Chapter 25

Section 1

1. Many people in the South Asian region rely on sustenance farming to receive their basic necessities.

2. India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have free press.

Creative Writing: If I were to visit one country in Southern Asia, I would most likely go to Kathmandu, Nepal in order to see and possibly climb Mount Everest. Other regions interest me as well, such as India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, because I would like to learn more about their cultures, but at least seeing Mount Everest would be more important to me, personally.

Section 2

1.The factors leading to internal violence in South Asia include the discrimination of the Tamils in Sri Lanke, the attempts of overthrowing democracy in Nepal for a Communist republic, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan removing his support of Afghan Taliban, and the violence between Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh in India.

2. Negative consequences of rapid industrialization in the South Asian region include rapid deforestation, endangerment of indigenous species, and water pollution.

Creative Writing: Laws are placed in effect to stop people from logging and killing certain things at certain times for reasons that benefit plant, animal, and human alike. When too many deaths occur in a population of a species, that species may go extinct, meaning that you will have disrupted the life span of not only the species you killed, but the organisms that devoured that species and the organisms that the species you killed were killed by. This process produces havoc in the communities of the animal world, but also the plant and human worlds as well. The humans that relied on the species you killed will no longer have that animal to eat and the animals that relied on that species will also be affected, negatively or positively, which will negatively impact you at one point. The plants that used the dead animal as nutrients may also die out, meaning that you will not be able to use that wood for much longer either. Thus, if you disturb the ecosystem by not following the rules but into place to keep the ecosystem flowing correctly, you will destroy not only that species, but any species that was involved with that species, and destroy your own community.

Chapter 24

Section 1

1. India's population is widely distributed throughout the whole of the country, but in the recent years, more Indians have been found migrating towards the more urban and developed areas.

2. The two major world religions that helped shape India's history and culture are Buddhism and Hinduism.

Creative Writing: Life in the bigger cities of India is much different than in the village where I grew up in. With more money flowing around in their economies, the larger cities are able to spend much more money creating hospitals and schools, greatly improving health care and education. Here in Mumbai, there are twenty times as many films coming out in a year than there were in our village in ten years! The city life seems a little more distant compared to ours though, because people tend to take leisure activities for granted, such as going to the movies or watching television.

Section 2

1. Booming populations and urbanization have become problems for Bangladesh and Pakistan because they countries both have limited resources, especially food, and because the industrialization of these areas have caused mass amounts of pollution.

2. Several poems and plays have come from the Bangladeshi culture. Music and literature are the richest forms of Pakistani art forms, like Qawwali and musha'irahs.

Creative Writing: The Kashmir region is in the region of both northern Pakistan and India. This land was declared to be Pakistani. However, the Hindu prince of the region later fled from the region to Delhi and signed the state over to India. Even though India claimed a legal right to the region, Pakistan insisted it would be a better homeland for the Muslim residents of the region, so the region stayed Pakistani. Today, the two continue the conflict with this region, but are armed with nuclear weaponry, causing problems not just between the two, but now with any nation that tries to interfere.

Section 3

1. The arts of these nations can be seen throughout the region. the Buddhist stupas and dzongs show a religious aspect of their culture. Dance is popular mainly in Bhutan and Nepal. Sri Lanka produced an artist in both literature and theatre.

2. Hinduism and Islam are two main religions in this region.

Creative Writing: The choice between improving the healthcare or the literacy rate between two areas can be a very difficult one to make a definate decision on, but I believe that improving the literacy rate would be a more significant cause. With the improvement of literacy rate in a region, that region would have a firm foundation for which to grow upon. With more people being able to read, the people of this region would be to establish better governments and other things needed for a functioning society over time. Adding to this cause will allow people of poverty stricken countries to recieve the educations they need to improve the region, most likely increasing health care along the way.

Chapter 20

Section 1

1. The shifting of tectonic plates has caused lakes and rivers to widen, and has caused the formation of several land rifts, such as the Great Rift Valley.

2. A land form known as a delta splits both the Niger and the Zambezi River into two parts. The ground outside of Lake Chad swallows the moisture around it, which is shrinking the lake

Creative Writing: Mines for minerals in regions below the Sahara have several problems that include its topography and its water systems. Areas of large rifts, high mountains, and vast deserts make less than ideal mining camps because of their unstable ground and harsh conditions. Rivers that contain rapids, waterfalls, and those that empty into large bodies of water will not be able to be mined because they will not be able to shut off the river completely.

Section 2

1. Three factors that affect the climate of Africa are ocean currents, prevailing wind patterns, and elevation.

2. Three main kindas of climates in this region are tropical wet, tropical dry, and steppe, and in these climates are dense forests, grasslands and scattered trees, and shrubs and acacia trees, respectively.

Creative Writing: The vast plains of the Serengeti Plains of the central African region and the Great Plains of the central North American region are not unlike one another. Both regions are teeming with wildlife are large amounts of simple grasses and the scattered areas of trees along with a few systems of water, yet not very much fertile soil.