NewsTracker Answers for week of Dec. 07, 2015

Q: The leaders of India and Pakistan met in Thailand Sunday, four months after an earlier postponement. The South Asian rivals have fought two wars, and recent cross-border firing along the disputed region of Kashmir have killed dozens of people from both sides. Where is India?

Circle the area on this map


Q: Pakistan is on India's . . .

A. Northeast border

B. Southeast border

C. Southwest border

D. Northwest border


D. Pakistan is northwest of India.  China, Nepal and Bhutan are to the northeast, while Myanmar and Bangladesh are to the east. The country is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the southeast, south and southwest.


Q: Kashmir, claimed by both countries in its entirety, has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years. The region gets its name from the Kashmir Valley in which mountain range?

A. Andes

B. Alps

C. Himalayas

D. Urals


C. The Himalayas span five countries - India, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Pakistan - and are home to nine of the ten highest peaks in the world.


Q: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, heid their  "candid, cordial and constructive" talks in Thailand's capital . . .

A. Bangkok

B. Islamabad

C. Kathmandu

D. New Delhi


A. Bangkok was chosen for the talks because it was a convenient location for both sides, an Indian foreign ministry official said. Modi and Sharif also had an unscheduled meeting at the Paris climate change talks last week. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan, and New Delhi is the capital of India.


Q: What has the rivalry between India and Pakistan involved?

A. Terror attacks

B. Nuclear arms race

C. Civil war

D. All of the above


D. Since the 1970s India and Pakistan have built up large arsenals of nuclear weapons. In 1971, India backed rebels in what was then East Pakistan. The rebel and Indian forces defeated Pakistani troops and the nation of Bangladesh was created. In 2008, terrorists from Pakistan killed 164 people and wounded at least 308 in India's largest city Mumbai.