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The document discusses a lesson on making inferences about challenges in South Asia using demographic data from countries like the Maldives. Students analyzed factors like life expectancy, literacy rates, transportation, and doctors to draw conclusions about issues facing Nepal. The discussion also involved a case study on Kashmir and how India and Pakistan have disputed control over the region since independence.

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Kashmir Case Study

The document discusses a lesson on making inferences about challenges in South Asia using demographic data from countries like the Maldives. Students analyzed factors like life expectancy, literacy rates, transportation, and doctors to draw conclusions about issues facing Nepal. The discussion also involved a case study on Kashmir and how India and Pakistan have disputed control over the region since independence.

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Yesterday: Good work on inferences

We studied the challenges of South Asia by using demographic data to make


inferences.
Essence described the Maldives. She credited the higher percentage of
doctors on these islands for the increased life expectancy rate. Since people
live longer, she said that they have time to study and learn. Therefore, the
literacy rate is higher too.
Jade looked at the small number of cars in Nepal. She believes that people
depend more on walking or using animals to transport heavy things.
Jordan linked the low percentage of doctors in Nepal to the high infant mortality
rate.
Alejandra and Marvin worked together on Nepal. They decided that the low
import and export rates are due to trade issues and isolation. They found that
isolation was also a cause for poor living conditions, few doctors, and a low
literacy rate.
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Kashmir Case Study
How can India and Pakistan resolve their dispute
over Kashmir?
We will use maps, timelines, and primary resources to study another of
South Asias challenges.
1. Use your atlas (page 46) and the blank map to find
Kashmir and color it in on the map. Add Pakistan and
India in different colors.
2. Open your Kashmir Case Study on your Chromebook,
and follow as we highlight main ideas.
Essential Question
How can India and Pakistan resolve their dispute over Kashmir?

India and Pakistan have gone through three separate wars over the territorial
dispute involving Kashmir since both were declared independent nations in 1947.

This dispute poses a threat to the political stability of South Asia and the
economic well-being of the countries involved.

Due to both India and Pakistan having nuclear weapons, the Kashmir conflict has
the potential to lead to nuclear war.

Resources such as a deal with critical water supplies from Kashmir might be a
way for India and Pakistan to come to terms over this dispute.
Politics and Religion
India in 1947, had a majority Hindu population while Pakistan was mostly
Muslim.

Britain gave each Indian state the choice of joining either country or remaining
independent. Muslim states joined with Pakistan, while Hindu states remained
part of India.

Kashmir was and still has a majority Muslim population but during
independence, the territory was ruled by a Maharajah that was Hindu.

The Maharajah tried to cede his territory to India but Pakistani soldiers invaded
and after a year of inconclusive fighting, India still controlled much of the territory.
Timeline of the Dispute
1947- India and Pakistan gain independence

1948-Year-long Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir ends

1965-Second Indo-Pakistani war is fought

1972-Cease-fire agreement signed by India and Pakistan

1974-India explodes its first nuclear device

1998-Pakistan begins nuclear testing

1999-Indian and Pakistani military clash at cease-fire line.

Currently--continuing terrorist attacks--such as Mumbai in 2008


A Question of Economics and WATER
There is more to this conflict than just politics and religion.

The Indus River flows through Kashmir, and many of its tributaries originate in the
territory.

The Indus is a critical source of drinking water for all of Pakistan.

As a result, the Pakistanis are unwilling to let India control such a vital
resource.

Kashmir has become a strategic prize that neither country is willing to give up.
A Nuclear Nightmare
Primary Source B

Newspapers have
reports of current
events as they
happen. A primary
resource is written
at the time of the
event. Read this with
me on your
Chromebook.
A Question of Priorities
Both India and Pakistan have large populations and widespread poverty.

The money that they have spent on troops, arms, and nuclear programs mightve
been used to educate educate millions of children and to address many social
problems.

Resolving the status of Kashmir would offer the people of India, Pakistan and
Kashmir the peace they need to begin improve the quality of their lives.

It would also reduce political tensions in the region.


Primary Source A
Another kind of
primary resource is a Read with me
on your
government
Chromebook.
document. Everyone
has these. They
might include a birth
certificate or a Social
Security card.
More Primary Resources
Read the last three primary resources from the Kashmir Case
Study on your Chromebook. Answer the questions on the
worksheet. You may work with a small group around you, or
with a partner. I will come around to answer questions that
you have. As you leave, you will hand in the folder and all of
your materials. If you finish early, you may add another
country in South Asia to your map and label it.

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