Chapter 26 Notes

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Chapter 26 Notes

• Todays Issues South Asia

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Section 1- Population Explosion

• Indias population has gotten so big that many of
  Indias people lack lifes basic necessities-
• Food, clothing, shelter

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Section 1- Population Explosion

• South Asia has 22 of worlds population, yet
  only 3 of the land.
• 3 of the top 10 most populous countries in world
  are here
• India
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh

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Section 1- Population Explosion

• Poverty illiteracy (inability to read or write)
  are common problems of South Asia

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Section 1- Population Explosion

• Why is population growing so much?
• Indian women usually marry before 18
• Start having kids early
• Kids are a source of income
• Represent security in old age
• High infant mortality rate
• Lack of education

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Section 2- Living with Extreme Weather

• Summer Monsoon-wind system that blows from the SW
  across Indian Ocean toward S. Asia
• Lots of moisture
• Winter Monsoon- wind system that blows from NE
  Asia to the Ocean
• Little moisture

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Section 2- Living with Extreme Weather

• Monsoons make life difficult because of the
  extremes between summer winter
• Intense drought followed by intense rain