SOUTH ASIA

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SOUTH ASIA
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OBJECTIVES

• Students will
• discover what monsoons are, why they occur, and
  how they influence climate.
• examine the effects of climate and how it shapes
  life in four climate zones in South Asia.
• investigate how climate affects other parts of
  the world.

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• South Asia is located on
• a SUBCONTINENT
• The HIMALAYAS cuts off South Asia from the rest
  of Asia.

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Climographs-Temperature-Precipitation
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CLIMATE

• Climates range from ARID to TROPICAL

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• India is the 2nd most populated country in the
  world. (after CHINA ) 1 out of 5 people in the
  world live in South Asia

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ECONOMY

• Most people in this area are FARMERS
• It is one of the POOREST-areas after sub Saharan
  Africa.
• India has become one of the fastest growing major
  economies, and is considered a newly
  industrialized country however, it continues to
  face the challenges of poverty, illiteracy,
  corruption and inadequate public health. A
  nuclear weapons state it has the third-largest
  standing army in the world.

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RELIGION

• HINDUISM -in India and Nepal
• - Pakistan is ISLAM