Section 1: Natural Environments

Section 2: History and Culture

Section 3: The Region Today

CHAPTER 26

The Indian Perimeter

SECTION 1

Natural Environments

Question:What climates, plants, and animals exist around the Indian Perimeter?

SECTION 1

Natural Environments

Lowlands

Climate, Plants, and Animals of the Indian PerimeterClimate, Plants, and Animals of the Indian Perimeter

Bengal tiger, elephant, mango, bamboo, coconut,

date palm, rain forests

Highlands

forests, bears, wild goats, Indian

rhinoceros, snow leopards

SECTION 2

History and Culture

Question:What ethnic groups, languages, and religions are prevalent in the countries of the Indian Perimeter?

SECTION 2

History and Culture

People of the Indian Perimeter

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Maldives

Ethnic Groups Languages Religions

Urdu Muslim

Bengalis Bengali Muslim

Bhote, Nepalese, tribal peoples

Dzongkha, English Buddhist

Indian Aryan, Tibetan

Nepali, Sino-Tibetan

Hindu

Sinhalese, Tamils Buddhist, Hindu

Muslim

SECTION 3

The Region Today

Question:What products do the countries of the Indian Perimeter produce?

SECTION 3

The Region Today

Agricultural

jute, rice, tea, rubber, coconut

Minerals

graphite, gems

Manufacturing

textiles, electricity, processed food

Services

tourism

Products of the Indian Perimeter

1. Which countries of the Indian Perimeter include parts of the Himalayas? Which include parts of the plain of the Ganges River?

2. Where did Bhutan’s largest ethnic group, the Bhote, come from?

3. On what basis did the British divide their colony of India upon independence in 1947?

4. What are the major industries of Bangladesh?5. What is the greatest potential energy resource of

Nepal and Bhutan?

1. Which countries of the Indian Perimeter include parts of the Himalayas? Which include parts of the plain of the Ganges River?

2. Where did Bhutan’s largest ethnic group, the Bhote, come from?

3. On what basis did the British divide their colony of India upon independence in 1947?

4. What are the major industries of Bangladesh?5. What is the greatest potential energy resource of

Nepal and Bhutan?

CHAPTER 26

Chapter Wrap-Up