8 Bangladesh

Ganges / 8 / Hindu / India / Bangladesh's

India has something Bangladesh is incredibly dependent on: the _____ River. This power play by India, alongside cross border migration (__ % of the population is ____). and transit between parts of ____ across ________'s north.

lower

This country's incomes are considerably ____ than that of India and even Pakistan.

doubled / increased

Since 2010, the enrollment of girls in primary school has ____. The female literacy rate is thus _____.

Bay of Bengal

Southern Bangladesh is susceptible especially to natural disaster due to the funnel effect of the ____ __ _____ and the low elevations of the land.

textile / unsafe / dollars / failures / Dhaka / Savar / 1,000

Bangladesh is known as the "____ capital of the world . Factories in Bangladesh are ____ and minimum wage is little more than a U.S. ____ a day. Terrible fires and building ____ are not uncommon. In April 2013, a factory in the ______ suburb of _____ known to to be unsafe, collapsed. The buildings collapse took more than _____ lives. Low Prices come at a high cost.

150,000

Bangladesh is pretty bad off, and super easy to screw with. Mother nature is not a fan of this poor country and during the 20th century inflicted major damages to the land. The most recent occurred in 1991 when a cyclone killed more than ______ people. Routinely, cyclones will strike this coast and kill anywhere between dozens and thousands of people.

Muslim / women / 30 / women

Despite the countries lack of economic success and it being an overwhelmingly _____ society- this country has been crazy progressive when it comes to the role of ____ in the community. ___ seats in the national legislature are reserved for _______.

16.9 million / mosques / muslin / the Buriganga River / Mughals / Pakistan / Hindus / Muslims / 90 / Islam / rich / poverty

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN DHAKA!? This city is know as the "City of ____ and ____" . What river is still a center point of this city? The British and the Islamic _____ shaped this land. At independence in 1947 the city became administrative capital of East _______ : and in 1971 it became a seat of government for the newly formed state of Bangladesh. At the time of the Partition: Many ______ left and many _____ arrived, now more than ___% of the population adheres to ____. There is a tiny ___ minority, and major _____-stricken majority. This place is know as the bicycle-rickshaw capital of the world- neat?

decrease / literacy / economic

Interestingly, Bangladesh's_______ of infant mortality and increases in _____ and life span were not affiliated with any major ______ growth.

Dhaka / cyclones / Ganges / Brahmaputra / Ganges / Infant Mortality Rates / Literacy Rates / NGOs / Textiles

Review: What is Bangladesh's capital? What weather event is devastating to the region? What two river's deltas exist here? Of those two rivers, which one does India control? What two things have improved here, that would be comparatively better than India? What is the abbreviated form of the organizations that are majorly tied into this countries development? What is a major export of Bangladesh, produced in unsafe environments with a known death toll?

increased / 10 / exceeds / maternal

Since 1990; the country's life expectancy rate has _____ by ___ years. Which now ____ that of India; Infant Mortality Rates (of infants over 1 years old) has been cut in half and the rate of children over five dying has also decreased; as well as _______ mortality: overall a lot less people are dying. Good for them, bad for the surplus population (cue Ebenezer Scrooge). Despite being so poor, Bangladesh is outperforming both Pakistan and India.

double delta / Ganges / Brahmaputra

The country occupies the ____ ____ of India's great ____ and _____ rivers, and India almost completely surround it on its landward side. ?

Organizations independently of (but supported by) the national government / life / women / family / contraceptives / micro credits / guidance / livelihoods / micro-credits

What are non-governmental organizations or (NGOs)? The improve the quality of ___. An example of this would be the programs put in place to encourage ____ to play the lead role in _____ planning- giving them access to ____ and education. NGOs are also the key providers of _____-____, which are small loans in favorable terms to the poor, along with _______ and counseling, allowing the poor to invest in the means to secure a proper and sustainable _______. These concepts of ____- _____ has spread worldwide and is key instrument in economic development strategy.

Dhaka / Chittagong / Rangpur / Khulna / Rajshahi / 1743

What is the mega-city, capital of Bangladesh? What are the other 4 major urban centers? Bangladesh has one of the highest physiologic densities in the world, with _____ people per square kilometer.

158.1 million / subsistence / 25 / urban / agriculture

What is the population of Bangladesh? This is a nation largely populated by _____ farmers. Of their population, barely ___% live in ____ places. More than half of the workforce is engaged in _______.

1971 / Pakistan

What year was this country created? Who did Bangladesh have a brief war with in order to claim independence?