India and South Asia:
Study Questions

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Describe India's natural resources. Are they source of exports?

2. In your opinion, what condition is India's economy in? Give three specific examples to support you opinion.

3. What are India's environmental issues and natural hazards?

4. Describe India's ethnic divisions, religions, and languages. How do these play a role in the culture of India?

5. In what sector of the economy is the majority of the labor force participating in? Based on the culture of India, why do think the majority of the labor force is involved in that sector?

6. Give an overview of India's economy.

7. Describe India's export and imports.

8. Describe India's industries and agriculture.

9. Analyze the demographic statistics of Pakistan. What conclusion can you draw from the standpoint of population growth and future sustainable development?

10. What is the dominant religion of Pakistan and how does it relate to the government?

11. What are the problems Pakistan is suffering economically? What kind of action has been taken to rectify the problems?

12. In what ways does the physical geography of Bangladesh effect the people and their lives?

13. Compare the demographics of Bangladesh and Pakistan. How are they similar? Why or why not?

14. What are the major impediments to economic prosperity in Bangladesh?

15. Describe the diversity of religious preference in the country of Sri Lanka? Give your thoughts on this diversity and how you think it was created.