GEO 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8B: Northeast India, Pashtuns, Dravidian Languages
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India: bangladesh, the mountainous north, the southern islands. Pakista(cid:374): o(cid:374) outh asia"s wester(cid:374) fla(cid:374)k: gift of the indus. Not large by asian standards size of texas plus louisiana. Population: 187. 7 million (top ten in world) Wedge between iran and afghanistan (west) and india (east) Conflict with india over kashmir: a hard place to govern. At independence, subregions were only united by islamic faith and hatred of india and hindus. Geography separates the country (coastal south, punjab, rugged northwest) Because islam was only common factor, government decided to integrate that into policies and laws, now pakistan is a major theocracy. Still differences in faith: 80% sunni, 20% shia. De(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272)ally ele(cid:272)ted go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts do(cid:374)"t take ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tage of opportunities, overthrown by military coups. Tax system corrupt only 2 million tax payers out of 180 million who should be paying taxes. Water-supply crisis, but nothing being done to stop it. 2010 (cid:449)orst floods i(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try"s history (cid:894)flooded of (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try(cid:895)
