1. Use with old Green textbook, plus the info sheet and work sheet

2. Guess the country!

3. The customary greeting is done by putting your palms together and with a slight nod of the head, saying "namaste."

4. $1489 GDP Per Capita (2012)

5. “Truth Alone Triumphs”

6. The number system was invented here.

7. Has the highest number of post offices in the world

8. Life expectancy: 67 years

9. It is the 7th largest country in the world

10. Population: 1.2 billion

11. It is in Asia

12. It’s name begins with an I

13. Regional Differences in Development : India
Key Words:
Rural Urban Core Periphery Multiplier Effect
Learning Objectives:
To be able to identify how levels of development may vary within a country, especially between an urban core and a rural periphery.

14. Mapping Regional Differences
Complete the choropleth map (on the A3 sheet) to discover differences in levels of development in India.
Describe what your map shows you in the box underneath the map.

15. The Core
Most growth has been around India’s ports and cities – why?

16. The Multiplier Effect

17. Mumbai – the urban core
The richest core region in India, and has the largest city (Mumbai).
Watch this clip (50 seconds)
What does it tell you about why Mumbai has grown?
Green book p237 for more on why Mumbai has developed.

18. Bihar – the rural periphery
Page 238/9
Subsistence farming
Sharecropping
Role of women
Lack of education

19. Use the information from page 237
Explain why Mumbai has grown
Draw the multiplier effect
Using the information from page 238/9
3. Write 4 statements which prove that Bihar is in India’s less developed periphery.
4. Explain how the factors hinder Bihar’s development
5. Draw the cycle of poverty
Now highlight key facts and terms.
Complete Q4 and 5 from p239