GEO Answs
Which of the following dominates Southeast Asian physiography? a) extensive plateaus b) high mountains and valleys c) extensive flat plains d) exclusively islands e) dry-environment landforms
b) high mountains and valleys
Which of the following statements about the Southeast Asian Realm is false? a) The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics. b) Compared to neighboring realms, Southeast Asia has a relatively low population density. c) The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated. d) Southeast Asia is culturally fragmented. e) All choices are correct.
c) The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated.
Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is: a) less densely populated and more urbanized. b) more densely populated and has a lower standard of living. c) very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas. d) entirely a remnant of Britain's East Indies colonial empire. e) much less affected by Chinese immigration.
a) less densely populated and more urbanized.
Half of Southeast Asia's population lives in which two countries? a) Indonesia and Vietnam b) Indonesia and the Philippines c) Vietnam and the Philippines d) Malaysia and Myanmar e) Indonesia and Thailand
b) Indonesia and the Philippines
Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas? a) lower valleys of major rivers b) deltas of major rivers c) zones of plantation development in Malaysia d) areas of volcanic soil in the islands e) interior highland regions
e) interior highland regions
Agriculture in insular Southeast Asia is limited by: a) desert conditions. b) loess soils. c) generally infertile tropical soils. d) severe dietary restrictions caused by food taboos. e) All choices are correct.
c) generally infertile tropical soils.
Which country-river association is incorrect? a) Myanmar-Irrawaddy b) Thailand-Chao Phraya c) Laos-Liao d) southern Vietnam-Mekong e) northern Vietnam-Red
c) Laos-Liao
A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was: a) Vietnam. b) Malaya. c) Borneo. d) Thailand. e) Burma.
d) Thailand
Which of the following was not a part of French Indochina? a) Tonkin b) Siam c) Cambodia d) Laos e) Cochin China
b) Siam
Which of the following European colonizer-Southeast Asian colony associations is incorrect? a) Spain-Philippines b) Britain-Burma c) Netherlands-Brunei d) France-Vietnam e) Portugal-East Timor
c) Netherlands-Brunei
Which of the following countries was once part of British India? a) Singapore b) Sumatera (Sumatra) c) Myanmar (Burma) d) Malaysia e) Thailand
c) Myanmar (Burma)
Which of the following islands was not colonized by the Dutch? a) Java b) Sumatera (Sumatra) c) Borneo d) Sulawesi (Celebes) e) Luzon
e) Luzon
Which of the following broke away from Malaysia to become a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia in 1965? a) Singapore b) Hong Kong c) Sarawak d) Brunei e) Borneo
a) Singapore
What is the largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population? a) Bangladesh b) Iran c) Pakistan d) Indonesia e) Nigeria
d) Indonesia
Which ethnic group forms a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia? a) Indians b) Japanese c) Singaporeans d) Thais e) Chinese
e) Chinese
To what religion do most of the people in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia adhere? a) Buddhism b) Hinduism c) Islam d) Roman Catholicism e) the Muslim faith
a) Buddhism
Which of the following political entities is not located on the island of Borneo? a) Kalimantan b) Sarawak c) East Timor d) Brunei e) Sabah
c) East Timor
During which stage is a boundary actually marked on the ground? a) field perforation b) allocation (definition) c) delimitation d) demarcation e) antecedence
d) demarcation
What concept describes how destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas? a) Vietnam syndrome b) organic theory c) buffer theory d) Domino theory e) fragmentation model
d) Domino theory
Which of the following is an example of a relict boundary? a) North and South Vietnam b) North and South Korea c) Israel and the West Bank d) Australia and East Timor e) United States and Mexico
a) North and South Vietnam
What term describes a boundary developing contemporaneously with a cultural landscape, and adjusting to linguistic, religious, and ethnic breaks? a) superimposed b) relict c) antecedent d) subsequent e) organic
d) subsequent
The genetic classification of boundaries interprets a boundary's function by examining: a) its appearance on the map as straight, curved, or irregular lines. b) its length or persistence, whether it is an attenuated or abbreviated boundary. c) the physical landscape through which it lies, whether that landscape is uniform or complex. d) the evolution of the boundary as part of the cultural landscape they partition. e) the degree of penetration of the boundary by roads, railroads, pipelines, and the like.
d) the evolution of the boundary as part of the cultural landscape they partition.
