South Asia Jeopardy Game Questions by M. Eubanks. Created by Lynne Crandall University of Michigan Revised by Mark Kondrak CLA Language Center University of Minnesota. Physical Geography. Religion. Political. Social. Economic. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Created by Lynne CrandallUniversity of Michigan
Revised by Mark KondrakCLA Language Center
University of Minnesota
South Asia Jeopardy GameQuestions by M. Eubanks
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EconomicSocialPoliticalReligionPhysical Geography
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What Mountain range separates South
Asia from the rest of Asia?
Physical Geography 100 Points
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Physical Geography 100 Points
Himalayan Mountains
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Physical Geography 200 Points
Name the three great rivers of South
Asia
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Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra
Physical Geography 200 Points
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Physical Geography 300 Points
What do you call soils that have been
deposited by flowing water?
(This makes excellent farm land.)
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Physical Geography 300 Points
Alluvial Plains or Alluvial Soils
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What do you call high water that
swamps low-lying areas and is usually
the result of violent weather patterns?
Physical Geography 400 Points
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Storm surge.
Physical Geography 400 Points
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What is a broadened seaward end of a
river called?
Physical Geography 500 Points
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Estuary
Physical Geography 500 Points
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Name the two religions that began in
South Asia.
Religion 100 Points
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Religion 100 Points
Hinduism, Buddhism
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Religion 200 Points
Who founded Buddhism?
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Siddhartha Gautama
Religion 200 Points
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Religion 300 Points
What word, relating to both Hinduism
and Buddhism, refers to one’s soul
being reborn over and over across
many lifetimes?
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Religion 300 Points
Reincarnation
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What term refers to the events of one’s
next life being based on one’s
behavior in a previous life?
Religion 400 Points
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Karma
Religion 400 Points
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What word refers to one’s path in life?
Religion 500 Points
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Dharma
Religion 500 Points
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What type of government does India
have?
Political 100 Points
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Political 100 Points
Democracy
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Political 200 Points
What individual gave up a life of
wealth and power to, through non-
violent protest, bring about India’s
independence from Great Britain.
Categories
Mohandas Gandhi
Political 200 Points
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Political 300 Points
What two countries are in a violent
conflict over land in the Northwestern
part of the region?
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Political 300 Points
India and Pakistan
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What is the name of the land being
fought over by India and Pakistan in
Northwestern South Asia?
Political 400 Points
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Kasmir
Political 400 Points
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What do you call the era when Great
Britain controlled India as a colony?
Political 500 Points
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Raj
Political 500 Points
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What river is considered the Great
river of South Asia?
Social 100 Points
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Social 100 Points
Ganges River
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Social 200 Points
What religion are most Indians?
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Hindu
Social 200 Points
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Social 300 Points
What phrase refers to the issue where
multiple generations of families are
poor, and poor children grow up to be
poor adults due to lack of education
and other resources?
Categories
Social 300 Points
Cycle of Poverty
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What can help break the “cycle of
poverty”?
Social 400 Points
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Education
Social 400 Points
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What does it mean to be illiterate?
Social 500 Points
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To not be able to read or write.
Social 500 Points
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What type of economic activity do
most people in South Asia take part
in?
Economic 100 Points
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Economic 100 Points
Agriculture
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Economic 200 Points
What type of agriculture means that
families grow only enough food to live
on with little left over to sell for
profit?
Categories
Subsistence Farming
Economic 200 Points
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Economic 300 Points
What phrase refers to food, clothing
and shelter?
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Economic 300 Points
Basic necessities.
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What phrase refers to the attempt to
redistribute land from the wealthy to
the less wealthy to help them make a
better living?
Economic 400 Points
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Land Reform
Economic 400 Points
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What term refers to an individual who creates a new