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What is a rain shadow
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a slope facing the same way the wind is blowing, stopping rain from coming over the mountain
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What is the orographic effect?
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The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain. As the air rises, it cools down and releases most of its moisture as rain or snow
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Define atmospheric pressure
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The weight of the atmosphere
pressing down on any point of the surface of the earth. High pressure areas - few clouds form. Low pressure - form clouds that produce rain |
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What is a tropical cyclone
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Another name for Hurricane
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Most of Bangledesh lies on the river Delta that seldom rises more than ________
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30 feet above sea level
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Because of Bangladesh's low elevation what crop thrives here?
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Rice. because with low elevation rice is a crop that grows better in warm shallow water
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What effects do the monsoon rains have on crops
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Monsoon rains often couse flooding which is then hard for even the rice to grow
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Other than flooding what other problem does Bangladesh face?
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Tropical cyclones
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What does Bangladesh's economy depend on?
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Rain. Agriculture (growing rice) is heavily dependent on rain
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What percentage of Bangladesh's people farm?
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`3/5 people or 60%
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What other effects come from too much rain
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city streets flood, people cannot get to work and businesses close. also, flooding pollutes drinking water
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What's the result of contaminated drinking water
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Disease spreads rapidly
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What is the climate of Jodphur?
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Semi-arid (hot & dry most of the year and heavy rains June - September
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Jodphur sits on the eastern edge of what dessert
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Thar Dessert
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Jodphur is a leading producer of what?
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Cattle, spices and grains
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Since they get very little rain and the temperatures never get below 60 degrees what do they depend on for water
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summer monsoons from june to september
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What percentage of people living around Jodphur are farmers
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80%
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What makes farming difficult in Jodphur
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Desert soil needs lots of water and they depend on the summer monsoons
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What effects does too little or not enough rain have on the people in Jodphur
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Crops fail and drinking water vanishes and families run out of food and grow weak and diseases spread
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How do families that run out of food survive?
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by eating samas, a wild grass
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Calcutta is called both the _________ and the __________
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city of joy
dying sea |
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Calcutta sits on a branch of what river
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Ganges
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What is a draw back of being on the Ganges river
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The june monsoons come and flood the river
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How many people live in Calcutta
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15 Million
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What percentage of the people in Calcutta live in slums
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1/3 or 33%
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What are 2 benefits of the monsoon rains in Calcutta
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provides water for crops and relief from heat
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Pune is located where in India
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On the Deccan Plateau in western india
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What crops do they plant in Pune
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Drought resistant - like sugar beets
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What have they done to try to increase rainfall
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Cloud-seeding
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What is Cloud-seeding
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They drop chemicals into the clouds to attach to the water droplets and make them heavier so it will rain. They do this by plane
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How does India compare with the US
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India is 1/3 the size of the US but India has more than three times the population
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What is the population of India
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over 1 billilon people
2nd most populated country in the world |
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What kind of government do they have in India
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Democracy
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For thousands of years Indian society has been divided into groups called __________
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Castes
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Other than castes, india is also divided by _____________
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Religion
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What are the 2 main faiths, or religions in India
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Hinduism and Islam
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3/4's of indians are what religion
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Hindus
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True of false
India is one of the poorest countries in the world |
True
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What portion of Indians live in poverty?
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1/4 live on less than 1 dollar a day
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What is one reason for india's rapidly growing economy
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IT revolution
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What does IT stand for
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Information Technology
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What is the attraction of their IT services
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Low wages which make more jobs for many foreign companies
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What's another attraction for american companies in india
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India is on the other side of the world and there is a time difference of 10 or more hours. India's people are working while american people are sleeping.
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The main hub in india is the city of _____________
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Bangalore in southern India
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Comparative advantage
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the ability of one country to produce a good or provide a service at a lower cost than another country
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Information Technology (IT)
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the use of technology to move, record and process information. IT includes computers, communications satellites, cell phones and internet
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Outsource
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to hire someone outside a company to do work that was once done inside the company. IT has made it possible to outsource to businesses in other countries
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Time Zone
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an area that usus the sam clock time. Earth is divided into 24 standard time zones
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Does India have a standard time zone
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no, india has a non standard time zone - 1/2 hour off of standard time
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What are the three contributers to the rapidly growing economy
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Low wages
English speakers Trained workers |
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Why does india have such low wages
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Large population makes for more people looking for work so people accept lower pay just to get work
Low cost of living - things cost less than in many other countries so people don't need to earn as much |
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So many indian people want to work IT jobs because of
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better pay and nice working conditions
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What is the advantage of english speaking skills
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about 1/3 of all indians speak some english. This gives india a good advantage in attracting US companies
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India has more than ___________ languages and dialects
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1000
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what is a dialect
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a version of a language that is spoken in a specific area
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what is india's national language
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Hindi
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What portion of indians speak Hindi at home
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2/5
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English is spoken by ______________ indian people
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almost all educated
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Why is english so widely spoken india
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India was once a colony of Great Britian so the schools were set up by British people and students were taught in english
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About __________ of indians speak english
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1/3
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What contributes to India's abundance of trained workers?
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Education is very important and students are motivated to work hard
India puts alot of money into higher education and a large percentage of college graduates are IT oriented |
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Indian law says that children up to the age of _____ must go to school
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14
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What portion of these children actually attend school
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1/2
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What portion of indians are illiterate
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1/3
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Why don't more children go to school
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Poverty. Many poor children have to work to help support their family
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What is another reason children don't attend school
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Caste system. Lower castes are not expected to be educated
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