1. South Asia
Unit 8

2. Physical Geography
Chapter 23

3. Subcontinent…
The Himalayas…
Mount. Everest (29,028ft)…

5. Khyber Pass Pakistan and Afghanistan… One of the oldest
Passes, formerly
Part of The Silk
Road

6. Deccan Plateau…
Sri Lanka…
Maldives…

7. The Water
The Ganges River…
Brahmaputra River…
Indus Rivers…

8. Alluvial Plain

9. December 2004- Tsunami Strike
230,000 killed

10. The Thar Desert

11. Rain
Monsoons…
~Benefits and Drawbacks…
~Drought/Flooding
Cyclones…

12. Cultural Geography
Chapter 24

13. India 1.1 Billion people… 15% of the world’s population…
~70% is rural
India’s struggles…

14. Cities
Mumbai…
Kolkata…
Delhi…

15. The Caste System

16. India and Pakistan split
1947
British separate the two in order to…

17. Indian Independence

18. Mahatma Ghandi 1869-1948 March 12, 1930 - March to the sea
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” .

19. Bollywood

21. Kashmir conflict

22. Religions 95-98% of Pakistanis are Muslim…
Bangladesh-~ Islam (89.7%) Hinduism (9.2%).  Buddhists (0.7%), Christians (0.3%)

23. Religions Nepal… Bhutan… Sri Lanka… Maldives… ~ Primarily Hindu
~ Primarily Buddhists
Sri Lanka…
~Primarily Buddhists
Maldives…
~ Primarily Muslim

24. Nepal
Kathmandu District….

25. The Region Today
Chapter 25

26. Industries Subsistence Farming… Cash Crops… Biomass… Cottage industry…
Ship Breaking…

27. Bhutan limiting tourists…
Sustainable Development…

28. Nuclear Proliferation