1. Warm Up
Who were the two groups involved in the Civil War in Sri Lanka?
Why were they fighting one another?

2. Today’s Issues in South Asia
Day 5: Chapter 26

3. How has the population grown?
Basic necessities: food, clothing and shelter
Many do not have these in South Asia
Skyrocketing population
Will become largest populated country

4. Why are resources failing?
Population too large to support
Widespread poverty and illiteracy
Poor sanitation and lack of education causes disease to spread
Limited health care

5. If population continues to grow EACH YEAR
India will need to:
Build 127,000 new village schools
Hire 400,000 teachers
Construct 2.5 million NEW homes
Create 4 million new jobs
Produce an additional 6 million tons of food

6. How are they managing their population?
Smaller family campaign
However, this is not working
Children are seen as income
Infant mortality rate is high
Poster from 1992 campaign

7. What extreme weather conditions do they have?
Monsoons are WIND systems
South Asia has 2 seasons
Summer monsoon: moist, winds stir up powerful storms, rain
June through September
Winter monsoon: dry, cool, little moisture
October through February

8. What does the weather do to the economy?
Rain needed to water crops
However, too much rain causes flooding
Can also cause droughts
Threat of famine is always present
People can lose homes and government cannot help
South Asian countries buy food to make up what is lost from monsoons and cyclones
Some have built dams and storm shelters

9. Turn and Talk:

10. What political tensions are there?
Weather can cause issues in politics
India constructed a dam that took water from the Ganges
However, Bangladesh needed the water as well
Dispute ended in 1997, however proves how the weather can impact politics

11. Monsoon Video