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A seasonal wind that blows over the northern part of the Indian Ocean bringing heavy rains at times to South Asia is called
a) hurricane
b) tornado
c) blizzard
d) monsoon

Few people live along the Deccan Plateau
a) the climate is mostly hot year round and the soil is too dry for farming.
b) most people are cash crop farmers in India and need small plots of land.
c) the temperatures in the region are too cold for humans or animals to live.
d) the Indian government has deemed it environmentally unsafe to live on.

What accounts for 80% or most of the pollution along the Ganges River?
a) fertilizers
b) sewage
c) cars
d) industrial waste

A deposit of rich soil at the mouth of a river usually in a triangular shape
a) tributary
b) mosque
c) delta
d) dam

Which region of South Asia is the most densely populated?
a) Deccan Plateau
b) Northern Mountain Rim
c) Western Ghats
d) Northern Plains

Which geographic region separates South Asia from the rest of Asia? (It is made up of the Himalayas, the Karakorum, and the Hindu Kush.)
a) Northern Plains
b) Rocky Mountains
c) Northern Mountain Rim
d) Deccan Plateau

What is one major environmental issue that the people of India are facing?
a) pollution of the Ganges
b) limited medical facilities
c) unequal distribution of natural resources
d) irrigation has limited the agricultural productivity

Which of the following is a problem that can be caused by India’s continued population growth?
a) pollution
b) overcrowding
c) water scarcity
d) food surplus

Small fragments of rock or other materials that can be moved around by wind, water, and ice is known as _______________________.
a) rubble
b) sediment
c) ghats
d) pollution

Using your knowledge of environmental concerns in South Asia, what is one effect the pollution has had on the fishing industry?
a) It increased due to the number of people moving into villages along the river.
b) It was completely wiped out due to the amount of pollution in the river.
c) It saw a decline during the 1980s due to a shortage of fuel for fishing boats.
d) It became one of the main economic activities for India in recent years.

What type of pollution is most harmful along the Ganges River?
a) industrial waste
b) human waste
c) animal waste
d) cremated remains

What must India do for its children if the economic growth that they are experiencing now is to continue?
a) limit the number of children being born
b) stop using children as a source of labor
c) provide better education for the children
d) clean up the Ganges River

Based strictly on its size and location, which of South Asia's countries would you expect to rely most heavily on the sea for its food supply?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) Maldives

By the year 2050, what country is expected to have the largest population?
a) China
b) United States
c) India
d) Pakistan

Which term is used to refer to delivering water to crops by a variety of methods?
a) dowry
b) fertilizer
c) pollution
d) irrigation

Along what two rivers were the civilizations of ancient India built?
a) Tigris and Euphrates
b) Mississippi and Missouri
c) Nile and Congo
d) Indus and Ganges

A method of delivering water to dry land
a) irrigation
b) fertilizer
c) polllution
d) dowry

An area with extremely rich earth material deposited by water, such as a river (Ganges Delta) is
a) a high plateau.
b) an alluvial plain.
c) an industrial waste site.
d) a sediment valley.

Anything unclean in the environment
a) sediment
b) pollution
c) plains
d) plateau

A raised area of relatively level land that makes up most of South Asia.
a) plains
b) delta
c) plateau
d) sediment

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