Deck 9: South and Central Asia and International Studies

Question 1

According to the textbook, which South Asian country is currently the world's largest democracy?

A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal

Answer 1

India

Question 2

Which religious belief came to South and Central Asia in the Middle Ages?

A) Confucianism
B) Buddhism
C) Catholicism
D) Islam

Answer 2

Islam

Question 3

Which country is NOT in Central Asia?

A) Tajikstan
B) Turkmenistan
C) Bhutan
D) Mongolia

Answer 3

Bhutan

Question 4

Which country is NOT in South Asia?

A) Uzbekistan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) Nepal

Question 5

What is true about the geography of both South and Central Asia?

A) Most of the region is very wet, with even wetter monsoon seasons.
B) Nearly all of the lands in the region have a reliable supply of water and fertile soils.
C) Almost none of the lands in the region experience cold winters.
D) The region has a wide variety of landscapes and climates.

Question 6

What civilization ruled over all of Central Asia around the year 1200?

A) the Indus River Valley peoples
B) the Timurid
C) the Mongols
D) the Ottoman Turks

Question 7

Which two countries were involved in the "Great Game" or "Tournament of Shadows"?

A) Russia and Great Britain
B) The United States and Great Britain
C) Russia and France
D) France and the United States of America

Question 8

According to the text, the Vedas, reincarnation, the Ganges Valley, and "many expressions of the deity" are all associated with which Central and South Asian religion?

A) Tibetan Buddhism
B) Islam
C) Russian Orthodox Christianity
D) Hinduism

Question 9

What factor is not a challenge to economic development for a number of countries in the region?

A) Shift from command-style to market-style economies
B) Declining role of the oil industry
C) Poverty and subsistence agriculture
D) Lack of infrastructure investment and development

Question 10

Which event do the authors say is a root cause of political tension in South Asia?

A) The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
B) The September 11th attacks on the United States
C) The partition of India and Pakistan
D) None of these is correct.

Question 11

The Silk Road is now used as a metaphor for what?

A) globalization and trade linkages in Central and South Asia
B) US military and imperial designs on the region
C) China's political ambitions to rebuild the Mongol Empire
D) the global diffusion of Islam and Buddhism

Question 12

Samrakand, a center of Silk Road activity, is located in the modern day country of

A) Kyrgyzstan
B) Kazakhstan
C) Uzbekistan
D) Turkmenistan

Question 13

According to your book, what types of methods and policies are likely to be effective and acceptable in reducing India's population growth rate?

A) Strict one-child laws that limit family size
B) Safe, state-promoted sterilization campaigns
C) Public service advisories emphasizing the social good of smaller families
D) Life-choice advertising campaigns for birth control

Question 14

Which of the following countries saw major earthquakes in 2005 and 2015, respectively?

A) India and Pakistan
B) Pakistan and Nepal
C) Nepal and India
D) Both major earthquakes took place in Pakistan.

Question 15

A one-meter rise in sea level would likely have which of the following effects?

A) Approximately 20 million people from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka would be displaced
B) Salinization of the soil in north-western India would reach critical levels.
C) The country of Maldives would completely disappear under the ocean.
D) All of these are correct

Question 16

Why, according to the textbook, does cotton production in Central Asia have an impact on the level of water in the Aral Sea?

A) Irrigation canals are sandy and leaky, leading to water waste.
B) Cotton requires a great deal of water, so more is diverted from source rivers before reaching the sea.
C) Irrigation canals lead to higher rates of evaporation in the dry climate.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 17

Which of the following is among the rising challenges facing India in the near future?

A) Depletion of scarce resources due to overpopulation
B) Inequality between men and women
C) Communal violence over religion
D) All of these are correct.

Question 18

Which country do the authors say is fairly powerful in Central Asia and why?

A) Kazakhstan because of its oil industry
B) Uzbekistan because of its cotton industry
C) Afghanistan because of strategic importance
D) Mongolia because of its role in history