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.