india basics
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India
On a half sheet of paper. . .
• Write down what you know about India. Think about culture, climate, industry, etc.
On the back of your Hinduism note sheet. . .
• Set up your paper like this
Why is over population a problem?
• Current population: Over 1 billion
• Birth rate is about 44 births/minute (U.S. about 14)
• Population density: 610 people/ sq. mile (U.S.= 65 per sq mile
Population Density
Where do most people live?
• Most live along the Ganges River
• Water is hard to come by in India so people have to live by the rivers
• Also, the river is considered sacred in Hinduism– Use the river for drinking, cleaning, bathing
• However, pollution is becoming a major problem
Ganges River
People bathing in the Ganges
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