AEST COMPREHENSIVE TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Shiva. Answer: A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the
world.
◉ Caste System. Answer: a social structure in which classes are
determined by heredity
◉ Apartheid. Answer: a policy or system of segregation or
discrimination on grounds of race.
◉ Human geographers focus. Answer: on how people make places
on how we organize space a society on how we interact with each
other in places and across space
◉ Urbanization. Answer: An increase in the percentage and in the
number of people living in urban settlements. Causes increased
pollution and housing shortages
◉ Ganges River. Answer: holiest river to Hindus. They believe
bathing in this river will wash away their sins. Also provides
drinking water and irrigation
, ◉ Himalaya Mountains. Answer: a mountain range extending 1500
miles on the border between India and Tibet
◉ Dharma (Hinduism). Answer: a person's religious and moral
duties
◉ Taliban. Answer: A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took
control of Afghanistan's government in 1996
◉ arable land. Answer: land suitable for growing crops
◉ Indus River Valley. Answer: River sources in Himalayas to mouth
in Arabian Sea; location of Harappan civilization.
◉ Indian Caste System. Answer: 1: Brahmanism or Priests
2: Kshatriyas or Rulers and Warriors
3: Vaisyans or Commoners, Farmers, Craftsmen, and Traders
4: Sudras or Laborers and Servants
The caste system was family based and you could not move up a
class
◉ Kashmir. Answer: A region in the northwestern part of the Indian
subcontinent; India and Pakistan dispute control of it.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Shiva. Answer: A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the
world.
◉ Caste System. Answer: a social structure in which classes are
determined by heredity
◉ Apartheid. Answer: a policy or system of segregation or
discrimination on grounds of race.
◉ Human geographers focus. Answer: on how people make places
on how we organize space a society on how we interact with each
other in places and across space
◉ Urbanization. Answer: An increase in the percentage and in the
number of people living in urban settlements. Causes increased
pollution and housing shortages
◉ Ganges River. Answer: holiest river to Hindus. They believe
bathing in this river will wash away their sins. Also provides
drinking water and irrigation
, ◉ Himalaya Mountains. Answer: a mountain range extending 1500
miles on the border between India and Tibet
◉ Dharma (Hinduism). Answer: a person's religious and moral
duties
◉ Taliban. Answer: A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took
control of Afghanistan's government in 1996
◉ arable land. Answer: land suitable for growing crops
◉ Indus River Valley. Answer: River sources in Himalayas to mouth
in Arabian Sea; location of Harappan civilization.
◉ Indian Caste System. Answer: 1: Brahmanism or Priests
2: Kshatriyas or Rulers and Warriors
3: Vaisyans or Commoners, Farmers, Craftsmen, and Traders
4: Sudras or Laborers and Servants
The caste system was family based and you could not move up a
class
◉ Kashmir. Answer: A region in the northwestern part of the Indian
subcontinent; India and Pakistan dispute control of it.
