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Lesson 65: (Cont.)
Natural Resources and Economy of South Asia
ACTIVITY 2:
Use the information contained in the chart below on Major Agricultural Industries of South Asia to
answer the following questions.
Major Agricultural Industries (Primary) in SouthAsia
Products
India
Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal
Bhutan Sri Lanka Maldives
tea
X
X
X
X
rice
X
X
X
X
X
cotton
X
X
sugar cane
X
X
X
jute
X
X
X
X
tobacco
X
cattle
X
coffee
X
coconuts
X
X
rubber
X
X
wheat
X
X
timber
X
X
fishing
X
X
X
X
X
yaks
X
1.What country relies upon the yak for food and clothing?
2.What country produces coffee?
3.What country produces tobacco?
4.What country has a large livestock industry?
5.Name twocountries that have rubber treeplantations?
and
6.Name twocountries that havea largecotton industry.
and
7.Name two tropical countries that harvest coconuts.
and
8.Name two landlockedcountries that donot harvest fish.
and
9.Name threecountries that harvest sugar cane.
,
and
South Asia