Which country is the best example of an elongated state territorial configuration? a) Cambodia b) Vietnam c) Brunei d) Singapore e) Philippines
b) Vietnam
Saigon has been renamed after ___________, the communist leader who founded modern Vietnam: a) Viet Cong b) Kim Il Sung c) Ho Chi Minh d) Dien Bien Phu e) Pol Pot
c) Ho Chi Minh
Which country does not border Vietnam? a) Laos b) Thailand c) Cambodia d) People's Republic of China e) All of these countries border Vietnam
b) Thailand
What are the two core areas of Vietnam? a) Cochin China and Annam b) Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City c) the Mekong and Irrawaddy deltas d) Bangkok and Dien Bien Phu e) Viangchan and Phnom Penh
b) Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
What is the Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness? a) Laos b) Cambodia c) Thailand d) Vietnam e) Indonesia
b) Cambodia
Angkor Wat is located in which country? a) Vietnam b) Cambodia c) Laos d) Myanmar e) Thailand
b) Cambodia
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of: a) Vietnam. b) Cambodia. c) Laos. d) Thailand. e) Myanmar.
b) Cambodia
The poorest state of the former Indochina is: a) Laos. b) Cambodia. c) Vietnam. d) Thailand. e) Myanmar.
b) Cambodia
Which of the following country-capital associations is false? a) Philippines and Manila b) Myanmar and Yangon c) Indonesia and Jakarta d) Laos and Hanoi e) Thailand and Bangkok
d) Laos and Hanoi
Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are: a) Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. b) Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar. c) China, Vietnam, and Malaysia. d) Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. e) Malaya, Indonesia, and Singapore.
b) Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar.
What Southeast Asian state is the best example of a protruded state? a) Singapore b) Cambodia c) Thailand d) Malaysia e) Indonesia
c) Thailand
Where does the vast majority of Thailand's Muslim population live? a) far north b) Bangkok area c) border zone with Malaysia d) Mekong River Delta e) Golden Triangle
c) border zone with Malaysia
The insular region of Southeast Asia does not include: a) Malaysia. b) Brunei. c) Singapore. d) Laos. e) Thailand.
d) Laos.
What Southeast Asian country is the best example of a prorupted state? a) Cambodia b) Myanmar c) Vietnam d) Brunei e) Malaysia
b) Myanmar
Which of the following is a former British colony? a) Myanmar b) Thailand c) Cambodia d) the Philippines e) East Timor
a) Myanmar
What are the two states of East Malaysia? a) Sarawak and Sabah b) Borneo and Sumatera (Sumatra) c) Singapore and Malaya d) Brunei and Borneo e) Brunei and Singapore
a) Sarawak and Sabah
What is the name of the small, oil-rich Islamic sultanate of insular Southeast Asia? a) Kalimantan b) Papua c) Brunei d) Sulawesi e) East Timor
c) Brunei
Which of the following best defines an archipelago? a) a chain of islands b) an elongated state c) a state with more than one protrusion d) Laos e) a divided state on the mainland
a) a chain of islands
Indonesia is a state located: a) on two major islands. b) on more than 17,000 islands. c) on both the Asian mainland and the island of Borneo. d) on one major island. e) between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
b) on more than 17,000 islands.
On which island is the majority of Indonesia's population located? a) Sulawesi b) Sumatera c) Jawa (Java) d) Kalimantan e) Timor
c) Jawa (Java)
Which island is the westernmost island of Indonesia? a) Maluku b) Borneo c) Sumatera d) Luzon e) Java
c) Sumatera
Which Indonesian island borders the Strait of Malacca? a) Sulawesi b) Borneo c) Sumatera d) Luzon e) Java
c) Sumatera
Which island in insular Southeast Asia is known as a mini-continent? a) Sulawesi b) Borneo c) Sumatera d) Celebes e) Singapore
b) Borneo
The Philippines' two main islands in terms of population and size are: a) Mindanao and Luzon. b) Borneo and Visayan. c) Singapore and Cebu. d) Timor and Java. e) Sulawesi and Luzon.
a) Mindanao and Luzon
Where is the Muslim stronghold in the Philippines located? a) Luzon b) the Visayan archipelago c) the Sulu archipelago d) Timor e) metropolitan Manila
c) the Sulu archipelago
The world-city commanding access to the strategic Strait of Malacca is Hong Kong.
