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Todays Issues in South Asia
  • Chapter 26

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Population Explosion
  • Over 1 billion inhabitants in India
  • People lack basic necessities

3
Population Explosion
  • South Asia is home to 22 of the worlds
    population but these people live on only 3 of
    the worlds land area.

4
Population Explosion
  • Consequences
  • Wide spread poverty
  • Illiteracy
  • Poor sanitation
  • Lack of health education disease

5
Managing Population Growth
  • Lets have small families for a stronger India
  • Children are source of income
  • Children represent security in old age

6
Living with Extreme Weather
  • Monsoon Seasons
  • Summer Monsoon stir up powerful storms,
    flooding
  • Winter Monsoon carries little moisture, droughts

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Living with Extreme Weather
  • Physical Impacts of Monsoons
  • Flooding
  • Cyclones
  • Droughts

8
Living with Extreme Weather
  • Economic Impact of Monsoons
  • Agriculture is difficult
  • Lose homes and families
  • Cant afford to rebuild

9
Living with Extreme Weather
  • Political Tensions
  • India and Bangladesh
  • Water rights

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The Fight over Kashmir
  • India vs. Pakistan
  • Kashmir ceded to India in 1947
  • Kashmir is mostly Muslim
  • Fighting from 1947 to 1971

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The Fight over Kashmir
  • India and Pakistan each control a part of Kashmir
  • Nuclear threats began in 1998
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