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Lesson65: (Cont.)
Natural Resources and Economy of South Asia
MajorManufacturing Industries (Secondary) in SouthAsia
Products
India
Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal
Bhutan Sri Lanka Maldives
steel
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cars
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textiles
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aircraft
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food
processing
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milk
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leather
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chemicals
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computers
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cement
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hydroelectric
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X
ACTIVITY 4:
Use the information contained in the readings and chart above onMajor Manufacturing Industries of
SouthAsia to answer the following questions.
1.Which country has nomajor manufacturing industry?
2.Which huge industry has developed from cotton?
3.What industry is important inmost countries?
4.What country has the strongest economy?
5.Name the only country that produces aircraft?
6.Which country ismore advanced inmaking computers?
7. Besides food processing, India has twomanufacturing
industries that are the result of cattle.Name them.
and
8.Which country has the best developed railroad network?
9.Which country has a rocket and space program?
ACTIVITY 5:
From the information in this lesson, thereare
boldfaced
wordsandwords incharts thatdescribeSouthAsia’s
major resources and industries.Attacheconomic picture symbols toablankmapof SouthAsia
(BLM)
.For
countrieswhere the crop is amajor product, paste two symbols for tea, rice, cotton, jute, and sugar cane.
Then, placeonesymbol for eachof theothermajor productsor resourcesonyourmap for eachcountry.
South Asia
