1. Warm Up – 10/3/2012 “Day 2” On your desk: ch 24 section 1 and 2 notes, pen/pencil Warm-up: Write the most interesting thing you learn from watching the CNN news clip today.

2. South Asia

4. Satellite View of South Asia

5. Countries India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka Afghanistan China Myanmar Iran

6. cities New Delhi Madras Benares Calcutta Kabul Bombay Dacca Lahore Colombo Kathmandu Thimbu Karachi Islamabad

7. South Asia: Physical Map

8. Bodies of Water Indus R. Ganges R. Brahmaputra R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

10. India’s Population India has a population of 1,129,866,154, which is nearly the population of China. By 2020 India is expected to overtake China, where the rate of natural increase (0.6 percent) is less than that of India (1.7). The majority of growth is concentrated in the north India’s population has more than doubled since its family planning policy went into effect in the 1950s.

11. The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

12. “Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)

19. The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

21. Elevation Levels

22. Mountains & Peaks Himalayas Mt. Everest ▲ Karakoran Mts. Hindu Kush Vindhya Hills Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Khyber Pass I I

23. Hindu Kush

24. The Khyber Pass

25. The Himalayas  “him” [snow]  “aalaya” [home]  Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet. It is the highest mt. peak in the world.

29. The Himalayas

30. Earthquake Zones in India

31. 2004 Earthquake In Indonesia: Tsunami Devastates Indian Ocean Coastlines!

32. Sri Lanka 2004 earthquake and tsunami

33. Deserts / Plateaus Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau

34. The Deccan Plateau  31,800 square miles in size.  Elevation range: 2,000 – 8,000 feet high.  From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the south”].

35. The Tibetan Plateau  The “Roof of the World.”  average elevation is 16,400 feet.

36. The Thar Desert  The Great Indian Desert  200 - 1500 feet in elevation.  up to 127ºF in July.

37. Climate Regions of South Asia

38. Winter Monsoons: Nov.- April

39. Summer Monsoons: May- Oct.

40. Temperature

41. Major Farming Systems of South Asia

42. Economic Activities & Resources

44. Silk Cultivation

45. Tiger regions

50. Homework ch. 27 Read and take notes from sections 1 & 2 Quiz next class Next Map Test – Wednesday, Oct 10