S.Asia Flashcards
population distribution
People live along Ganges River and Ganges Plain bc of the water (go over)
subcontinent
- Large landmass smaller than a continent
collision zone of India and Asia
Collision zone created the Himalayas (separated it from the rest of Asia)
Alluvial Plain
alluvial plain is a largely flat land form created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms.
River Systems
Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra Rivers
- All flow from Himalayas
- Ganges and Brahmaputra meet at the Ganges Delta
Atolls
Low-lying tops of submerged volcanoes
- The Maldives
Monsoon winds
Winter- cause droughts
Summer- heavy rain and storms
Hinduism
- Aryans introduces basic ideas that became apart of HInduism
- 80% of India is hindu
- Started the caste system, renincarnation, Dharma, and Karma
European involvement
- Beginning in 1958 the British controlled all of the Indian subcontinent
- Wanted powerful trading companies and India’s resources
- Pakistan, Bangledesh,and Sri Lanka were also apart of these colonies
Division of India and Pakistan
-Pakistan is mainly muslim while India is mainly hinduism
Countries religions
India- mostly HIndu
Pakistan and Bangladesh- mostly muslim
Mahatama Ghandi
Led many protest marches, boycotts, and hunger strikes
believed in no violence
The Caste System
- Made by hinduism
- born into it
Brahmins- Priests and Intellectuals
KShatriyas- warriors
Vaisays- traders and merchants
Sudras- farmers and laborers
Dalits- not even part of the system/ untouchables
unfair bc u cant change casts
Population growth in rural areas
people are looking for job oppurtunities here bc the Urban area is running out of space
cottage industries
a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person’s home.
the hollywood of India
Bollywood- Mumbai, got the nickname bc so many films were filmed there
Kashmir
both India and Pakistan have parts of Kashmir but both want it bc it is good for trading but there is a large hindu population (could start a nuclear war)
Islands vs. Mountains, physical impact
islands-
- more accessible
- diversity of people
- better land to farm
Mountains-
- isolated
- traditions stay the same
- bad farming land
Indian Government
Worlds biggest democracy
Sri Lanka’s Political instability
Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Sinalese
Many plants were diseased so when Sri Lanka finally had a successful tea crop, the hindu tamils were overworked
outsourcing, effect on India
- getting more buisness bc they are being used for customer service and computerized jobs.
- caste systems starting to be ignored
- traditions are changing bc of the american businesses coming in
