From JuneJune to SeptemberSeptember winds bring heavyheavy rainfall to the region

Highly unpredictableunpredictableSometimes beneficialbeneficial,sometimes very

destructive

•Population in 1947 was 350 Million

•Population is 1.21 billion today

•1.39 billion expected by 2025

• That’s 180,000,000 more mouths to feed in 13 years

• The British arrived in 1609 and left in 1947

• The East India Trading Company worked for the Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom

• Took over parts of India until the whole country was part of the United Kingdom

•Include today’s:

•INDIA

•PAKISTAN

•SRI LANKA

•BANGLADESH

•BURMA

Jammu and Kashmir• When the British left they

gave Jammu and Kashmir to Hindu India and NOT Muslim Pakistan

• Jammu and Kashmir’s leaders were Hindus

• Most people in Jammu

and Kashmir are Muslim

Pakistan’s Role

• Pakistan was created for Muslims and Kashmir is mostly Muslim

• Pakistan believes it should have control over Kashmir

• Pakistani Terrorist groups and Al Qaeda terrorize the region of Kashmir

• Parts of Kashmir are controlled by China too

Pakistan and India have been fighting over Kashmir since 1947

Why does this matter?

• China, India, and Pakistan all have nuclear weapons

–Mountains between China Nepal, and India

–Mt. EverestEverest at 29,035 feet

• is the highest point on earth

• Overpopulation leads to degradation of land and resources, pollution, and poor living conditions

•China and India face serious problems associated with overpopulation in the future

CHINA• A leading civilization in

ancient and medieval times

• China fell into decline in the 19th and 20th centuries

• Many of its main ports were taken over by the British, Portuguese and Germans

• The Japanese invasion in World War II and a corrupt, inefficient government resulted in the Chinese Revolution in 1949

• This removed the Republic of China and replaced it with the People’s Republic of China

– Which is not a republic

• China is the world’s largest communist country…

• And the most populous

–1,343,239,923 people live in China today

China’s one child policy

• Parents must pick up aa birth certificate for their child before it is born

• Families with one child receive benefits

China’s one child policy

• If the family has more than one child it is punishable by a tax of up to half the family’s income

• Unplanned or unauthorized pregnancies must be terminated

• China’s population is now growing at .57%

• Having twins is exempt from the one child policy

• Some minorities are sometimes allowed to have two

• People living in rural areas can have more than one child because more people are needed to work on the land

China’s one child policy

Mongolia• The Mongol Empire was founded

by Genghis Khan in 1206

• Mongolia is the world’s least densely populated country

• Approximately 30% of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic

Mongol Empire

•Mongols migrated quickly throughout Asia and Europe

•Used horses and archery to dominate areas quickly

• Indonesia is an archipelago made of approximately (about) 17,508 islands

• Indonesia is rich in Natural Gas and Oil

• Indonesia is a member of OPEC

• Was a Dutch colony during age of imperialism

– Royal Dutch Shell oil company began in the colony

• Captured by the Japanese early in WWII for their oil resources

• Is a part of the Ring of Fire

• Is the largest Muslim country–Arabic traders brought

Islam to Indonesia over 1,000 years ago

JAPAN• Is also a part of the Ring of

Fire

• Japan was never colonized by the west

• Trade was prohibited with western countries until the 1850’s

• Japan modernized and industrialized very fast

• Japan quickly took control of Korea, Manchuria (in China), Taiwan, and took control of parts of Russia

• Japan’s goal was to become the dominant power in East Asia

– Push out Europeans and Americans

JAPAN’S EMPIRE

JAPAN’S EMPIRE

•Japan’s empire continued to grow until the Americans, Russians and British defeated Japan in 1945

Singapore• City-State

– The city is the whole country

• Very strict laws in Singapore