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South AsiaSouth AsiaUNITFPO88554 Unit 8 Unit 8555 WHY IT S IMPORTANT Many of the countries of South Asiahave earned their independence rela-tively recently, but they have their rootsin very ancient civilizations. The rich cul-ture, minerals, and spices of the areahave attracted foreign invaders for hun-dreds of years. Since the subcontinentshook off the cloak of British colonialrule in the 20th century, political and reli-gious rivalries within the region havethreatened its peace and stability. Thegovernments of South asia are strug-gling to overcome their differences andincrease the region s role in trade andtechnological learn more about South asia and its impact on your world, view the World Regions video South asia . Monk in front of dome of Buddhist shrine, NepalWorld Regions VideoNGS a giant pointed tooth, South asia juts out of the Asian continentand into the salty waters of the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, andthe Bay of mountains separate this region fromthe rest of greatest of these are the mountains of theHimalaya, which include Mount Everest the tallest peak on of the Himalaya, the land descends to fertile lowlands that are watered by the Indus, Brahmaputra, and Ganges River systems.

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1 South AsiaSouth AsiaUNITFPO88554 Unit 8 Unit 8555 WHY IT S IMPORTANT Many of the countries of South Asiahave earned their independence rela-tively recently, but they have their rootsin very ancient civilizations. The rich cul-ture, minerals, and spices of the areahave attracted foreign invaders for hun-dreds of years. Since the subcontinentshook off the cloak of British colonialrule in the 20th century, political and reli-gious rivalries within the region havethreatened its peace and stability. Thegovernments of South asia are strug-gling to overcome their differences andincrease the region s role in trade andtechnological learn more about South asia and its impact on your world, view the World Regions video South asia . Monk in front of dome of Buddhist shrine, NepalWorld Regions VideoNGS a giant pointed tooth, South asia juts out of the Asian continentand into the salty waters of the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, andthe Bay of mountains separate this region fromthe rest of greatest of these are the mountains of theHimalaya, which include Mount Everest the tallest peak on of the Himalaya, the land descends to fertile lowlands that are watered by the Indus, Brahmaputra, and Ganges River systems.

2 SouthAsia s southern tip is outlined by the Eastern andWestern Ghats, ranges of low mountains that frame an arid tableland called the Deccan snowy highlands to sun-scorched deserts, South asia has a variety of climate climate is greatly affected by monsoons seasonal winds thatbring cycles of wet and dry weather to the Makes South asia a Region?1 Bright bridles and nose ringsadorn a camel in the Thar, orGreat Indian, Desert. Straddlingnorthwestern India and easternPakistan, the desert lies beyondthe reach of heavy monsoonrains. Camels are a traditionalmeans of transportation in thisarid part of South ATLAS8556 Unit 8 Water swirls down a street in Delhi during India s wetmonsoon season. Each year as summer approaches, windpatterns shift and moist air fromthe Indian Ocean sweeps overthe subcontinent. Once therains begin, they may continuefor 60 days or more. Up to their knees in greenshoots, a farmer and his cow pause in a paddy inBangladesh.

3 The rich soil of the Ganges River delta spreadsacross much of Bangladesh,helping to make this tiny coun-try one of the world s leadingproducers of walls echo thebrilliance of snow-coveredpeaks in Namche Bazaar, a Sherpa village in are a people who livemainly among the mountainsof the Himalaya, where theyhave won fame as guides onclimbing 8557 UNITREGIONAL ATLASP opulation Giant Red powdercoats the face of an Indian boy during thefestival of Ganesh festival celebrates the birthof Ganesh, an elephant-headedHindu god. Hinduism is themost widespread religion inSouth asia 8 Over the centuries, the fertile floodplains of the Indusand Ganges Rivers have attracted many immigrants andinvaders to South asia , giving the region great diversityin peoples, languages, customs, and religious and Buddhism both originated in South asia , whereas Islam arrived fromthe British brought colonialrule, which lasted for nearly two region won its independence in the mid-1900s, but not without political,religious, and economic asia remains culturally rich, butits burgeoning population over one bil-lion in India alone struggles with a lowstandard of living.