False
Like Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia is a region of great cultural complexity that merits the label shatter belt.
True
Southeast Asia can be considered a buffer zone as well as a shatter belt.
True
The total population of Southeast Asia is relatively modest compared to the populations of India and China.
True
The population of Southeast Asia tends to be evenly spread across the realm's fragmented land area.
False
The island of Jawa is one of the world's most intensively cultivated areas, owing to its rich volcanic soils.
True
The mountains to the north of mainland Southeast Asia have prevented governments from exerting complete control.
True
The Khmer people form the majority of the population in Cambodia.
True
The term Malaysia refers only to those former British protectorates on the mainland.
False
The United States acquired the Philippines from Japan at the end of World War II.
False
Dutch colonialism in its East Indies possessions eventually united over 17,000 islands into one state.
True
The Philippines' last colonial master, which granted the country independence in 1946, was the United States.
True
The island of Singapore was formerly a British colony.
True
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country.
True
In Singapore, the Chinese constitute 74 percent of the population.
True
In boundary creation, the delimitation stage precedes the demarcation stage.
True
Antecedent boundaries were defined and delimited before the present-day human landscape emerged.
True
Subsequent boundaries are part of an ongoing process as the human landscape evolves.
True
The boundary between Singapore and Malaysia is known as a subsequent boundary.
False
Vietnam constitutes an elongated state.
True
Cochin China was the name of the French colonial units centered on the Mekong Delta.
True
More than three-quarters of Vietnam's population was born after the Indochina War.
True
North and South Vietnam were united in 1975.
True
Vietnam has more than one core area.
True
Cambodia is a good example of an elongated state.
False
Laos is Southeast Asia's only landlocked country.
True
The heart of Thailand lies in the Chao Phraya River Basin.
True
Myanmar, unlike other Southeast Asian nations, does not have any ethnic minorities.
False
The Kayin (Karen), a people living in the protrusion of Burma, wish to create an autonomous area within Burma.
True
East Malaysia includes Sarawak and Sabah.
True
Singapore lies on the Strait of Malacca.
True
People of Chinese descent make up a majority of the population of Singapore.
True
In Singapore, Muslims constitute more than 75 percent of the population.
False
Singapore has an authoritarian government and a market economy.
True
A state whose national territory consists of two or more separated parts is termed protruded.
False
The island of Java (Jawa) became the focus of Dutch colonial administration in Southeast Asia.
True
Indonesia has ended its policy of transmigration, which involved the resettlement of Jawanese to other islands.
True
Manila is located on the island of Mindanao.
False
There is a Muslim-based insurgency in the southern islands of the Philippines.
True
The two largest islands in the Philippines are Luzon and Mindanao.
True
The island of ________ is the largest and westernmost in Indonesia's archipelago.
Sumatera
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated.
Flowing a distance of 2600 miles, the so-called "Danube of Southeast Asia" is the ________ River.
Mekong
Which of the following was never part of a colonial empire of Mainland Southeast Asia?
Siam
The two main islands in the Philippines are _____________________.
Mindanao and Luzon
The Muslim stronghold in the Philippines is located in __________________.
the far southern islands
Which of the following is considered to be Southeast Asia's most economically advanced and globally connected entity:
Singapore
The ethnic group that accounts for over 75 percent of Singapore's population is the ___________.
Chinese
The Southeast Asia country that is most compact is _______________.
Cambodia
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in their attempt to refashion the society of _____________.
Cambodia
Which country does NOT border Vietnam?
Thailand
The colony formerly known as the Dutch East Indies is now the country of _____________.
Indonesia
The area known as Annam is today a part of ______________
Vietnam
An archipelago is ________________.
a chain of islands
The now-ended policy of the Indonesian government to induce Jawanese to migrate to other islands was called: ___________________.
transmigration
The Southeast Asian country that is still ruled by a communist regime is ____________.
Vietnam
An example of an "elongated state" is ___________.
Vietnam
The island of Insular Southeast Asia that can be characterized as a minicontinent is _____________.
Borneo
The ethnic group forming a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia are the ___________________.
