1. India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
GDP/capita
India - $4,000
Pakistan - $3,100
Afghanistan - $1,100

2. Three Columns
OWN IT: you will list terms here that you know, can define, feel you understand completely
FAMILIAR W/IT: this column is for terms you have heard, might be able to fake knowing, but really aren’t sure exactly how to use
WHAT IS IT: this final column is for terms that are very new to you and that you know you must learn

3. The TERMS for you to sort and master:
Taj Mahal
Benazir Bhutto
Hinduism
Osama bin-Laden
Islam
drones
caste system
Khyber Pass
Kashmir
Taliban
partition
secular
Pervez Musharraf
al-Qaeda

4. Political

5. Physical

6. What is this?

7. Taj Mahal
Built from
It is a mausoleum for the third wife of emperor Shah Jahan, who died during the birth of their 14th child
Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
In this world this edifice has been made;
To display thereby the creator’s glory.

8. India
Cut off from the rest of the continent by deserts, mountains and jungles.
Ancient culture – 3rd millennium BCE
Hinduism developed 1500BCE
Amalgamation of many different influences over the centuries
Responsible for the ruling the practical aspects of life
Colonized by Britain – including Pakistan
Partitioned in 1947
Pakistan and India separated (religious differences)

9. Issues Population Caste system Poverty 1.2 billion
Feeding this many people is a problem
Dependent on foreign aid
Caste system
Steeped in tradition
Does not allow movement between the classes
Poverty
400 million in dire poverty

10. Poverty World-wide issue Read “The End of Extreme Poverty?”
Complete the (2-sided) worksheet on your own paper.

11. Issues Population Caste system Poverty Kashmir 1.2 billion
Feeding this many people is a problem
Dependent on foreign aid
Caste system
Steeped in tradition
Does not allow movement between the classes
Poverty
400 million in dire poverty
Kashmir
Territorial dispute between India, Pakistan and China

12. Kashmir An agreement in 1947 gave control to India
After an undeclared war Pakistan retained control over 38%
Several wars later, the lines remain the same

13. What is this?

14. Mohenjo-daro Ruins of the ancient Indus River civilization
Abandoned by the Indus people around the 19th century BCE
Rediscovered in 1922
Presently threatened by erosion and improper restoration… why?

15. Pakistan Under British control considered part of India
1947 partition – split from India and from itself… Bangladesh
Earned their independence after a war with India
Since 1947, Pakistan has spent half that time under military control
Creates political and economic instability
1998 – both India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons

16. U.S. and Pakistan
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 80s forced a relationship
Pakistan became dependent on aid
Development of the nuclear weaponry severed relations for a time
1999 – another military coup – Gen. Pervez Musharraf became president
After 9/11, the U.S. had to reestablish connections with Pakistan to fight al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
Strained relationship
Political strife – assassination of moderate Benazir Bhutto
Osama bin Laden found in their country
Drone strikes

17. What is this?

18. Khyber Pass Mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan
Very old – Silk Road
Famous for many invasions over the millennia
Darius I
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan

19. Afghanistan Landlocked country
No easy access to trade
Crossroads
Borders have been determined by outsiders
Majority ethnicity is the Pashtu people
Multiple minority ethnicities
Ruling monarchy until 1973, coup led to downward spiral
Invasion by USSR in 1979
Withdrew in 1989 (their “Vietnam”)
Resulted in chaos and warfare
Taliban regime takes control in 1996
Extremist Islamic law instituted
Protected al-Qaeda