| A | B |
|---|
| rice | major food crop of Asia |
| second | world rank of India in rice production |
| Bangladesh | two of the leading rice producers: India and___________ |
| cotton | major crop used in textile production |
| fish | major export of Maldives |
| tourism | major industry in Maldives |
| farming | major economic activity in south Asia |
| subsistence farming | most S. Asian farmers engage in this type of farming |
| subsistence | farming in which the farmer grows food for his family |
| commercial | type of farming where crops are grown for sale in the market |
| commercial | this type of farming mostly done in Sri Lanka |
| tourism | this industry is growing in Nepal and Bhutan because of the Himalayas |
| Himalayas | mountain range found in Nepal, Bhutan and India |
| Himalayas | mountain range blocks cold northern air from blowing into India |
| Calcutta | major port city in India |
| Karachi | major port city in Pakistan |
| textiles | fabric or woven cloth |
| textiles | major manufacturing product in south Asia |
| atoll | ring-shaped coral island with lagoon found in Maldives |
| lagoon | area in center of atoll; shallow body of water near sand bar and larger body of water |
| Indo-Gangetic Plain | area on which a lot of farming is done |
| Brahmaputra-Ganges Delta | area in which a lot of farming is done |
| Bay of Bengal | large body of water bordering India and Bangladesh |
| Arabian Sea | large body of water bordering Pakistan and India |
| Indus | river valley where one of the first civilizations in the world began |
| east | part of Pakistan where most people live |
| highlands | landform found in northern and western Pakistan |
| K2 | second largest mountain in the world found in Pakistan in the Karokoram Range |
| Mount Everest | highest mountain in the world |
| fifteenth | world rank of India's wealth relative to other countries |
| Pakistan | forty-fifth wealthiest country in the world |
| sixty | approximate percent of literate people in India |
| male | this gender is approximately 50% more literate than the other gender |
| monsoon | wind that brings rain during the summer and dry air in winter months |
| summer monsoon | wind that brings rain from the ocean, blows from the south |
| winter monsoon | wind that blows dry air, starting from the land blowing toward the sea |
| wet monsoon | causes flooding of the Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganges Rivers |
| India | south Asian country with most natural resources |
| Maldives | South Asian country with highest literacy rate in region |
| Sri Lanka | South Asian country with second highest literacy rate in region |
| Sri Lanka | S. Asian country is one of the world's leading producers of tea and rubber |
| Maldives | least wealth country in South Asia |
| India | S. Asian country whose major export is gemstones and jewelry |
| cardamom | major export of Bhutan |
| cyclones | major disaster that causes destruction in Bangladesh |
| landlocked | one reason Nepal has little trade with outside world |
| Sherpa | mountain guides of the Himalaya |
| Land of Thunder Dragon | nickname for Bhutan because of violent mountain storms |
| natural resource | product from the earth that people use to meet their needs |
| energy resource | coal from India is an example of this type of natural resource |
| food resource | corn, fish and fertile soil are examples of this type of natural resource |
| product resource | examples of this type of natural resource is iron or manganese as found in India |
| water | energy resource |
| gemstone | product resource |
| cattle | food resource |
| highland climate | climate found in northern Bhutan and Nepal |
| highland climate | climate found in high elevations, cooler and drier the higher the elevation |
| tropical climate | climate found in Maldives |
| subtropical and tropical | climates found in India and Bangladesh |
| desert and steppe | major climate zones found in Pakistan |
| low population | population found in mountainous areas |
| valleys | where most people live in a mountainous area |
| forty | percent of Indian people who live on Ganges Plain |
| India and Bangladesh | two of the most crowded places in the world |
| equator | site of the most direct rays of the sun |
| Maldives | South Asian country wclosest to the equator |
| wood products | Sri Lanka's dense rainforests are the source of this major export |
