Exam 8: South Asia

Even within the large and populous cities of South Asia, many people live in compact, reconstituted villages where standards of living can be relatively high.

Sikhs live mainly in:

What sector of the economy employs most (more than 50 percent) of South Asia's workforce?

Young voters are increasingly making up an important part of the electorate.

________________ are the wind patterns that bring copious rainfall in the summer, and bring cold, dry air from the continental interior toward the ocean in the winter.

Which of the following is NOT true of purdah in South Asia?

Which of the following provides, in a single word, a basic description of the South Asian landform?

India's economic boom is causing Indian migrants to return to India.

Local political efforts designed to get the votes of subcaste members are usually in opposition to official ideologies of Indian governments and political parties.

Conflict or tensions between two groups within a community is known as _____________.

In 1947, the British partitioned their South Asian colony largely along what lines?

Which group is considered officially outside of the Hindu caste system?

The roots of Hinduism that lie in ancient literary texts are known as the:

Hindi is the first language of a majority of South Asians.

The Turkic Persians who invaded India in 1526 were the:

The term used to describe the separating of India into two independent countries, one predominantly Hindu and the other predominantly Muslim, is ___________.

The practice of aborting female fetuses in order to select for male children is now illegal in South Asia.

What mountains run along the eastern and western flanks of the Deccan Plateau?

Which of the following is NOT true of traditional marriage arrangements in South Asia?

In what country did the group known as the Taliban seize control and impose restrictions on the behavior, actions, and dress of women until November 2001?