1. South Asia: Introduction

2. South Asia Introduction
Physical Geography
Himalayan Mountain Range
Cultural Isolation

3. South Asia Introduction
Climate
Tropical Savanna, Tropical Rainforest, Desert, Steppe, Highland
Life in South Asia is dominated by monsoon winds

4. South Asia Introduction
Population
India is the 2nd most populous country with 1.2 billion people
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated places in the world
Pakistan has a whole
lot of people, too!

5. South Asia Introduction
History
Cultural Hearth along the Indus River valley
Became a colony of Great Britain
After World War 2,
Mohatma Gandhi began
nonviolent campaign for
independence.
Gained independence
in 1947

6. South Asia Introduction
Conflict
The British divided empire into a country for Hindus (India) and Muslims (Pakistan)
A war between the countries broke out right after independence.
They have not gotten
along since.

7. South Asia Introduction
Religion
Hindu in India and Nepal
Muslim in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan
Buddhist in Bhutan and Sri Lanka

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Economy
Developing in all countries
Subsistence Agriculture is what most people do
India has a lot of manufacturing and service jobs.
India is very famous for outsourcing
Western countries that
have to pay their
employees high wages
look to take their work
somewhere else where
they can pay a lower
wage.

9. South Asia Introduction
Challenges
Conflict between India and Pakistan
Poverty
Population Pressure
Habitat destruction
and deforestation