Chinese
Southeast Asian physiography is dominated by _____________.
high relief
A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was ______________.
Thailand
Southeast Asia contains one of the most important shipping channels, a choke point for the movement of Seaborne trade goods around the world. It is located between which two countries?
Indonesia and Malaysia
The ethnic group that accounts for over 75 percent of Singapore's population are the ___________.
Chinese
Saigon is today named after the communist leader who forged modern Vietnam, a communist known as _______________
Ho Chi Minh
Which of the following mother country-colony associations is INCORRECT?
The Netherlands-Brunei
The nation ranking 4th in world population is ________________.
Indonesia
The world's largest Muslim country in population size is _______________.
Indonesia
The majority of Indonesia's population is clustered on the island of ______________.
Jawa
The two main islands in the Philippines are _____________________.
Mindanao and Luzon
The Muslim stronghold in the Philippines is located in __________________.
The far Southern Islands
Which country-river association is INCORRECT?
Laos-Yellow
A former Portuguese colony that is the newest state in Southeast Asia is______________.
East Timor
Singapore has both an authoritarian government and a market economy.
True
Although Mainland Southeast Asia contains a number of large cities, it is not heavily urbanized.
True
The island of Jawa is one of the world's most intensively cultivated areas, owing to its rich volcanic soils.
True
Laos is Southeast Asia's only landlocked country.
True
Which of the following associations is CORRECT?
Myanmar and Yangon
ASEAN includes all of the countries in Southeast Asia except _____________.
East Timor
An example of an "elongated state" is ___________.
Vietnam
The Southeast Asian state that is marked by a major territorial protrusion is _____________
Thailand
Indonesia is a state located _________________.
b and d above
Which of the following countries once formed a colonial component of British India?
Myanmar (Burma)
Which of the following is considered to be Southeast Asia's most economically advanced and globally connected entity:
Singapore
In Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, most of the people are adherents of _______________.
Buddhism
More than half of Vietnam's population was born after the Indochina War.
True
The island of Singapore was formerly a British colony.
True
East Pakistan became Bangladesh in ___________. a) 1485 b) 1857 c) 1947 d) 1971 e) 1991
d
The physiologic density of India is ________ the arithmetic population density. a) greater than b) less than c) equal to d) the inverse of e) directly proportional to
a
India today is probably in the ______ stage of its demographic transition. a) first b) second c) third d) fourth e) final
c
The area of India in which the tensions continue over border demarcation is ________. a) Jammu and Kashmir b) the Bombay (Mumbai) metropolitan region c) the central Gangetic Plain d) the States to the northeast of Bangladesh e) the southernmost States of the peninsula
a
The approximate percentage of India's population that lives in urban areas is ____________. a) 30 b) 55 c) 70 d) 85 e) 95
a
Which of the following countries does NOT share a common border with Pakistan? a) Iran b) China c) Bangladesh d) Afghanistan e) India
c
Which of the following associations is INCORRECT? a) Sri Lanka and Colombo b) Bangladesh and Dhaka c) Nepal and Kathmandu d) Pakistan and Delhi e) Bhutan and Thimphu
d
Which of the following is NOT located in Pakistan? a) Deccan Plateau b) Sind c) Punjab d) Islamabad e) Karachi
a
Which of the following is the core area of Pakistan? a) Punjab b) Sindh c) the Indus Delta d) the Tribal Areas e) Baluchistan
a
Which of the following provinces of Pakistan received the largest groups of refugees from Afghanistan? a) Sindh b) Punjab c) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa d) Kashmir e) Baluchistan
c
Which of the following cities is located in Pakistan's Sindh region? a) Dhaka b) Kabol c) Islamabad d) Lahore e) Karachi
e
The so-called Tribal Areas are located in which province of Pakistan? a) Sindh b) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa c) Kashmir d) Punjab e) Baluchistan
b
Which of the following countries in the South Asian realm has NOT had a female prime minister? a) Sri Lanka b) India c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) Pakistan
d
