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.