South Asia: Population, Economy, Agriculture, and Climate, Quizzes of Geography

Download South Asia: Population, Economy, Agriculture, and Climate and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 how many people total live in south asia DEFINITION 1 1.65 billion TERM 2 average GNI PPP per capita DEFINITION 2 3,101 TERM 3 Monsoon DEFINITION 3 inteior of asia heats up and as the jet stream moves north in july to September it brings rains from the ocean in an orographic affect. In the winter is is considered the dry monsoon season. TERM 4 rainfall and drought DEFINITION 4 a monsoon that is try or uneven can ruin food cropsthe unpredictableness of the monsoon has led to inventive cropping systems, agricultural biodiversity, social networks, and water storage\terracingintercropping where you plant different crops with different drought resistancetranshumance where you move livestock from one climate region to another for pastures TERM 5 climate map of south asia DEFINITION 5 western is arid and semi aridslim north is highlandnorth india is humid subtropicalsouth india is mostly tropical savannaeast and far south india is monsoon TERM 6 agricultural techniques DEFINITION 6 terracingintercropping where you plant different crops with different drought resistancetranshumance where you move livestock from one climate region to another for pastures TERM 7 impact of green revolution DEFINITION 7 new technologies were introduced to the regionhigh yeilding wheat and corn that could double or triple outputrequired more input of water foul fertilizer an pesticidesmore productivity but also more dependency TERM 8 implications of climate change DEFINITION 8 increase rainfall have led to greater flooding in some placesstorms or more unpredictablehigher temperatures and more unpredictable monsoon has led to suffering cropsglacial melt of the himalayas will leave the rivers dry and leave the monsoon as only water source for drinking and farmingincrease in mosquito breeding leads to increase spread of diseases TERM 9 hazard of flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh DEFINITION 9 increase raise causes the rivers to flood nd spill into delay areas drowning and ruining cropsin pakistan many land owners have made levees and banks that helps ith smaller flood but make heavier rainfall and bugger floods more devastating TERM 10 arsenic contamination in Bangladesh DEFINITION 10 uniceif made tube wells which are wells out of concrete to privde protection of bacteria in watery hat was killing many people. What they'd dint test for was arsenic contamination that takes years off lives and causes cancer. filters are now made to help filter out this arsenic but it still gets in crops TERM 21 geopolitics of Afghanistan DEFINITION 21 significant because it is between central and south asiathe soviet union fought trying to take control of the country but the mujahideen fought them offeventually cilvil war erupted between them and the taliban and the taliban wonthey had harsh religious views and started terrorist attacksthe US eventually took over kabul but could not eradicate the taliban TERM 22 religions DEFINITION 22 hunduism and islam are the two most importanthinduism isn't one concentrated religiontger eis also buddhism which is 2% and christinaity which is about 20 million TERM 23 gross national happiness DEFINITION 23 spiritual happiness and quality of lifer of the population as opposed to per capita economic activitysri lanka bhutan bangadesh and nepal TERM 24 declining growth and zero population growth DEFINITION 24 in the past they have tried inserting IUDS and doing male vasectomys but these ideas failed.soon after they adopted what the country kerala was doing because they were successfulwhat they did was good health care in rural areas, good maternal and infant care, high rates of literacy and high levels of participation in laborsouthern india has zero birth growth TERM 25 how many people live in rural areas of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. What is the biggest city by population in the region?. DEFINITION 25 65% of pakistan71% of indiaafghanistan, sri lanka, and bangladesh is 77%Mumbai, india is the biggest at 20 million TERM 26 South Asian DIASPORA and their relationship to the British Empire DEFINITION 26 movement of indians, pakistans, and bangladesh abroaddiaspora caused by the abolition of slavery in the british empire in 1833many south aisian went work for cheap labor on plantations and railways until bannedafter WW2 there was another shortage of workers so 1.5 million south asians worked for britain. many moved to north america as well as the persian gulf oil states TERM 27 contemporary brain drain issues DEFINITION 27 it began int he 1960s when physicians and scientist from south asia moved to britainmany south asia student would stay in americ air britain after graduating from there universities to tay for higher paying jobsthe success of these emigrants made others want to move there as wellrecently software engineers have come to the US and some of britainbetween 2000 and 2010, the indian population has grown by 69%many have doctorates and are very well educated