
The Geography of South Asia
Quiz by Geoffrey Dillard
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What is a large piece of land that is separated geographically from the continent called?
Which of the following is NOT a country found in South Asia?
Which of the following rivers is located in South Asia?
What is the largest country on the South Asian subcontinent?
What separates the South Asian subcontinent from the rest of Asia?
What is the northernmost region of South Asia called?
What is the most populated nation in the world?
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
How does rich soil from the mountains become fertile farmland in the Northern Plains?
What Greek letter (shaped like a triangle) is used to identify the location where a river fans out and empties into an ocean?
What country in South Asia contains most of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers delta?

What are the three seasons found in South Asia?
What is a seasonal wind that blows over the Indian ocean affecting the weather in both South and Southeast Asia?
If the seasonal winds blow from the ocean toward the subcontinent, what type of weather does the South Asia experience?
If the seasonal winds blow from the subcontinent toward the ocean, what type of weather does the South Asia experience?
What happens if monsoon rains arrive too early or too late?
What is one possible result of a very wet monsoon season?
What mountains border the Deccan Plateau in southern India?
What region of India is known for mineral resources and forests?
What are the island nations that make up part of South Asia?
Compare the Western and the Eastern Ghats.
Where is Location 15?

Where is Location 10?

Which of the following is not a cause of water pollution in South Asia?
Which of the following might result from water pollution in South Asia?
Which of the following causes air pollution in South Asia?
Where are the Eastern Ghats?

Where is Pakistan?

Where is Location 7?

What is the main religion of India?
What is the belief of both Hinduism and Buddhism that means that a person is born into a different body multiple times before ending the cycle?
Which religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?
What is the Hindu equivalent of the Koran or the Torah?
What Hindu social system places every person into a social class that determines what rights and responsibilities they have?
Where ocean is located at number 20?
