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Jeopardy GeographyEconomyHistoryGov’t Culture Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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$100 Geography What are the windy seasons called in South Asia?
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$100 Answer Geography Monsoons
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$200 Question Geography What country is shown on this map? X
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$200 Answer Geography Pakistan
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$300 Question Geography Name this country. X
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$300 Answer Geography Sri Lanka
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$400 Question Geography What mountains are shown on this map? X
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$400 Answer Geography Himalayas
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$500 Question Geography What River is shown on the map? X
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$500 Answer Geography Ganges
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$100 Question Economy What economic activity do most people in India do for a living?
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$100 Answer Economy Farming Textile manufacturing
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$200 Question Economy What is a cottage industry?
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$200 Answer Economy When people are manufacturing items from their homes crafts, jewelry, pottery, etc
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$300 Question Economy What is outsourcing?
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$300 Answer Economy When jobs are sent to other countries because it is much cheaper to pay workers
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$400 Question Economy What types of US jobs are commonly outsourced to India?
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$400 Answer Economy Information Technology (Computer software) Call Centers (Banks, Credit Cards, Customer Services) Manufacturing
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$500 Question Economy Why do many young people move from villages to urban areas?
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$500 Answer from Economy In search of better jobs and better way of life.
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$100 Question History Who is this man? Why is he important to India’s history?
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$100 Answer History 1.Mohandas Gandhi 2.Helped India gain independence
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$200 Question History What European country colonized India?
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$200 Answer History Great Britain
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$300 Question History What is a Caste?
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$300 Answer History India’s inherited social class system
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$400 Question History Who are the outcaste Dalits? Why are they treated differently than other castes?
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$400 Answer from History Formally called the “Untouchables”. The lowest class in the caste system. Often do the jobs that know one else will do Typically much poorer and more uneducated than most
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$500 Question History What do you call the nomadic herders who migrated to the Indian subcontinent? And What was ancient Indian language called?
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$500 Answer from History 1.Aryans 2.Sanskrit
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$100 Question Government 1.What form of government does India have today? What form of government does India have today?
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$100 Answer Government Democracy
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$200 Question Government What position in India’s government has the highest amount of power?
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$200 Answer Government Prime Minister
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$300 Question Government Why are both India and Pakistan interested in controlling the region of Kashmir?
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$300 Answer Government Access to water (Indus River) Fertile land
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$400 Question Government How did India’s new constitution impact the lives of women and children?
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$400 Answer Government Women can hold jobs equal to men Girls and boys of all classes receive educations All Indians are guaranteed the same human rights. (Equality)
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$500 Question Government Since becoming independent, what challenges is India’s government facing?
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$500 Answer Government Tension/conflicts between religious groups (Hindus and Muslims) Disputes over the region of Kashmir Overpopulation
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$100 Question Culture Which two religions began in South Asia?
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$100 Answer Culture Hinduism and Buddhism
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$200 Question Culture Which religion is most widely practiced in India?
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$200 Answer Culture Hinduism
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$300 Question Culture What religion is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?
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$300 Answer Culture Buddhism
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$400 Question Culture What is cricket and how was it introduced to India?
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$400 Answer from Culture India’s most popular sport Was introduced to India when Great Britain colonized there
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$500 Question Culture Explain how the migration of people into Indian cities has caused changes? (AT LEAST TWO)
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$500 Answer Culture Pollution Shortages in housing, transportation, jobs Increase in crime More poverty Higher population density Slums Etc.
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Final Jeopardy Name this body of water. X
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Final Jeopardy Answer Bay of Bengal
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