Transcript India Pakistan/Bangladesh

India
Pakistan/Bangladesh
Monsoons
Most Important Aspect of
India’s Climate
Winds that carry rain
Help Farming
Can cause floods
India
Religion
Hindu 83 %
Muslim 11 %
Muslim 97 %
Pakistan
Hindu 1 %
Population
India
1 Billion
Pakistan
150 Million
Language of India
National Language :
Hindi
English Language of
Intellects
Bangladesh (East Pakistan)
150 Million
Muslim
Many Homeless, Poor
Many Great Floods
Indus River
Himalayas
Thar
Desert
Other
Locations
Hinduism
GOD
God is eternal
All knowing
Lives to give life
God (Brahman)
Beyond compare
Resembles 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 destroyed
Never leaves Earth
Reincarnation
When one dies, the
Atman enters
another body animals possible
Karma
One’s Actions
Determines fate
of Spirit (Atman)
Yoga - Meditation
Reach state of enlightenment
SAMADHI
Description of the Brahman
“Neither this nor that”
Hindu Cleanliness
Wash hands before prayer
Bathe in Sacred Rivers
Many Hindus are
Vegetarians
Major Crop : Rice
Death - Cremation
Funeral Pyre
Traditional - Wife Jumps in Fire
Practice Outlawed
Hindu Triad of Gods
Brahman - Creator
Shiva - Keeps Universal Balance
Vishnu - Preserves, Appears on Earth
Video : India
History & Heritage
Each student take a color
Get into your group
Group 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 System
India’s People Grouped
Each group important but
unequal
Varna = Group
Dharma = Duty
Born into Varna and
Dharma
Brahmans
High Status
No Dirt or Meat
Can’t get own food
Priests
2nd - Kshatriyas
Soldiers, Generals,
Kings
Lawmakers
Brave
3rd - Vaishyas
Farmers
Businessmen
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
Islam
5 Pillars
Some Militant
Allah - Koran - Muhammad
Strict Rules
Jainism
Hindu Spin-off
No Killing, no lies
Non-Violence
Veil and Broom
Buddhism
Four Noble Truths
1. Life is full of pain and suffering
2. Desire causes suffering
3. By ending desire one can end suffering
4. One can end desire
Sihkism
Mixture of Hindu and Muslim
beliefs
Police - Video
A Quick Look at India’s History
1400’s - India Involved in Worldwide
Spice Trade
Europeans want more spices and
cheaper
1600’s
British 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’s
Indians led by Siraj
try to drive out British
Black Hole Incident
British Victims
Indians Animals
English return w/Army
Put 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
Bullys
Greedy
Thieves
Atheists
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 IndiaPakistani conflict
India wants us to fight Pakistani terrorists, we need to
fly over Pakistan to bomb Afghanistan
India : Democracy
Prime Minister Vajpayee
Pakistan : Military Dictatorship
General Musharraf
Life Expectancy
India and Pakistan : 60
USA 74/80
Literacy
India 66/38
Pakistan 55/29
USA 97/97
Per Capita Income
India $2,200
Pakistan $2000
USA $36,200
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