objectives students will discover what monsoons are, why they occur, and how they influence climate....
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OBJECTIVES Students will• discover what monsoons are, why
they occur, and how they influence climate.
• examine the effects of climate and how it shapes life in four climate zones in South Asia.
• investigate how climate affects other parts of the world.
• South Asia is located on a SUBCONTINENT
• The HIMALAYAS cuts off South Asia from the rest of Asia.
Climographs
-Temperature-Precipitation
CLIMATE • Climates range from ARID –to
TROPICAL
• India is the 2nd most populated country in the world. (after CHINA ) 1 out of 5 people in the world live in South Asia
ECONOMY • Most people in this area are
FARMERS• It is one of the POOREST-areas after
sub Saharan Africa. • India has become one of the
fastest growing major economies, and is considered a newly industrialized country; however, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, illiteracy, corruption and inadequate public health. A nuclear weapons state it has the third-largest standing army in the world.
RELIGION HINDUISM -in India and Nepal
- Pakistan is ISLAM