4 Subsistence farmingand labor-intensive traditional industriesform the basis of the region s in still water,the TajMahal stands serenely outsidethe city of Agra, in northernIndia. The Taj Mahal was built inthe 1600s by a Muslim ruler asa tomb for his favorite of white marble,the building is decorated withverses from the Quran, the holybook of to overflowing, a gailypainted city bus takes on passengers in a crowded street in Dhaka, the capital ofBangladesh. With a populationof about 134 million, Bangladeshis one of the most denselypopulated countries in theworld and also one of thepoorest and least tea leavesare pluckedby hand on a plantation in Sri Lanka, formerly calledCeylon. A legacy of British colonial rule, plantations producemuch of the famous Ceylon teathat is a major product of thisisland nation. Sri Lanka gainedits independence from Britainin AsiaPHYSICALNMt.

5 Everest29,035 ft.(8,850 m)K2 (Godwin Austen)28,250 ft.(8,611 m)EASTERNGHATSWESTERNGHATSDECCANPLATEAUH IMALAYAHINDUKUSHG reat IndianDesertDondra HeadCapeComorinLakshadweepAndamanIslands NicobarIslandsRann ofKutchKathiawarPeninsulaCentralMakranRa ngeSulaimanRangeKhyberPassVindhyaRangeSa tpuraRangeKarakoramRangeGANGESPLAINC hota NagpurPlateauMizoHillsNagaHillsKhasi ofBengalPalkStraitTROPIC OF CANCER60 E30 N20 N10 N70 E80 E90 EINDIAPAKISTANBANGLADESHBHUTANNEPALSRI LANKAMALDIVESEASTASIACENTRALASIAL ambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Profile0 km500500 Sea level2,000 m4,000 m6,000 m8,000 m6,562 ft13,123 ft19,685 ft26,247 ftBRAHMAPUTRA RIVERINDUSRIVERGREATINDIANDESERTGANGESPL AINMT. EVERESTH I M A L AYAUNITREGIONAL ATLAS8560 Unit 8 POLITICAL60 E30 N20 N10 N70 E80 E90 ETROPIC OF CANCERA rabianSeaBay PLAINHIMALAYAHINDUKUSHGREATINDIANDESERTL akshadweepIslamabadLahoreLudhianaKathman duLucknowPuneNew DelhiDelhiJaipurFaisalabadChittagongBang aloreMumbai(Bombay)ThimphuKanpurKarachiA hmadabadHyderabadChennai(Madras)Kolkata( Calcutta) Azimuthal Equal-Area 8561 National capitalMajor capital city in South asia do youthink has the highest elevation?

6 Rivers join to form the Ganges River delta?StudyMAPPOPULATION DENSITY60 E30 N20 N10 N70 E80 E90 ETROPIC OF CANCERI ndian OceanArabianSeaBay (Bombay)BangaloreChennai(Madras)Kolkata( Calcutta)JaffnaHyderabadPuneDelhiKarachi LahoreKanpurLucknowIslamabadQuettaThimph uKathmanduIndoreBhopalMultanVadodaraNagp urAhmadabadJaipurAgraMysoreKozhikode(Cal icut)PeshawarKhulnaRawalpindiCENTRALASIA EASTASIAL ambert Azimuthal Equal-Area AsiaUNITREGIONAL ATLAS8562 Unit 8 Cities(Statistics reflect metropolitan areas.)Per sq. sq. kmOver 10050 10025 501 25 Under 1 UninhabitedOver 250125 25060 1252 60 Under 2 UninhabitedOver 5,000,0002,000,000 5,000,0001,000,000 2,000,000250,000 1,000,000 Under 250,000 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY60 E30 N20 N10 N70 E80 E90 ETROPIC OF CANCERA rabianSeaBay ofBengalDhakaColomboKarachiChittagongMum bai(Bombay)BangaloreChennai(Madras)Hyder abadPuneKolkata (Calcutta)DelhiLahoreRawalpindiKanpurLuc knowPatnaAndamanIslandsLakshadweepNicoba r LANKAMALDIVESNEPALCENTRALASIAEASTASIAL ambert Azimuthal Equal-Area 8563 ResourcesPetroleumNatural gasCoalUraniumIron oreChromiteGemstonesCopperLand UseCommercial farmingSubsistence farmingNomadic herdingHunting and gatheringForestsManufacturing and tradeCommercial fishingLittle or no is the predominant land usein South asia ?

