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SOUTH ASIA PHYSICAL, CULTURAL & HUMAN GEOGRAPHY REVIEW. NOTES ACTIVITY. DRAW A LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF A SHEET OF PAPER. YOU ARE CREATING “CORNELL STYLE” NOTES WRITE THE WORD/WORDS IN RED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE AND THE REST OF THE BLACK WORDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE
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NOTES ACTIVITY • DRAW A LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF A SHEET OF PAPER. • YOU ARE CREATING “CORNELL STYLE” NOTES • WRITE THE WORD/WORDS IN RED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE AND THE REST OF THE BLACK WORDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE • THE TITLE IS SOUTH ASIA CORNELL NOTES REVIEW
THE SHAPE OF SOUTH ASIA • EARTHQUAKES TAKE PLACE IN THE LITHOSPHERE • TECTONIC FORCES ARE MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC FORMATIONS OF NORTHERN INDIA • NEPAL AND BHUTAN ARE LANDLOCKED NATIONS HIGH UP IN THE HIMALAYA MTS • THE DECCAN PLATEAU IS A HIGHLANDS AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIA FORMED BY TECTONIC FORCES. ITS RUGGED PHYSICAL FEATURES MAKE ITS POPULATION MUCH LOWER THAN MOST PARTS OF INDIA.
SOUTH ASIA & ITS WATER • HINDUS CONSIDER THE GANGES SACRED, BUT OFTEN DUMP DEAD BODIES, ASHES. DEAD COWS, & RAW SEAGE INTO IT. • THE GANGES IS ONE OF THE MOST POLUTED RIVERS IN THE WORLD • SOUTH ASIA’S RIVERS CAN CAUSE MASSIVE FLODDING BECAUSE : Flood prone areas are located along major river systems where silting has created low lying areas that flood easily during spring snowmelt and monsoon rains. • MOSOONS ARE WIND PATTERNS THAT BRING SEASONAL RAIND AND DROUGHT TO MUCH OF SOUTH ASIA
RELIGIONS • HINDUISM DOMINATES INDIA AND MUCH OF SOUTH ASIA • HINDUS ARE POLYTHEISTIC, BELIEVING IN MANY GODS • SIKHISM WAS FOUNDED IN THE 15TH CENTURY BY GURU NANAK DEV • SIKHS BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION AND ONE GOD • BUDDHISM WAS ALSO FOUNDED IN SOUTH ASIA BY SIDDHARTHA GUATAMA • BUDDHISTS BELIVE IN THE EIGHFOLD PATH, REINCARNATION & THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES • THE CASTE SYSTEM IS STILL WIDELY ACCEPTED IN INDIA DESPITE BEING OUTLAWED IN 1947. THIS SYSTEM SEPERATES PEOPLE BY SOCIAL CLASSES THAT CANNOT BE CROSSED EXCEPT THROUGH DEATH AND REINCARNATION. • ARRANGED MARRIAGES, WHERE THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN ARRANGE DEALS FOR THEM TO MARRY, ARE STILL COMMON PRACTCE IN INDIA AND MUCH OF SOUTH ASIA.
INDIA’S POPULATION • INDIA HAS A POPULATION OF OVER 1 BILLION • THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO LIMIT POPULATION GROWTH BY ADVERTISING IDEAS THAT INDIANS SHOULD HAVE NO MORE THAN 2 KIDS • INFANT MORTALITY RATES HAVE DECREASED AT A HIGH RATE OF THE LAST 40 YEARS • HEALTH CARE ADVANCEMENTS HAVE ALSO ALLOWED INDIAN TO LIVE WELL INTO OLD AGE • EVEN THOUGH BIRTH RATES ARE DOWN NOW, THE POPULATION IS STILL EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED HEALTH AND SURVIVAL OF INDIAN PEOPLE • THIS WILL PUT MANY PEOPLE IN AN UNUSUAL POSITION THAT INDIA HASN’T DEALT WITH BEFORE: PLANNING FOR LFE & CARE OF THE ELDERLY ON A LARGE SCALE
KASHMIR • INDIA HAS CONROLLED KASHMIR FOR MOST OF THE LAST 50 YEARS • KASHMIR IS A CONTENDED AREA BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE ARE MUSLIM AND PAKISTAN IS AN ISLAMIC STATE