1. SOUTH ASIA

2. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

3. HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS YOUNG FOLDED PLATE COLLISION NO SUBDUCTION NO VOLCANOES MOUNT EVEREST 29,035’

4. KASHMIR DISPUTED TERRITORY

5. GANGES RIVER PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

6. GANGES RIVER INDIA AND BANGLADESH – 35 YEAR FIGHT SIMILAR TO U.S. AND MEXICO WITH RIO GRANDE INDIA DAM DIVERTS WATER DEFORESTATION, EROSION, SILTING, HIGH SALINITY, DESERTIFICATION

7. GANGES RIVER

9. INDUS RIVER ANCIENT CIVILIZATION RUNS THROUGH ARID REGION

10. MONSOON

11. TSUNAMI

12. 100 FOOT WAVE 230,000+ DEATHS INDIAN OCEAN

13. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY RELIGIONS OF SOUTH ASIA

14. LAKSHMI GODDESS OF WEALTH

15. GANDHI - INDIA MOHANDAS (MAHATMA – GREAT SOUL) PRISON – TWICE (2 YEARS EACH TIME) SATYAGRAHA (NON-VIOLENT NON-COOPERATION) BOYCOTTS HUNGER STRIKES SALT MARCH = BUS BOYCOTT, ALABAMA 1947 INDIA – INDEPENDENT FROM BRITISH ENDED COLONIALISM/IMPERIALISM PARTITIONING – HINDUISM VS ISLAM REFUGEES – LARGEST GROUP IN HISTORY 1948 ASSASSINATED BY AN UNHAPPY HINDU

16. GOVERNMENT

17. ECONOMY – LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT TEXT PAGES 560 – 561 1) WHICH COUNTRY IS LEAST DEVELOPED? 2) WHICH COUNTRY IS MOST DEVELOPED? 3) IS ANY OF THE COUNTRIES AN MDC? 4) WHAT TYPE OF AGRICULTURE IS PROBABLY PRACTICED BY MOST PEOPLE? 5) WHAT IS THE PROBABLE LEVEL OF MEDICAL CARE FOR MOST PEOPLE? 6) HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN MOST AREAS? 7) IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN LIVING FOR AGRICULTURE TYPE, MEDICAL CARE, AND EDUCATION? MIXED TRADITIONAL AND FREE MARKET VARYING LEVELS OF SUCCESS

18. MEDICAL CARE EDUCATION RURAL VS URBAN

19. URBAN AREAS

26. COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

27. MICROLOANS VERY SMALL LOANS TO PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS, USED TO START A BUSINESS

28. AGRICULTURE MOSTLY SUBSISTENCE SOME COMMERCIAL ANIMAL AND HUMAN POWER

29. POPULATION INDIA - 2ND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN WORLD 1.2+ BILLION OVERPOPULATION? (TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR AVAILABLE RESOURCES) EXPECTED TO SURPASS CHINA ABOUT 2030 BANGLADESH – ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES IN WORLD

30. POPULATION

32. OVERCROWDING EQUALS DISASTER AND DEATH BANGLADESH FERRY

34. OUTSOURCING POSITIVES FOR OUTSOURCING COUNTRY? NEGATIVES FOR OUTSOURCING COUNTRY? POSITIVES FOR OUTSOURCEE COUNTRY? NEGATIVES FOR OUTSOURCEE COUNTRY?

35. OUTSOURCING

36. AFGHANISTAN

37. TERRORISM TALIBAN – AFGHAN AGENDA AL QAEDA – GLOBAL AGENDA

38. NUCLEAR WEAPONS

41. HONOR KILLINGS

44. CASTE SYSTEM Brahmana (Brahmin): Engaged in scriptural education and teaching, the continuation of knowledge. Kshatriya: Public service, administration, law and order, defense. Vaishya: Commercial activity, businessmen. Shudra: Semi-skilled and unskilled laborers. Dalit: Untouchables, out of caste (outcast) DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOCIAL CLASS TRADITIONAL STRONGER IN RURAL AREAS

45. CASTE SYSTEM BRAHMIN

46. CASTE SYSTEM KSHATRIYA

47. CASTE SYSTEM VAISHYA

48. CASTE SYSTEM SHUDRA

49. CASTE SYSTEM DALIT

50. CASTE SYSTEM NO LONGER THE LAW BUT STILL GOING STRONG!