Globalization and Diversity Geography Study Set 1

What are the causes of deforestation in South Asia?

Which of the following countries of South Asia is an island?

What name is sometimes given to this region of South Asia?

Why is Bhopal, India, known?

What is the most serious natural hazard in Bangladesh?

What climatic factor dominates South Asia, often causing summer floods?

What is the rain-shadow effect?

What major metropolitan city lies in an area of severe flooding risk?

What major earthquake resulted in an economic loss of 25% of the country's GDP and loss in excess of 9000 lives?

What are some of the efforts CGIAR has aided to create "climate smart villages"?

The only remaining forested areas of South Asia are found where?

What reasons are given by scholars for the region's catastrophic floods?

Sri Lanka's mangrove initiative efforts have aided conservation efforts and also helped

Which of the following statements about India is INCORRECT?

Which of the following statements about Pakistan is INCORRECT?

What physical feature is needed for orographic precipitation to occur?

South Asia is likely to experience the following effects of climate change EXCEPT

Which country in South Asia is only 6 feet above sea level at its highest point, and therefore is most threatened by rising sea levels predicted to accompany climate change?

How were the Himalayas formed?

What part of South Asia receives the most rain during the monsoon months?