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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