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Check your map!. South Asia. Where is SOUTH ASIA??. http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm. Countries of South Asia:. INDIA. PAKISTAN. BANGLADESH. MALDIVES. NEPAL. BHUTAN. SrI LANKA. PHYSICAL FEATURES. MOUNTAINS:. HIMALAYAS. World ’ s Tallest Peaks
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South Asia
Where is SOUTH ASIA?? http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm
Countries of South Asia: INDIA PAKISTAN BANGLADESH MALDIVES NEPAL BHUTAN SrI LANKA
PHYSICAL FEATURES MOUNTAINS: HIMALAYAS • World’s Tallest Peaks • Mt. Everest (29, 028)feet(#1 on Ch. 22HW)
1st to climb Everest! May 25th, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (his sherpa)
Sherpa – mountain guides of the Everest region. Look at the next page of notes! Vocabulary word on the first page!
Eastern and Western Ghats (India) • Twin Escarpments in South India – “V” shaped.
RIVERS Large Delta GANGES Used for trade, irrigation,& transportation,
GANGES Cont… Religious Significance – sacred to Hindus
GANGES Cont… Heavily Polluted!(#5 on Ch. 22HW)
RIVERS cont… Brahmaputra River • flooding Indus River
ISLAND COUNTRIES MALDIVES SRI LANKA
#7 – Chapter 22 HW What are these islands called? ATOLLS Vocabulary Word!!!!!
CLIMATE • Highland • Humid Subtropical • Desert (Thar Desert) in Northern India • Semi- Arid • Tropical Wet • Tropical Wet and Dry
Weather Phenomena Monsoons - seasonal winds Ch.22- #8 Cyclone – violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain Vocabulary Words! Find them in Your packet!
#8 – Chapter 22 HW • “Season” (Arabic) • Summer Monsoon (Wet) • Winter Monsoon (Dry)
#9 on Chapter 22 HW! CYCLONE Similar to what? Hurricanes! Typhoons!
History: • Indian civilization began in the Indus Valley(now Pakistan) Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro 1st two cities Built in the Indus River Valley
Indian Empires: Mauryan Asoka Gupta Chandragupta I Mughal(Mogul) Akbar
1857 – British established direct rule over India British control – known as the raj. Mohandas Gandhi – Influenced Martin Luther King, JR Began opposition movement based on nonviolent resistance. August 14, 1947 – India became independent.
CULTURE Religions: INDIA – Hinduism • Caste System - Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, and Dalits(Untouchables) Pakistan & Bangladesh – Islam • Ramadan – a month long period of fasting (Fasting – one of the 5 Pillars of Islam) Vocabulary Word!
Buddhism • official religion of Bhutan • founder was Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha, was born on the borders of present-day Nepal and India in the sixth century B.C. #4 – Chapter 23 HW Vocabulary Word!
Cultural landscape: The Taj Mahal #12 –Chapter 23 HW Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India in memory of Mumtaz, Mahal.
Vocabulary Review!!!! Double Check your answers!