class

today in class we worked on defining things and watched a movie

Facts

Mumbai

·         Formally known as Bombay

·         Capital of Maharashtra

·         Most popular city in India

·         Second most populous city in the world

·         Mumbai is on the west coast of India

·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai

Dharavi- is a slum and administrative ward

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharavi 

Bollywood- s the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood

questions on india

1,173,108,018 people as of July 2010
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html 

2.65 children born per woman

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

25 percent as of 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india

Islamics attacked and bombed a small diner in India. Afghanistan set off a car bomb in India.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest

119th

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india

Flooding is a huge problem, like the one in Surat that killed 120 people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html

Raw sewage pours into the city through the river.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html

61%

 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh.

 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

August 15, 1947 and Britain 

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

questions on india

1.  1,173,108,018 people as of July 2010
2.  2.65 children born per woman
3. 25 % of 2007
4. Islamics attached and bombed a small dinner in India and set off a car bomb.

5. 119th
6. flooding is a major problem

new chapter , India

China has 1.35 billion people
India has 1.21 billion people
40% of the world live in these two countries
each of those two countries populations is larger than those of Africa , Europe or the entire Western hemisphere.
china is further along in demographic transition then India.
china is is nearly 10 years higher then India
chinas life expectancy rate is 73 and India is 64 years
china more urban India more rural

in class

today in class we got into groups and were assigned a topic on what we were going to be doing it on , my group is mark and elena and we got coffee

well

today in class we did our homework which was to find five websites that will help with your questions and terms.