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Title NameDate Draw a diagram explaining the wind direction PG. 598 Draw a picture of what the monsoon has done to the land Caption explaining picture Write at least a 10 sentence article explaining a monsoon. You can either do the dry wind monsoon or the rainy monsoon. USE YOUR TEXTBOOK on page 557 AND 598 to explain what a monsoon is and how it affects the region. Explain how people deal with the effects the monsoons have. Be creative but have correct information!!! PICTURES MUST BE COLORED

Title NameDate Draw a diagram explaining the wind direction PG. 598 Draw a picture of what the monsoon has done to the land Caption explaining picture Write at least a 10 sentence article explaining a monsoon. You can either do the dry wind monsoon or the rainy monsoon. USE YOUR TEXTBOOK on page 557 AND 598 to explain what a monsoon is and how it affects the region. Explain how people deal with the effects the monsoons have. Be creative but have correct information!!! PICTURES MUST BE COLORED

SOUTH ASIA om/search.php?terms=mons oon&media=video Unit 8 in book!

INTRODUCING SOUTH ASIA Sometimes called the. Home to about 1/4 of the world’s people. Region of great cultural contrasts. Home to 39% of the world’s poor who earn less than $1 a day. Indian Subcontinent

Where is South Asia?

Subcontinent Landmass like a continent, only smaller The Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate. Is it’s own small tectonic plate moving north (creates the Himalayan Mountains) Picture of south Asia Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean Himalayas

GEOGRAPHY Home to the Himalayas – world’s highest mountains. 3 major rivers: I. II. –“brings life to the people” III. Indus Ganges Brahmaputra

The Himalayas More than a 1,000 miles long & 100 miles wide! Tallest mountains in the world Called the “Roof of the World”

Mt. Everest World’s highest peak 29,035 feet!! A 13-year-old American boy is the youngest person ever to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Jordan Romero of California reached the Himalayan summit, 8,850 meters above sea level

Sherpas – mountain people, who are used as mountain guides

Maldives Islands Atoll Islands, formed by the remains of sunken volcanoes, and coral reefs This is an archipelago – chain of islands The Maldives comprise over 1,200 islands

CLIMATE (1)Humid subtropical, (2)Tropical wet and dry, (3) Tropical wet, (4)Semiarid (5) Desert.

Monsoons Seasonal winds Between October and May  DRY winds Between June and September  WARM moist air –Very heavy rains during this time –450 inches of rain (37 ½ feet!!!) –Joyous Celebration = good for crops (rice)

Monsoon diagram

Earthquakes are common in the region. Why?

Cyclone A hurricane that occurs in South Asia/ Indian Ocean

South Asia Vocab Copy down these words, you will need them for a game in the next few day…there will be prizes!! Monsoon Cyclone Alluvial Plain Subcontinent Sherpa Caste System Estuary Kashmir Illiteracy Archipelago Atoll Raj Green Revolution Sultan Constitutional Monarchy Mandala