1. Section 1: Natural Environments Section 2: History and Culture
CHAPTER 26
The Indian Perimeter
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today

2. SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What climates, plants, and animals exist around the Indian Perimeter?

3. forests, bears, wild goats, Indian rhinoceros, snow leopards
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Climate, Plants, and Animals of the Indian Perimeter
Lowlands
Highlands
Bengal tiger, elephant, mango, bamboo, coconut, date palm, rain forests
forests, bears, wild goats, Indian rhinoceros, snow leopards

4. SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What ethnic groups, languages, and religions are prevalent in the countries of the Indian Perimeter?

5. People of the Indian Perimeter
SECTION 2
History and Culture
People of the Indian Perimeter
Ethnic Groups
Languages
Religions
Pakistan
Urdu
Muslim
Bangladesh
Bengalis
Bengali
Muslim
Bhutan
Bhote, Nepalese, tribal peoples
Dzongkha, English
Buddhist
Nepal
Indian Aryan, Tibetan
Nepali, Sino-Tibetan
Hindu
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese, Tamils
Buddhist, Hindu
Maldives
Muslim

6. SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What products do the countries of the Indian Perimeter produce?

7. The Region Today SECTION 3 Products of the Indian Perimeter
Agricultural
Minerals
Manufacturing
Services
jute, rice, tea, rubber, coconut
graphite, gems
textiles, electricity, processed food
tourism

8. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 26
1. Which countries of the Indian Perimeter include parts of the Himalayas? Which include parts of the plain of the Ganges River?
2. Where did Bhutan’s largest ethnic group, the Bhote, come from?
3. On what basis did the British divide their colony of India upon independence in 1947?
4. What are the major industries of Bangladesh?
5. What is the greatest potential energy resource of Nepal and Bhutan?