world geography
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11SouthAsia.pptxSOUTH ASIA! THE MYSTICAL REGION!
DEFINING THE REGION
Diverse but unified, why?
Small in territory by DENSELY POPULATED!!!!
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives!
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY!
Diverse physical geography
Mountains vs Monsoon
Northern Mountains, River Lowlands, Southern Plateaus
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY!
Indus Valley Civilization
First Euro Invaders: Aryans and Greeks!
Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism
British Invaders? They did some good this time….???
Partition: Caused some issues between India and Pakistan that is still going on today
CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY
Population is growing, may overtake China!
Population Geography and Physiologic Density!
Demographic Burden and Gender Bias
Importance of Agriculture
Extreme Weather Events: Hotter Summers, Wetter Monsoons, and Extreme Drought
Lots of poverty here and it is BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUB-REGIONS: PAKISTAN
Home to realm’s earliest civilization!
The size of La and Tx combined!
Islam unites Pakistan but still Sunni and Shi’ites have issues
Kashmir and Jammu
SUB-REGIONS: INDIA
Most populated and richest sub-region, world’s largest democracy
Religion, language, and issues!
Boundary issues!
Sikhism! Hindutva! Urbanization!
Power Outages
SUB-REGIONS: BANGLADESH!
Born in 1971, Pakistan is its mother
Poor, not developed, natural disasters
Muslim but not fundamentalist
SUB-REGIONS: THE MOUNTAINOUS NORTH!
Landlocked Countries
Buffer States
Hinduism vs Buddhism
Tensions with China
SUB-REGIONS: THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS!
Maldives and Global Warming plus drugs
Sri Lanka: Buddhist Nation vs Tamil Muslims