Economic growth in the South Asian realm has come about mostly as a result of ___________. a) a free trade agreement with the United States b) increased trade with China c) an emphasis on modernizing agriculture d) migration to the United Kingdom and the United States e) neoliberal reforms
e
An area whose control is hotly disputed by India and Pakistan is _____________. a) Punjab b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Bangladesh d) northern Sri Lanka e) the Tribal Areas
b
Dominant crops in India's agricultural system include all but which of the following? a) wheat b) soybeans c) rice d) millet e) chickpeas
b
Which of the following is NOT one of India's newer States? a) Chhattisgarh b) Punjab c) Jharkhand d) Uttarakhand e) Telangana
b
Which State is located in southern India? a) Orissa b) Kerala c) Uttar Pradesh d) Kashmir e) Maharashtra
b
India's IT industry is concentrated in several major cities throughout the country. In which of the following is it NOT significant? a) Bengaluru b) Hyderabad c) (New) Delhi d) Kolkata e) Mumbai
d
The Muslim minority constitutes approximately ___ percent of the total population of India. a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 30 e) 45
b
Hindutva _is (are) ____________________. a) a movement that promotes Hindu nationalism, heritage, and/or patriotism b) a sect of the Hindu religion that practices yoga c) the Hindu holy site in the north of the country d) recent converts from Islam e) the language people in India speak
a
India's Sikh population is concentrated in _____________. a) Punjab b) Asom c) the far south d) the Mumbai area e) the Ganges Delta
a
The priestly caste in India is known as the ______________. a) Hindutva b) Brahmans c) Touchables d) Sikhs e) Dalits
b
The untouchable caste in India is known as the ________________. a) Hindu Kushes b) Harijans c) Brahmans d) Sikhs e) Tamils
b
The city located closest to the Ganges Delta is _________________. a) Kolkata (Calcutta) b) New Delhi c) Chennai (Madras) d) Brahmanputra e) Karachi
a
Which of the following cities is NOT connected to the Golden Quadrilateral superhighway that links India's main urban centers? a) Mumbai b) Dhaka c) Delhi d) Kolkata e) Chennai
b
Which of the following statements about agriculture in India is INCORRECT? a) Wheat is grown in areas that are not moist enough to support rice cultivation. b) Wheat is grown in the east while rice dominates in the west. c) About half of rural families own less than 1 ha of land. d) India contains more than 600,000 villages that cannot be accessed by truck or car. e) India's agricultural population is still larger than its urban population.
b
India's government is __________ . a) communist b) democratic c) authoritarian d) an Islamic Republic e) green
b
Which of the following industries spearheaded the economic development of Bengaluru (Bangalore) over the past decade? a) coal mining b) oil refining c) textiles d) automobile assembly e) information technology
e
In comparing India with China, which statement is INCORRECT? a) India's population growth rate continues to grow, whereas China's is starting to shrink. b) India has a larger middle class than China. c) The Chinese economy employs more people in manufacturing than does India's. d) India's IT industry is more important than China's. e) India's government is open and democratic, whereas China's is communist.
b
A newly developing regional economic disparity in India has opened between ____________. a) Hindu and Muslim areas b) east and west c) north and south d) the coastal zone and the interior e) uplands and riverine lowlands
b
During the twentieth century, 8 of the 10 costliest natural disasters in the world struck ___________. a) India b) Indonesia c) Bangladesh d) Pakistan e) Sri Lanka
c
Bangladesh was formerly known as _____________. a) East Pakistan b) East India c) Ceylon d) West Pakistan e) Burma
a
The reason for Bangladesh's vulnerability to natural disasters is its ______________________. a) mountainous terrain subject to debris flows b) location on the Pacific Ring of Fire c) lowland physiography d) proximity to volcanoes e) frequent earthquakes
c
The two countries of South Asia's Mountainous North are ___________. a) Sri Lanka and Ceylon b) Pakistan and Bangladesh c) Nepal and Bhutan d) Asom and Punjab e) Jammu and Kashmir
c
Which of the following statements about Nepal is INCORRECT? a) Deforestation is a problem. b) Agriculture is a success story. c) The Himalayas are its dominant physical feature. d) It is currently a failed state. e) Kathmandu is located in the country's core area.
