population, poverty, parliament, imperialism, & partition south asia - political
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Population, Poverty, Parliament, Imperialism, & Partition
South Asia - Political
Objectives
• Identify the five nations of Southern Asia on a blank map – India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
• Describe the population problems faced by India and Bangladesh, including sex ratios.
• Discuss the problems of poverty and employment in India and Bangladesh.
• Describe life in a sweat shop and decide whether you think they should be allowed to continue.
• Describe the partition of India.
Cash crop is a crop grown to sell.
Terms and People
Sweat Shop is a factory with poor working conditions.
Subsistence Farming is growing crops only to eat.
Parliament is a lawmaking body similar to congress. Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Colonialism is the domination of one country by another for a profit.
Bollywood is the Indian film industry
POPULATION
POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
About 7 out of 10 Indians live in villages and farm for a living.
Many villages are without ordinary utilities such as fresh water, sewage and electricity.
Houses belonging to more prosperous families in a village are made of better materials than those of poorer villagers.
Many poor villagers own only a charpoy, or wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress.
Where do the Indian
people work?
What crop is most widely
grown in India?
Some Indians work on large farms growing cash crops, which are plants grown to sell.
Other Indians work their own farms, growing only enough to keep their families alive.
This is called subsistence farming.
Some Indians work in modern factories.
Others work in crowded and unsafe factories called sweatshops.
COLONIALISM AND PARTITION
South Asia has been invaded repeatedly.
The Muslims invaded in the 1500s and
stayed until 1707.
The Taj Mahal of India was built by the Muslims.
It is not a mosque, but a tomb.
The British were more interested in building rail than elaborate
tombs.
After the Muslims came the British.
Under the British, most of South Asia was united.
Using only peaceful means, a man named
Gandhi led the Indians in an effort to force the
British to leave.
India, however, did not stay together.
Muslims moved to Pakistan; Hindus moved to India.
CONFLICTS TODAY
India and Pakistan could never decide who controls the northern parts, and they continue to fight over it.
Areas of Conflict Today
The Tamils want their
own country.
Tamil
Singhalese
What does the word “partition” mean?
A legal distinction is recognized between male and female
Each part of the population gets its share of goods.
A country divides itself up and populations move to its part.
Between which countries did partition take place?
India / Pakistan & Bangladesh
India / Nepal & Bhutan
Pakistan / Nepal & China
Bangladesh / India & Burma
What was the primary reason for the partition?
Language
Religion
Race
Marxism
Which area is Pakistan and India fighting over?
Sri Lanka
Deccan Plateau
Ganges River
Punjab
Where does India currently rank in population?
Highest, with China second
2nd highest, after China
2nd highest, after Bangladesh
Highest, with USA second
Which of the following are problems associated with population in South Asia?
Clean water supply
A balance between sexes
Employment
Famine
What sort of migration is occurring in India and Bangladesh?
From north to south
From country to city
From highlands to lowlands
From India to Bangladesh
Which language is most widely spoken in India?
Bengali
Hindi
Kannada
Punjabi
Please Read “India in the Midst of Change.” World Studies: Asia and the Pacific. Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005. Pg. 184-189.Topic: population, middle class, growing economy, education, Pakistan conflictVocab: textiles, malnutrition, life expectancy, literacy rate
Please Read “South Asia: Cultures and History.” World Studies: Asia and the Pacific. Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005. Pg. 96-102. Topic: Mohenjo Daro, Aryan Invasion, religions, Empires, Islam, Brits, GandhiVocab: caste, colony, boycott, partition