IndiaPakistan/Bangladesh

MonsoonsMost Important Aspect of

India’s Climate

Winds that carry rain

Help Farming

Can cause floods

Religion

Hindu 83 %

Muslim 11 %

Muslim 97 %

Hindu 1 %

India

Pakistan

Population

India

1 Billion

Pakistan

150 Million

Language of India

National Language : Hindi

English Language of Intellects

Bangladesh (East Pakistan)

150 MillionMuslim

Many Homeless, PoorMany Great Floods

Himalayas

Other

Locations

Thar

Desert

Indus River

Hinduism

GOD

God is eternalAll knowingLives to give

life

God (Brahman)

Beyond compareResembles

nothing

At first the Universe was

made up of only the Brahman

Brahman was lonely

Brahman exploded and broke into

ATMAN (Everything)

The Brahman within Hindus is ATMAN

Everything reveals the Brahman

Can’t be destroyedNever leaves Earth

Reincarnation

When one dies, the Atman enters another body -

animals possible

Karma

One’s Actions

Determines fate of Spirit (Atman)

Yoga - MeditationReach state of enlightenment

SAMADHI

Description of the Brahman

“Neither this nor that”

Hindu CleanlinessWash hands before

prayer

Bathe in Sacred Rivers

Many Hindus areVegetarians

Major Crop : Rice

Death - Cremation

Funeral PyreTraditional - Wife

Jumps in FirePractice Outlawed

Hindu Triad of Gods

Brahman - CreatorShiva - Keeps Universal

BalanceVishnu - Preserves, Appears on Earth

Video : IndiaHistory & Heritage

Each student take a color

Get into your groupGroup project to be presented to parents

Pink Group

You will lead the class in spirit,root them on

Blue Group

You will make decisions for the group, you will decide what the

browns and oranges do.

Purple Group

You will write the essay and do all of the research on the topic.You will deliver the product to other classes and present it to

everyone in the school.

Green Group

You will come in 2 nights at 6 p.m. and help the brown group present to the parents. When the brown group finishes you will clean up the mess

and be the last to leave.

The Caste System

The Caste SystemIndia’s People Grouped

Each group important but unequal

Varna = Group

Dharma = Duty

Born into Varna and Dharma

Brahmans

High StatusNo Dirt or MeatCan’t get own

foodPriests

2nd - KshatriyasKshatriyas

Soldiers, Generals, Kings

LawmakersBrave

3rd - Vaishyas

FarmersBusinessmen

Traders

4th - Sudras

Labor, Leather, Garbage, Laundry

Some Wealth(Caste not about

Money)

Harijans (Untouchables)

Out of the Caste(Outcast)

Didn’t perform Dharma

Married out of Varna“Polluted People”

Marriage

Within same Varna

Arranged by Family

Caste System Today

Practiced more in country than city

More at night than during the day

1955 Untouchability Act

Illegal to use social and economic

boycotts to keep Harijans down

List the 4 Varna and Harijans

Place each occupation under one of the headings.

Other Religions

Islam5 Pillars

Some MilitantAllah - Koran - Muhammad

Strict Rules

JainismHindu Spin-off

No Killing, no liesNon-Violence

Veil and Broom

BuddhismFour Noble Truths1. Life is full of pain and

suffering2. Desire causes suffering

3. By ending desire one can end suffering

4. One can end desire

SihkismMixture of Hindu

and Muslim beliefs

Police - Video

A Quick Look at India’s History

1400’s - India Involved in WorldwideSpice Trade

Europeans want more spices and cheaper

1600’sBritish East India Co.

British easily move in - India not a country

but a series of kingdoms and villages

British Trading Posts become Towns

Many Indians work for the British

French try to move in

British + Sepoy (Indian w/British)

Army defeat France

1750’sIndians led by Siraj

try to drive out British

Black Hole IncidentBritish Victims

Indians Animals

English return w/ArmyPut down Indians

British begin to control Indian way of life

British Attitude towards India: Savages

India benefits from British:

railroads, telegraphs, health care, schools, democracy,

English language

Indian attitude to British

BullysGreedyThievesAtheists

1850’s

Sepoy Rebellion(Meat fat on cartridges)British put them down

1885 INC formed

Indian National Congress

Gives Indians a Voice

Tomorrow : Gandhi DVD

Remember Homework

Assignments

India and Pakistan still at odds

Both have Nuclear Power

1990’s nearly caused mutual destruction

India : Child Selling Video

Today’s Conflict

India supported Afghanistan’s

“Northern Alliance”

Pakistan recognized Afghanistan’s

“Taliban”

USA is fighting the Taliban with the help of the Northern

Alliance

New World Situation puts USA in the middle of India-Pakistani

conflict

India wants us to fight Pakistani terrorists, we need to fly over Pakistan to bomb Afghanistan

India : DemocracyPrime Minister

Vajpayee

Pakistan : Military Dictatorship

General Musharraf

Life ExpectancyIndia and Pakistan : 60

USA 74/80

Literacy India 66/38

Pakistan 55/29USA 97/97

Per Capita IncomeIndia $2,200

Pakistan $2000USA $36,200

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