1. Dams and the reservoirs they create are sources of irrigation water and generators of electricity. Name some of the factors that have rendered so many places in South Asia, as well as elsewhere around the world, in need of markedly more water and electricity.
2. Explain why some would say that India has been part of globalization for thousands of years. Tie this history to what is happening in the present.
3. What are some of the lingering features of the British colonial era in South Asia? To what extent is globalization reinforcing or erasing these features?
4. How are changes in agriculture resulting in urbanization?
5. Describe microcredit and its impact on extreme poverty in South Asia.
6. Describe how South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Identify some responses to the climate crisis that are emerging from this region.
7. Describe the main challenges to democracy in South Asia.
8. Identify the factors that have led to a recent boom in manufacturing industries in South Asia.
9. What factors have encouraged high population growth in South Asia in the past? What factors may encourage slower population growth in the future?
10. Describe the main factors that create South Asia’s gender imbalance.