Chapter 25, Section 1
1. How does agriculture provide a living for most of South Asia’s people?
A: Agriculture is the most common occupation in South Asia. It provides a living for most of South Asia's peolpe because of the provided cash crops and jobs.
2. Which countries in South Asia have a free press?
A: The countries that have free press are Pakistan, India and Bangledesh.
Creative Writing: Which part of South Asia would you most like to visit? Write a paragraph that describes why you think this is the best country for tourism and use specific examples to support your position.
A : The country in South Asia that I would most like to visit would be Sri Lanka. I would love to visit Sri Lanka because of their beautiful rainforests and beaches. However border arguments have caused some unneccessary violence there in the past years, but in recent years they have been resolved.
Chapter 25, Section 2
1. What factors have led to much of the internal violence in South Asia?
A:The factors that have led to most of the internal conflicts in South Asia are government, religion, and social classes.
2. What is a negative consequence of rapid industrialization in the region?
A: A negative consequence on rapid industrialzation in South Africa include: deforestation and the effect it has on animals and wildlife that live in the region.
Creative Writing: Pretend you are a government official in South Asia. Your job is to write a short essay designed to convince poor rural populations to stop illegal logging and hunting of endangered animals. Be sure to acknowledge reasons why these people would want to be allowed to cut down trees or hunt endangered animals, and then provide arguments why they should not do so.
A: The wildlife and animals on this earth were made their homes on this earth way before we did and I believe that we need to respect them. Deforestation is killing the rainforest and putting out tons of the animals in the region. Also losing the tropical rainforests causes soil to erode and rains to produce floods and temperatures to rise.
