Geography 352 – World Regional GeographyExam 3 Study Guide

The eventual test will be made up of 70-80 Power Point identification, multiple choice, true/false, matching, and map questions. Not all of the questions below will end up on the final version of the exam.

Power Point Image Identification Section

Match the images on the Power Point slides to the corresponding physiographic regions of South Asia they represent.

Match the images of the three major rivers of South Asia on the PowerPoint slides with their corresponding names.

Match the images of South Asian ecosystems on the Power Point slides with their appropriate name.

Match the images of South Asian holy places on the Power Point slides to the cities in which they are found.

Match the images of East Asian physiographic provinces on the Power Point slides with their corresponding names.

Match the images of East Asian ecosystems on the Power Point slides with their appropriate names.

Multiple Choice, T/F, Matching, and Map Section

Are the Himalayas are volcanic mountains formed by the collision of the Indian and Asian tectonic plates?

________ means "Land of Five Rivers" and is the ancestral home of the Sikhs.

Which country lies almost entirely in the deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers?

Does India's wet monsoon comes in winter?

The Taj Mahal is an example of ________ architectural influence in northern India.

Of the following, only ________ is not predominantly Muslim.

"Tamil Tigers" are rebels in ________. Do women have high status in Indian society and are girls are particularly prized by parents?

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The holiest site for Hindus is ________.

Tibet was annexed in 1959 and is now which Chinese region?

Is the primary reason for flooding rice paddies is the suppression of weeds?

Are noodles traditionally part of cuisines in rice growing areas of China?

Use the map below to match the regions of China with their corresponding map locations.

Match the regions of eastern China below with their corresponding characteristics.

"Pearl" River; reaches the South China Sea near Hong Kong Most polluted industrial region; home to China’s oldest and least efficient industries Most navigable river; site of the Three Gorges Dam "Yellow" River; cradle of Chinese civilization

Is tea grown only in the hot, humid lowlands of India and eastern China?

________ are discriminated against in Japanese society because their ancestors were butchers and leather workers, which reveals religious biases brought into Japan by Buddhists.

The holiest site for Buddhists is ________.

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Have the holy sites of Buddhism been preserved through the centuries and are they meticulously maintained even though India is now predominantly Hindu?

The holy sites of Buddhism are all in the ________ River Valley.

________ is the holy city situated where the Ganges River first spills out onto the North Indian Plain.

Is the Ganges River considered sacred by Hindus because it is thought to have sprung from the hair of the Hindu god Shiva?

Which region is the primary source of tea in India?

Is wheat the primary subsistence crop in South Asian areas that intercept large amounts of monsoon rains?

Were Pakistan and Bangladesh once one country?

Did Jammu and Kashmir vote to remain a part of India in 1947 because their populations are overwhelmingly Hindu?

Match the regions of China below with their primary domesticated animal/beast of burden.

bactrian camel horse water buffalo yak

The largest city in China is ________.

The British flooded Chinese society with ________ from their colonies in South Asia in order to weaken China's resistance to invasion during the Nineteenth Century.

Because it is considered sacred, has India kept the Ganges River free of pollution so ritual bathing in its waters poses no health risks?

Mt. Everest -- the world's tallest mountain -- is on the border between China and ________.

Hindus readily adopt ideas from other religions. ________ are Hindus in the Punjab who have borrowed from Islam.

Is reverence for animals among some Hindus based on the belief that behavior in this life may affect the soul's status in the next?

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Are Buddhist shrines cavernous structures that often house thousands of worshippers?

Siddhartha Gautama was the name of ________ before his revelation/enlightenment.

Oasis agriculture is practiced in which Chinese region?

Is spring wheat planted in the fall and harvested in late spring or early summer?

Do areas which produce more than one rice crop each year also have the largest number of harvest festivals?

The "Red Basin" is a Chinese industrial region in the upper ________ Basin.

Use the map below to match the following South Asian crops with their corresponding map locations.

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Use the map below to match the following physical features of South Asia with their corresponding map locations.

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Use the map below to match the following regions of South Asia with their corresponding map locations.

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Match the crops and crop regions below with their corresponding locations in China.

The central organizing philosophy in China before the communist take-over -- stressing reverence for family and education – was ________.

All of the following are considered "Asian Tigers" except ________.

The most successful Special Economic Zone in China is ________, which is next to Hong Kong.

Was Hong Kong a Portuguese colony that reverted to Chinese control in 1997?

Is North Korea at a lower level of development than South Korea?

The Western Ghats once were connected to which continent?

Are the Eastern Ghats higher in elevation than the Western Ghats?

What does the Hindi word “ghat” literally mean?

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The Deccan Traps are composed of ________.

How many feet were added to the official elevation of Mt. Everest as a result of GPS observations?

Is Mt. Everest the most dangerous peak to climb in South Asia?

The Khyber Pass is found in the ________ mountain range.

The Khyber Pass connects Pakistan with which war-torn country?

Is the capital of Pakistan located in the delta of the Indus River?

How many rivers run through the Punjab?

Is the gavial or gharial dangerous to humans?

Which country is largely composed of the combined deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers?

Which major South Asian river flows for a significant length of its course through Tibet?

The December 26, 2004 tsunami was triggered by the collapse of a portion of the sea floor off the coast of ________.

What does the Japanese word “tsunami” literally mean?

Do the wet monsoons come in winter?

Equatorial rainforests are found in South Asia only in ________.

Asian elephants are primarily used in which industry?

Are tigers’ stripes a camouflage pattern adapted to dense forest biomes?

Which South Asian biome is adapted to periodic fires?

What large endangered animal has its primary South Asian population protected within the Chitwan National Park?

What is the primary starchy filler food domesticated in the Monsoon Asia agricultural hearth?

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What was the product that most interested Columbus and which lured him into striking out westward across the Atlantic in 1492?

In which modern country would Columbus have found the islands he was really searching for?

Soybeans originated in ________.

The British turned to India as its primary source of ________ as a result of the American Civil War.

What part of the tea plant is harvested and used to make the drink tea?

What part of the marihuana plant is harvested for smoking?

Are all varieties of hemp capable of getting one “high”?

Is winnowing the separation of the rice grain head from the stalk/straw while threshing is the separation of the grain from the husk/bran?

How many months does it take until a rice crop is ready to be eaten?

Were there cotton gins in India before Eli Whitney’s time?

Did the British invent “tea time”?

What type of plantation uses apes and monkeys in the harvesting process?

Which Hindu deity has been identified in a “proto” form in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa?

What animal became the symbol of the Indus Valley civilization after the Indo-European invasion?

Is the swastika a symbol of racial hatred in Hindu society?

Were the Germans the only western group to utilize the swastika?

Which Hindu deity creates and destroys each incarnation of the universe and as a result is revered as both a creative force and an overseer of death?

Does discrimination against the Dalit still occur in Hindu India?

At which Hindu holy place does the largest singe gathering of humans occur every 144 years?

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What was put in the Ganges River at Varanasi to alleviate the problem of the accumulation of human corpses?

What force overwhelmed both Hinduism and Buddhism in Indonesia and Bangladesh?

Which branch of Buddhism has the largest number of adherents?

In which culture is the Buddha portrayed as a fat and jolly character?

Match the Buddhist holy places below to the events in the life of the Buddha that they commemorate.

Awakening/enlightenment Birth Death First sermon

Which Christian Apostle was sent to and subsequently was martyred in India?

Match the invaders of South Asia with the period or innovation that they initiated.

First European outpost at Goa Mughal Period Raj Vedic Period

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