South Asia

What physical features would isolate South Asia from other parts of Asia?  

• Oceans

• Culture

• Mountains

• Rivers

What features would allow contact between this and other regions?

Why do you think this is?  (that most the population lives there?)

• It always has been this way, and the people do not like change

• Populations migrate to water, the Ganges draws people to settle on its banks

• The rest of the land in India Is barren and contains very large deserts

• Buddhism is a big draw, and Buddha's awareness came from a river

What percentage is closest to the percentage of India's population that lives along the Ganges River?

• 20%

• 50%

• 70%

• 100%

Why is the Ganges River Basin so important to India?

• The Ganga is considered a God

• It is a source of food, water, religion

• To be cremated and retruned to the Ganges means to reach Moksha

• None of these answers are correct

Why was India the ‘Jewel in the British Crown’?

• Because the people of India chose the British to lead their development, and presented the king with a crown.

• India supplied the British with precious stones, that they used to build an empire in Europe

• Because India supplied a wealth of resources to Great Britain, that the British took freely, and then charged India with the costs of colonization.

• Because India's culture is brightly colored

Draw Partition

Pakistan was divided between East and West, today, the West is still Pakistan, but East Pakistan became >>>

How has the Green Revolution affected India?

• Decrease in hunger/famine

• Increase in crops, crop yeilds

• Increase in the use of chemicals

• Increase in pest resistance

What benefits came out of British colonization of India? (Check all that apply)

• Railroads

• English language

• Infrastructure

• mercantilism