Chapter 25 homework

Chapter 25, Section 1

1. Many people in South Asia practice subsistence farming, often relying on labor-intensive methods. Cash crops bring much-need income to South Asia.

2. India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have a free press. Their newspapers are among the most lively and outspoken in the region.

Creative Writing:
If I could travel to South Asia I would like to visit Nepal. It draws tourists to hike and climb the Himalayan slopes and to hunt or photograph wild animals. Although in this area, the government regulates tourism to protect natural and cultural resources people are still drawn to the ominous mountains and wildlife.

Chapter 25, Section 2

1. Conflict in South Asia has deep roots in issues of national autonomy and religious and ethnic concerns.

2. Today South Asia is in a state of environmental crisis, as deforestation has accelerated. Commercial timber operations have destroyed many of South Asia’s old-growth forests. Other forests areas have been cleared to make way for human settlements. The mining industry has also destroyed forests. Deforestation also impacts South Asia’s wildlife, which depends on the rain forests and other ecosystems for food and habitats.

Creative Writing:
Slash-and-burn agriculture is an ancient technique used by many hill peoples. Most damaging of all is the widespread reliance on burning biomass, including the wood from trees, for fuel. Environmentalists believe that in Sri Lanka the destruction of mangrove forests made the coast more vulnerable to the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 2004. The creation of wildlife reserves and the passage of laws controlling hunting and logging have begun to make a difference. To eliminate poaching governments and conservation groups are trying to give people economic reasons to respect and protect wildlife.

Chapter 24, Section 1

1. India has 869 people per square mile, about 7 times the world average. Factors such as climate, vegetation, and physical features affect the number of people the land can support.

2. Hinduism and Buddhism helped to shape India’s history and culture.

Creative Writing:
Living in the city, you are surrounded by people at all times. Art and religion is expressed openly and not discouraged. Languages vary and change from city to city with hundreds of local dialects.

Chapter 24, Section 2
1. Despite its rich soil and improved farming techniques, Bangladesh still has difficulty feeing its population. In Pakistan, shortages of housing and jobs are serious problems, along with pollution.

2. Literature and dance are important in Bangladeshi culture. Music and literature are the richest of all Pakistani are forms.

Creative Writing:
Kashmir was part of the Indian kingdoms ruled my princes. The land was declared to Pakistan and the Hindu prince fled to Delhi and signed it over to India. India clamed legal right to Kashmir but Pakistan argued it would be a better homeland for Kashmir’s Muslim residents. This caused wars and periodic fighting. Pakistan conducted underground nuclear weapons test, causing a threat to India and other countries of the world.

Chapter 24, Section 3

1. Dance is popular in Bhutan and Nepal and often tells religious and historical stories. An example of art includes the Buddhist stupas, or doomed monasteries.

2. Most people in Nepal are Hindu. Buddhism is dominant in Bhutan and Sri Lanka, but is also practiced in Nepal.

Creative Writing:
The quality and availability of health rate are low. In some countries people rely mostly on traditional medicine. Hospitals and health-care professionals are too low to meet the needs of the population. Lower life expectancies are the result. The scarcity of clean water makes waterborne diseases common. This is a major problem that needs to be addressed soon or else life expectancies will continue to decrease will death rates increase.

Chapter 20 homework

Chapter 20, Section 1

1. The Great Rift Valley, stretching from Syria in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in the southeastern part of Africa, has been formed by the shifting of tectonic plates. In East Africa, the Great Rift Valley forms two branches, with volcanic mountains rising at its edges and deep lakes that run parallel to its length.

2. Lakes and rivers are located in huge basins formed millions of years ago by the uplifting of land. The great rivers of Africa originate high in the plateaus and eventually make their way to the sea. Escarpments and ridges break the rivers’ paths to the ocean with rapids and cataracts. The broken landscape makes it impossible to navigate most of the region’s rivers from mouth to source.

Creative Writing:
Rainfall is irregular and unpredictable, making it difficult to control water for practical uses such as irrigation and hydroelectric power. Lake Chad, outside the Great Rift Valley, in west-central Africa is threatened with extinction. Factors contributing to the shrinkage of Lake Chad include global warming, irrigation and desertification. As the lake shrinks, the desert expands on the dry lake bottom which reduces the amount of fertile soil where mineral resources could be found.

Chapter 20, Section 2

1. In addition to rainfall other factors such as ocean currents, prevailing wind patterns, elevation, and latitude often cause great variations in climate and vegetation. Dueling winds affect the tropical dry climate of western Africa. Hot, dry air streams in from the Sahara on a northeast trade wind known as a harmattan that dries up moisture left by heavy summer rains.

2. Tropical Wet, Tropical Dry, Steppe, Desert, and Midlatitude Climates are found in Africa south of the Sahara. These climates consist of shrubs, ferns, mosses, trees, palms, orchids, low-growing grasses, and acacia trees.

Creative Writing:
The Serengeti Plain is one of the world’s largest savanna plains. It has a tropical dry climate with alternating dry and wet seasons. It is home to millions of animals such as zebras, gazelles, hyenas, lions, giraffes, and cheetahs. The vegetation consists of scattered trees and tall grasses. The soils are not very fertile. The Great Pains in the United States has a humid continental climate and benefits from warm, moist winds that blow north along the Rockies from the Gulf of Mexico and cold, moist winds that blow south from the Arctic.