Physical, Economic, Historical

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SOUTH ASIA
Introduction, Physical, Economic,
Historical Geography
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• ECONOMICS SOUTH ASIA
• Varied Economies
• DEVELOPING WORLD

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• Economic Activity for MOST of
• SOUTH ASIA is
• AGRICULTURE!!!
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• SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
• Rice,Wheat,Corn

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• The Green Revolution
• Increased yields of food production
• India is able to feed itself
• Advanced agricultural technology
• miracle crops (wheat and rice)
• Applies to DEVELOPING countries

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Mineral Resources

• India
• Iron ore
• Manganese
• Bauxite
• Copper
• Northern plains
• Coal
• Mica
• Limestone
• gypsum

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• INDUSTRIES
• INDIA
• Cotton Textiles (Kashmir)
• Iron and Steel
• Film/Movies

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Religions of India

• Hinduism
• Belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of
  many forms and natures, karma
• Buddhism
• 4 truths doesnt believe in any gods
• Christianity
• The Christian religion, founded on the life and
  teachings of Jesus
• Jainism
• Founded in the sixth century B.C., that teaches
  the immortality and transmigration of the soul
  and denies the existence of a perfect or supreme
  being.
• Sikhism
• Religion formed in the early 1500s by blending
  elements of Islam and Hinduism.

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• History of SOUTH ASIA
• INVASIONS
• Aryans spread Hinduism
• Mughals Mongolia
• British colonized 1947

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• TAJ MAHAL
• Built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his favorite
  wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
• National Symbol of India

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LEADERS IN INDIA
Nehru Gandhi
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Mohandas Gandhi

• Satyagraha - non-violent resistance to end
  injustice
• Ideas were rooted from Hindu beliefs, Gandhi
  absorbed ideas about non-violence and respect for
  all life.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

• Led India for 17 years after independence
• Wanted to make India a modern industrial nation.
• Casteless, secular India
• Secular countrys have no official religions
• His daughter Indira Gandhi became prime minister

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• Indira Gandhi
• Prime Minister
• 1966-771980-84

• Rajiv Gandhi
• Prime Minister
• 1984-1989

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Indias Prime Minister
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee