South Asian Geography

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South Asian Geography

• Sections of South Asia

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Northern South Asia

• Hindu Kush and Himalayas separate South Asia from
  the rest of Asia.
• Make it a subcontinent.
• Keep in the warm winds from the South
• Keep out the cold winds from the North.

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Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Three important rivers
• Indus
• Ganges
• Brahmaputra
• 40 inches of rain a year
• Rice, wheat and tea are grown

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Deccan Plateau

• Vindhya Mountains separate northern part of India
  from the southern part.
• The southern part of India is dominated by the
  Deccan Plateau.
• Less rain
• Wheat and cotton are grown
• Deccan Plateau rimmed by Eastern and Western Ghats

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South Asian Geography Monsoons
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DEFINITION OF MONSOONS

• Warm, rain-bearing winds
• Seasonal
• Blow North off the Indian Ocean
• Blow over the Vindhya Mountains
• When they hit the Himalaya Mountains, the clouds
  release the rain and water the Indo-Gangetic
  Plain

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Effects of Monsoons

• Positive
• Provide water for farming
• Provide water for human needs
• Negative
• Flooding
• Disease
• Death

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South Asian Geography General Information
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Resources

• Lots of coal
• Some iron
• NO OIL

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Population

• Over 1,000,000,000 people
• About size of continental USA
• About 4 times the amount of people

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Languages

• 700 different dialects
• 15 official languages
• 30 speak Hindi
• English is the UNOFFICIAL BUT OFFICIAL language

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Traditional Economy

• Definition An economy in which people produce
  their own goods and services within the village.
• Villages basic unit of society
• Ruled by a chief or counsel of elders
• Few families to a few hudnred living in a single
  village
• Castes different castes rquired to do different
  jobs

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Social Groups

• Gentry wealthy landowners who owned vast amounts
  of property.
• Artisans craftsmen
• Peasants poor owned little land or paid rent
• Standard of living average amount of goods and
  services the people in a society have
• Social Mobility the ability to move from once
  class to another
• Literacy the ability to read and write