SOUTH ASIA

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS YOUNG FOLDED PLATE COLLISION NO SUBDUCTION NO VOLCANOES MOUNT EVEREST 29,035’

KASHMIR DISPUTED TERRITORY

GANGES RIVER PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

GANGES RIVER INDIA AND BANGLADESH – 35 YEAR FIGHT SIMILAR TO U.S. AND MEXICO WITH RIO GRANDE INDIA DAM DIVERTS WATER DEFORESTATION, EROSION, SILTING, HIGH SALINITY, DESERTIFICATION

GANGES RIVER

INDUS RIVER ANCIENT CIVILIZATION RUNS THROUGH ARID REGION

MONSOON

TSUNAMI

100 FOOT WAVE 230,000+ DEATHS INDIAN OCEAN

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY RELIGIONS OF SOUTH ASIA

LAKSHMI GODDESS OF WEALTH

GANDHI - INDIA MOHANDAS (MAHATMA – GREAT SOUL) PRISON – TWICE (2 YEARS EACH TIME) SATYAGRAHA (NON-VIOLENT NON-COOPERATION) BOYCOTTS HUNGER STRIKES SALT MARCH = BUS BOYCOTT, ALABAMA 1947 INDIA – INDEPENDENT FROM BRITISH ENDED COLONIALISM/IMPERIALISM PARTITIONING – HINDUISM VS ISLAM REFUGEES – LARGEST GROUP IN HISTORY 1948 ASSASSINATED BY AN UNHAPPY HINDU

GOVERNMENT

ECONOMY – LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT TEXT PAGES 560 – 561 1) WHICH COUNTRY IS LEAST DEVELOPED? 2) WHICH COUNTRY IS MOST DEVELOPED? 3) IS ANY OF THE COUNTRIES AN MDC? 4) WHAT TYPE OF AGRICULTURE IS PROBABLY PRACTICED BY MOST PEOPLE? 5) WHAT IS THE PROBABLE LEVEL OF MEDICAL CARE FOR MOST PEOPLE? 6) HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN MOST AREAS? 7) IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN LIVING FOR AGRICULTURE TYPE, MEDICAL CARE, AND EDUCATION? MIXED TRADITIONAL AND FREE MARKET VARYING LEVELS OF SUCCESS

MEDICAL CARE EDUCATION RURAL VS URBAN

URBAN AREAS

COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

MICROLOANS VERY SMALL LOANS TO PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS, USED TO START A BUSINESS

AGRICULTURE MOSTLY SUBSISTENCE SOME COMMERCIAL ANIMAL AND HUMAN POWER

POPULATION INDIA - 2ND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN WORLD 1.2+ BILLION OVERPOPULATION? (TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR AVAILABLE RESOURCES) EXPECTED TO SURPASS CHINA ABOUT 2030 BANGLADESH – ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES IN WORLD

POPULATION

OVERCROWDING EQUALS DISASTER AND DEATH BANGLADESH FERRY

OUTSOURCING POSITIVES FOR OUTSOURCING COUNTRY? NEGATIVES FOR OUTSOURCING COUNTRY? POSITIVES FOR OUTSOURCEE COUNTRY? NEGATIVES FOR OUTSOURCEE COUNTRY?

OUTSOURCING

AFGHANISTAN

TERRORISM TALIBAN – AFGHAN AGENDA AL QAEDA – GLOBAL AGENDA

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

HONOR KILLINGS

CASTE SYSTEM Brahmana (Brahmin): Engaged in scriptural education and teaching, the continuation of knowledge. Kshatriya: Public service, administration, law and order, defense. Vaishya: Commercial activity, businessmen. Shudra: Semi-skilled and unskilled laborers. Dalit: Untouchables, out of caste (outcast) DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOCIAL CLASS TRADITIONAL STRONGER IN RURAL AREAS

CASTE SYSTEM BRAHMIN

CASTE SYSTEM KSHATRIYA

CASTE SYSTEM VAISHYA

CASTE SYSTEM SHUDRA

CASTE SYSTEM DALIT

CASTE SYSTEM NO LONGER THE LAW BUT STILL GOING STRONG!