Indian Ocean and contains the city of Chennai.

Approximately 100,000,000 people in India are Muslim.

More than the entire population of the United States lives in cities in India.

Dalits and harijans are alternative names for the term untouchables.

Type of vegetation in northern India

An increase in agricultural production

A nationalistic movement

A housing program

A family planning program

Near the beginning of the 20th century, the British moved their colonial capital from Ne Delhi to the dafer interior city of Kolkata.

The cities of Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras) were British military outposts in the 17th century.

India 's the world's largest democracy.

The Indian government endorses family planning as a part of its official development program.

The proportion of India's population that lives in urban areas is 31%.

The city of Baotou is located on the loop of the Huang He.

Seoul is the capital of South Korea.

China's ethnic minorities number approximately 95,000,000 people.

The largest of China's ethnic group is the Manchu.

The Huang He almost encircles the Ordos Desert.

Agricultural market centers in Hindustan.

The capitals of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively.

Positioned at the months of India's longest navigable rivers.

Cities founded and developed by the British colonizers.

Hindustan's three largest urban areas.

India has about 17% of the world's popuation and just 2.2% of its land area.

India's smaller states in area are in the southern part of the country where the Dravidians live.

The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are centers of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.

An estimated 15,000,000 people were involved in a population transfer at the time of the partition of British India.

The map of India's political geography shows a federation of 28 states, 6 Union Territories, and 1 National Territory.

India has one of the ten largest economies in the world behind United States and Russia.

The lowest population growth rates are found in southern India.

About 200,000,000 people in India live in cities.

The Indian population quadrupled during the twentieth century.

The partition of British India resulted in one of the greatest mass population tranfers in human history.

Rice and wheat are the dominant grain crops.

They form a part of Alpine orogenetic movement.

The Himalayas form a major barrier to movement of air masses in south Asia.

The Khyber Pass was used by invading forces in their efforts to reach India.

Population in the Himalayas is dense with the exception of the Vale of Kashmir and Nepal.

Owes much of its growth since independence to the fact that all of its people speak English and communicate easily with the United Kingdom and the United States.

Has been able to remain unified as an idependent country primarily because of the great national unity of the people, political systems and language which survived the many years of British occupation.

Has one of the ten largest economies in the world behind the United States and Russia.

Has increased agricultural production since independence but has had a sharp decline in production per person during that period.

Buddhism has an estimated 100,000,000 adherents around the globe.

Whereas the Nepalese name for Mount Everest is Sagarmatha, the Tibetan name is Chomolungma.

The Hundu religion predominates in India.

Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism have strong bases in South Asia.

South Asia covers just over 3 percent of the Earth's land area but contains nearly 24 percent of the world's population.

Centripetal forces bind a state together, unifying and strengthening its fondations.

The mountain range containing Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak, is called the Himalayas.

The Green Revolution of the 1960's introduced "miracle" varieties of wheat and rice that significantly increased the productivity of these crops.

The cultural focus of Islam in Pakistan today is the city of Lahore.

The amount of cultivated land per person is known as arithmetric density.

It is highly industrialized and agriculture is relatively unimportant.

In human terms it is China's most important region.

This is China's core region.

It includes the North China Plain.

The cities of Beijing and Tianjin are located here.