Chapter 11 Test Review
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- Q1How do the Himalaya Mountains help form South Asia's major rivers?The mountains keep the rivers cool and prevent water from evaporating.Mountain lakes empty into the rivers.Summer monsoon winds across the mountains bring rainwater to the rivers.Melting snow from the mountains runs into the rivers.30s
- Q2What statement describes the people living in mountain villages in South Asia?They support themselves by guiding hikers through the mountains.They grow enough food for their families but not enough to sell to anyone else.They grow a single crop such as wheat to earn money to buy what they need.They grow a variety of crops to trade at markets in nearby towns.30s
- Q3How do people in South Asia manage their water use during the summer monsoon?They limit their water use because the summer is usually hot and dry.They have no need to manage water because rainfall is consistent all year.They store extra water to use during the dry winter monsoon.They use water they have stored during the wet winter monsoon.30s
- Q4Why does South Asia now emphasize sustainable agriculture?There are fewer people to feed.The government ran out of money for expensive fertilizer and pesticides.The Green Revolution harmed the environment.People want a varied diet.30s
- Q5How does the city of Varanasi reflect a major cause of pollution of the Ganges River?It has many wells that contain arsenic.Its citizens do not think it is important to keep the Ganges clean.Its many factories pollute the river.It produces more raw sewage than it can process.30s
- Q6What effect to dams in India have on the availability of water in Bangladesh?Reduced flow to Bangladesh's rivers has caused drought.The dams have not affected water supply.Bangladesh's rivers are flooding because of increased water flow.Both countries have benefited from the dams.30s
- Q7Which of the following are associated with the Harappan civilization?the caste system and Sanskrit languagecity planning and a system of measurementcity planning and the caste systemthe beginnings of Hinduism30s
- Q8What religion became a large minority in South Asia under the Mughal Empire?JainismSikhismIslamBuddhism30s
- Q9Which of the following is a belief of Buddhism?There is a path to move beyond suffering.There is one deity and all people are equal.After death a person’s soul is reborn into another physical life.Every deity is part of one universal spirit.45s
- Q10How did Gandhi promote Indian independence?by disbanding the East India Companythrough civil disobedienceby promoting Hindu-Muslim conflictthrough armed resistance30s
- Q11What is the Ganges Delta?the place where the Ganges splits into two partsthe place where the Ganges begins in the Himalaya Mountainsthe place where the Ganges joins with the Indus Riverthe place where the Ganges empties into the Bay of Bengal30s
- Q12What challenge is faced by people living in the Himalaya Mountains?flooding from living below sea levelextreme heat and humidityno animals or plants to live onless oxygen in the air30s
- Q13Which area receives the least amount of rain from summer or winter monsoons?Himalaya MountainsThar DesertDeccan PlateauSri Lanka30s
- Q14What part of Pakistan is most densely populated?the far western areathe area around Karachithe eastern border area near Indiathe area around Islamabad60s
- Q15What do the cities of Delhi, Islamabad, and Dhaka have in common that supports their dense populations?location near the Himalaya Mountainslocation on a coastlocation near a major riverlocation south of the Tropic of Cancer60s
