Quiz 4 India s national government is based in New Delhi Burma is not considered a part of the South Asia region Sri Lanka is the large island off the southern coast of India Subcontinent is the term used to refer to the entire Indian peninsula The summer monsoon brings plentiful rain to South Asia Bangladesh is the country with the most people vulnerable to the effects of a rise in sea level Major air and water pollution problems in India Pakistan and Bangladesh include all of the following except storage of nuclear waste from nuclear power plants p 426 The main purpose of the Chipko Movement in India was to increase ecological awareness p 426 India has regularly diverted a large proportion of the Ganga River flow in order to serve the needs of Kolkata 18 languages are officially recognized in India The mobility of women in South Asia decreases after the woman s children are grown is NOT true of traditional marriage arrangements in South Asia Governments have been trying to reduce population growth since through better health care for 50 years is true of South Asia s attitude toward population growth Increased volcanic activity has NOT been a result of farming and living in the dry environments of China and Mongolia Rice is the most important grain in East Asia Modern Taiwan provides an illustration if how maintaining environmental quality is difficult under conditions like high population density P 533 The earliest civilizations in China can be characterized as feudal Mongolian leader Genghis Khan was able to conquer and rule all of China Wine was not a Chinese invention Mao Zedong was the leader of China s Communist Party who proclaimed the People s Republic of China South Korea and Taiwan used Japan s model of government guided capitalism 1 The Indus River is 1 3 main rivers in South Asia 2 India s Social Forestry Movement is also known as the Chipko Movement p 425 3 The Textile Industry was the 1st destroyed by British colonization p 428 4 With the partition of British India in 1747 Pakistan was essentially created as a Muslim homeland p 429 5 Industrialization was a main goal for India after independence p 430 6 Droughts and Floods are two of the most devastating natural hazards in 7 The Three Gorges Dam is the second largest engineering project in China s China p 479 history p 484 8 The United States forced Japan to open the economy to international trade and political relations after WW II p 492 9 In addition to China Mongolia and North Korea have been characterized by centrally planned economies since the end of WW II p 494 10 China adopted one child per family policy by 1979 p 507 Tibet IS a part of India TRUE During winter S Asia is dry b c cool air from Eurasian landmass blocks In some parts of India there is no rain for half the year TRUE advancement of warm moist air from ocean TRUE p 418 Deforestation has been occurring in South Asia for almost 10 000 years TRUE p 423 A water conflict exists between India and Bangladesh TRUE Most of what are now the countries of South Asia were once British Colonies TRUE p 428 Bangladesh formerly E Pakistan became independent in 1971 TRUE China is vulnerable to problems caused by carbon dioxide but does not need to worry about glacial melting FALSE p 499 The air pollution in China s cities is the worst in the world FALSE p 485 The Chang Jiang starts in the mountains near the Korean peninsula FALSE p 518
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