World Geography Name: ________________________
Ch. 26 Notes Wkst. Due Date: _____________________
Mr. Botkin Period: _________

Directions: Complete this outline by writing a response in each blank. One word per blank. The answers may be found by reading sections of chapter 26 in your textbook. Start reading on page 586. DO NOT LOSE THIS SHEET!!!

“THE INDIAN PERIMETER”

I. PHYSICAL FEATURES
A. Pakistan and the Himalayan Countries
1. Towering ______________ of the Himalayas, Karakoram Range,
and Hindu Kush cover the northern part of __________________
2. South of these mountains lies a region of hills and ___________,
some of which are good for _________________
3. Pakistan’s main farmland region is the __________ __________
a. Large fertile _________ was formed from massive amounts
of _______________ deposited by the __________ River
b. Areas receives little ____________ so it is made productive
with ___________________
4. Landlocked countries in the Himalayas north of India are _______
and ____________
a. Both countries are mostly __________________________
b. Most people live in _____________ and _____________
c. Few people live in the _________ mountains
B. Bangladesh and the Island Countries
1. Most of Bangladesh is a broad flat ______________ plain
a. Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers ____________ and flow
southward through a huge river ____________
1. Rivers _____________ their banks every year
2. These floods ____________ new layers of _______
on the land, ensuring its _______________
3. Depending on ________, floods often ___________
crops as well as destroy ____________ and ______
people and livestock
b. Floods are constantly _________________ the topography
2. South of India is island country of ________ _____________
II. CLIMATES, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS
A. Climates range from ________ and ______________ to ___________ ____________ (wet) and ________________
B. Weather and vegetation are greatly affected by the _________________
C. Himalayas cause a _________________ effect so that south-facing hills
are often _____________ while north-facing hills are ______ and _____
D. Mountainous parts of Nepal, Bhutan, and northern Pakistan were once
covered by large areas of ______________
III. NATURAL RESOURCES
A. Countries of the Indian Perimeter are ________ rich in natural resources
B. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have the most significant __________ resources
IV. HISTORY
A. Empires - Ancient and Modern
1. Starting about A.D. 1000, Turkic _________ brought their religion
2. In time, _____________ became the main religion in what is now
______________, _______________, and the Maldives
3. About 1500, ___________________ began to sail into the Indian
Ocean and over time, the _____________ came to control most of the subcontinent
B. The Modern Period
1. The _____________ granted their Indian colony independence in
__________
a. India was divided into ______ countries: __________ and
________________
b. India was mostly ____________
c. Pakistan was mostly ____________ and included present-
day ______________ and ____________________
1. Known as _______ Pakistan and _______ Pakistan
2. In a _______ in 1971, _______ Pakistan broke away
from ______ Pakistan and became the independent
country of ________________
2. Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Bhutan were all, at one time, controlled by the _____________
C. CULTURE
1. All the countries of the Indian Perimeter are _________________
2. Education
a. Education levels and literacy rates are generally ________
b. Women are _______ likely to be able to _______ because
of _____________ attitudes that emphasize women’s role
in the __________
3. Religion
a. Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives are ____________
with small numbers of __________ and _______________
b. Bhutan is about 70% _____________, 25% ___________,
and 5% ____________
c. Nepal is the world’s only officially ______________ state
V. ECONOMY
A. Level of economic development in the Indian Perimeter is generally ____
1. Countries depend heavily on ___________________
2. Most have ________ to build new ________________; however,
these efforts have been slowed by a lack of _________ resources
3. There is quite a __________ between the richest and the poorest


B. Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka
1. Pakistan has used its ______________ mineral resources to help
develop its _____________________ industries; however, nearly
half the labor force still works in _____________________ as its
population growth ___________ country’s ability to ___________
basic services to its people
2. Bangladesh is overwhelmingly _______________________
3. Farming remains _________________ to Sri Lank’s economy
C. Nepal and Bhutan
1. Both are very ________ and are still mainly _________________
2. An important resource is _____________
VI. CITIES, SETTLEMENT AND LAND USE
A. Population throughout the region is mostly _________ which reflects the
importance of _____________________
B. Rural population lives mostly in __________ ________________
C. Most people tend to live where _______________ is possible
VII. ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
A. Greatest challenge for these countries is _______________
1. Major health problems are caused by poor _________________,
________________, and poor ___________________, and high
population growth rates have made these problems ___________
2. Largest cities are growing _______________
3. Many people in cities live in homemade _____________ with no
____________ water or ______________________
B. Countries also face _________________________ challenges such as
______________________ in Nepal
C. In addition to problems between _____________ and __________ over
Kashmir, countries are struggling with ________________ problems
D. Sri Lanka faces an _____________ conflict between the ____________
Tamil minority and the ________________ Sinhalese majority