Exam 9: South Asia

From 1979 to 1989,what foreign power had troops on the ground in Afghanistan?

Most of India's population lives in cities.

The main opposing force to the Marxist government of Afghanistan was the:

The well water drawn from Indian tube wells was found to have been contaminated with:

What is a system of kinship groupings that is reinforced by language,region and occupation?

This country is believed to be the largest illicit opium producer in the world.

The population of India is approximately:

The South Asian country with the highest PPP (2011)is Bhutan.

What region was described as the "breadbasket of India"?

Where is Mount Everest located?

Before joining the rest of Asia by way of plate movement,South Asia was attached to this land mass.

Tea was first brought to Europe by ________ traders and marketed as a medicine.

Which of the following is India's lingua franca?

The growth and wealth after capitalist reforms has been surprisingly evenly distributed throughout India.

India is approximately ________ percent rural.

The Hindu Kush Mountains are located in Bhutan.

Since independence,all of these countries have had periods of military rule,except:

The Harappan culture flourished between 3000 and 2000 B.C.E.

The Mauryan Empire (320-125 B.C.E.)was the first to establish rule across the greater part of South Asia.