7 Which areas of South asia is population density the highest?StudyMAPTakaNgultrum RupeeConstitutionalMonarchyRepublic Federal Republic133,500,0002,401 per sq. per sq. km55,598 sq. ,998 sq. km900,00050 per sq. per sq. km1,033,000,000814 per sq. per sq. km18,147 sq. ,001 sq. km1,269,340 sq. ,287,606 sq. kmBengaliGems & JewelryDzonkha, Local Languages MaldivianRufiyaaRepublic 300,0002,495 per sq. per sq. km116 sq. sq. kmMaldivian Divehi,EnglishHindi, English,Local LanguagesMachineryFuelsClothingMachinery FishNepaleseRupeePakistanRupeeSri LankaRupee Constitutional MonarchyFederal Republic Republic 23,500,000413 per sq. per sq. km19,500,000771 per sq. per sq. km56,826 sq. ,179 sq. km25,332 sq. ,610 sq. km Sinhalese, Tamil, EnglishNepali145,000,000472 per sq. per sq. km307,375 sq. ,101 sq. km Urdu, English,Punjabi, SindhiCottonMachineryPetroleumClothingTe xtilesINDIANew DelhiBANGLADESHD hakaBHUTANT himphuMALDIVESMalePAKISTANI slamabadColomboNEPALK athmanduSRI LANKAC ardamomCrude OilPetroleumProductscharge card123456789 COUNTRY * AND CAPITALFLAG ANDLANGUAGEPOPULATIONAND DENSITYLANDMASSMAJOREXPORTMAJORIMPORTCUR RENCYGOVERNMENTCOUNTRY PROFILES* COUNTRIES AND FLAGS NOT DRAWN TO SCALEFOR AN ONLINE UPDATE OF THIS INFORMATION, VISIT CLICK ON TEXTBOOK UPDATES.

8 Boarding school students in Nepalganj, Nepal, study a AsiaUNITREGIONAL ATLAS8564 Unit 8 Unit 8565 There are few things more comfortable than a pair of well-wornblue jeans. Denim that soft, strong cotton fabric with the richblue color has become an integral part of modern life. But indigo-dyed textiles are nothing new they were being produced in India many centuries ago. In fact, the word indigo comes from the name India ! South asia has been a world center of textile production for thousands of years. As long ago as 2700 ,people in the Indus River valley were cultivating cotton plants and weavingcotton fibers into cloth. AncientIndian artisans elevated spinningand weaving to art among the first in theworld to master techniques fordyeing cotton and other typesof fabric. Using extracts frommore than 300 different nativeplants, along with other naturalsubstances, the artisans createdbeautiful, brilliant fabric dark blue dye known as indigo, for example, came from the indigo textile makers pioneeredanother important technique making dyesTEXTILES Freshly printed fabric dryingin Jodhpur, India GLOBALCONNECTIONSOUTH asia AND THE UNITED STATESUNITREGIONAL ATLAS8566 Unit 8permanent, or colorfast, so they would not wash colorfastnessof Indian fabrics, combined with their vivid colors and intricate wovenand printed patterns, made these fabrics highly prized in Europe, asia , andother regions.

9 By the 1700s, India was the greatest exporter of textiles theworld had ever England, printed Indian fabrics known as calico and chintz became wildly popularfor both fashions and furnishings. Eventually, such fabrics made their way to theAmerican colonies. So precious were these imported textiles that scraps of calico andchintz were saved and made into patchwork quilts a thrifty gesture that wouldeventually become an American craft and patterns that originated in South asia are now made in other , India is still one of the world s leading producers of cotton, and thetextile industry remains India s most important industry. India s eastern neighbor,Bangladesh, also has a thriving garment industry. Check the labels in your cottonclothes chances are some were made in South Asian countries. Colorful dyes for sale on a street stand in Bangalore, IndiaIndian woman spinning cotton thread Unit 8567 GeoJournalAs you read this chapter, use your journal torecord the geographic features of the coun-tries of South asia .

10 Use descriptive terms tocontrast the mountains, deserts, plains, andrivers of South OverviewVisit the Glencoe WorldGeographyWeb site at click on Chapter Overviews Chapter 23 to preview information about the physicalgeography of the LandA Geographic ViewIndia by TrainThe valleys and these hillsides [in the north of India] are open to thedistant plains, and so the traveleron the toy train has a view thatseems almost unnatural, it is sodramatic. At Sonada it is likestanding at the heights of agigantic outdoor amphitheaterand looking down and seeing the plains and the rivers, roads and crops printed upon it and flattened by the yellow heat. Paul Theroux, By Rail Across the Indian Subcontinent, National Geographic,June 1984 Novelist Paul Theroux describedthe varied anddramatic landscapes he saw while traveling South asia by train. Inthis section you will explore the physical geography of South asia its majestic mountains, mighty rivers, and fertile Separate LandThe seven countries that make up South asia are separated fromthe rest of asia by mountains.


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