b
The small group of islands 400 miles southwest of India are the _____________. a) Tamils b) SriLankans c) Dravidians d) Maldives e) Colombos
d
The Buddhist majority population of Sri Lanka is known as the ____________. a) Ceylonese b) Sinhalese c) Tamil Tigers d) Mauryans e) Eelams
b
The majority of India's languages belong to the language family known as __________. a) Indo-European b) Dravidian c) Sino-Tibetan d) Austro-Asiatic e) Malay-Polynesian
a
The first indigenous empire in the South Asian realm was the: A) Aryan B) Gupta C) Dravidian D) Mogul E) Mauryan
e
Which city lost a good part of its hinterland to (then) Pakistan in the partitioning of British India? A) Calcutta (Kolkata) B) Bombay (Mumbai) C) New Delhi D) Madras (Chennai) E) Karachi
a
Which of the following countries in the South Asian Realm has not had a female Prime Minister? A) Sri Lanka B) India C) BangladeshD) Nepal E) Pakistan
d
Economic growth in the South Asian realm has come about mostly as a result of ___________.A) a free trade agreement with the US B) increased trade with China C) an emphasis on modernizing agriculture D) migration to the united Kingdom and the US E) neoliberal reforms
e
Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Pakistan? A) Iran B) China C) Bangladesh D) Afghanistan E) India
c
Which of the following statements is incorrect? A) East Pakistan freed itself from its political bonds with West Pakistan and became independent as Bangladesh. B) Kashmir achieved independence from Pakistan after a long, struggle. C) Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka. D) India has shifted State boundaries to accommodate regional and local demands. E) Pakistan moved its capital from Karachi to Islamabad.
b
. Dominant crops in India's agricultural system include all but which of the following? A) Wheat B) Soybeans C) Rice D) Millet E) Chickpeas
b
Which of the following is not one of India's newer States? A) Chhattisgarh B) Punjab C) Jharkhand D) Uttarakhand E) Telangana
b
Which State is located in southern India? A) Orissa B) Kerala C) Uttar Pradesh D) Kashmir E) Maharashtra
b
India's IT industry is concentrated in several major cities throughout the country. In which of the following is it not significant? A) Bengaluru B) Hyderabad C) (New) Delhi D) Kolkata E) Mumbai
d
The Muslim minority constitutes approximately ___ % of the total population of India. A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 30 E) 45
b
Hindutva _____________________. A) is a ovement that promotes Hindu nationalism, heritage, and/ or patriotism B) is a sect of the Hindu religion that practices yoga C) is the Hindu holy site in the north of the country D) are recent converts from Islam E) is the language people in India speak
a
India's Sikh population is concentrated in: A) Punjab B) Asom C) the far south D) the Mumbai area E) the Ganges Delta
a
. India's government is ___________ . A) Communist B) Democratic C) Authoritatian D) An Islamic Republic E) Green
b
Question 3
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is located in the core area of Pakistan?
Punjab
Sindh
the Indus Delta
the Tribal Areas
Balochistan
Question 4
1 / 1 pts
What is the leading reason why climate change is impacting the South Asia Realm?
droughts
floods
heat waves
cyclones
an over-reliance on the agricultural sector for livelihoods
Question 5
1 / 1 pts
India’s IT industry is concentrated in several major cities throughout the country. In which of the following is it NOT significant?
Bengaluru
Hyderabad
Delhi/New Delhi
Kolkata
Mumbai
Question 6
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following countries does NOT share a common border with Pakistan?
Iran
China
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
India
Question 7
1 / 1 pts
The caste system is most associated with which of the following religions:
Taliban
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Sanskrit
IncorrectQuestion 8
0 / 1 pts
Which country contains the world’s second largest number of Muslims?
Pakistan
Bangladesh
India
Afghanistan
Nepal
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
The coastal edges of the Deccan plateau are marked by highlands known as the _______________.
Afghans
Ghats
Aryans
Muslim Kushes
Hindu Kushes
Question 10
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following provinces of Pakistan received the largest groups of refugees from Afghanistan?
Sindh
Punjab
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kashmir
Balochistan
Question 11
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is NOT an Indo-European language?
Telugu
Hindi
Bengali
Punjabi
Gujarati
Question 12
1 / 1 pts
Dominant crops in India’s agricultural system include all but which of the following?
wheat
soybeans
rice
millet
chickpeas
Question 13
1 / 1 pts
Figure 9-7 shows that the territory called Aksai Chin is currently under this country's political control:
India
Pakistan
China
Afghanistan
Nepal
Question 14
1 / 1 pts
Which realm contains the world’s largest population?
Europe
East Asia
Southeast Asia