<p> Mrs. Jordan Geography</p><p>Unit 8: South Asia Map Activity</p><p>Use the map on page 976 of your textbook to label countries listed below on the POLITICAL MAP of South Asia. Write the name of each of the countries in BLACK colored pencil on the appropriate map. Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka</p><p>Part II: Use the map on page 976 of your textbook to label the national capitals of each of the countries listed below on the POLITICAL MAP of South Asia. 1. Next to each of the South Asian countries listed below, write out the name of its capital city in the space provided. 2. Indicate the capitals’ locations with a RED star.</p><p>Bangladesh ______Bhutan ______India ______Maldives ______Nepal ______Pakistan ______Sri Lanka ______</p><p>Part III: Use the map on page 974 to draw in/label the following places on the PHYSICAL MAP of South Asia using GREEN colored pencil. Draw in and label the waterways and bodies of water using BLUE colored pencil.</p><p>GREEN: BLUE: Chota Nagpur Plateau Arabian Sea Eastern & Western Ghats Bay of Bengal Himalayas Indian Ocean Hindu Kush Gulf of Khambhat Deccan Plateau Gulf of Mannar Karakoram Range Ganges River Khyber Pass Indus River Thar Desert Palk Strait Vindhya Range Western Ghats Part IV: Use the Regional Patterns inset on page 977. Tap on the South Asia: Religions by Country graph to enlarge it, and answer the questions below. 1. In which countries do the majority of people practice: a. Islam</p><p> b. Hinduism</p><p> c. Buddhism</p><p>Part V: Use the Regional Patterns inset on page 977. Swipe your finger across the inset to get to the Religions of South Asia map. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below. 1. Where in India do you see the largest concentration of people who practice “Mixed Christian”?</p><p>2. According to the key, what type of Islam is practiced in South Asia?</p><p>Part VI: Use the Regional Patterns inset on page 977. Swipe your finger across the inset to get to the Population Density of South Asia map. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below. 1. Which regions of South Asia appear to be a. The most densely populated?</p><p> b. The least densely populated?</p><p>2. List the cities in South Asia with populations OVER 10 million. Next to each city you listed, name the country in which it can be found in parentheses.</p><p>Part VII: Use the Regional Patterns inset on page 977. Swipe your finger across the inset to get to the Economic Activity of South Asia map. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below. 1. What economic activity is practiced across the largest area of South Asia? 2. In what are of South Asia do you see little or no economic activity? What explanation may there be for this?</p><p>3. What are the two major economic activities in Pakistan?</p><p>Part IX: Use the Natural Resources of South Asia map on page 985. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below. 1. What country is home to the greatest diversity of natural resources?</p><p>2. Which countries have no significant amounts of natural resources?</p><p>3. In which two countries is uranium indicated as a natural resource?</p><p>Part X: Use the Climate and Vegetation of South Asia map on page 991. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below 1. Which countries in South Asia have desert or semiarid climate over a portion or portions of their land?</p><p>2. In what region of South Asia is a highlands climate present?</p><p>3. Which South Asian country has the most diversity in climates?</p>