3A: Unit 5 India

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

What do these words have in common? 

Jungle

Candy

Shampoo 

Pyamas

Avatar

Bungalow

Ginger

mango

peacock

Tekst

Welcome! 

India

avatar, which means incarnation (or could refer to an 'icon or a figure representing a particular person in a computer game, Internet forum, etc') owes its roots to the Sanskrit word avatara.

India?

Name 3 facts that really suprised you:

Van welk land was India een kolonie?

1. Nederland
2. Frankrijk
3. Amerika
4. Engeland

Jewel in the crown of the British empire

Hoofdstad: New Delhi

Inwoners: ruim 1,3 miljard!!

religie: Hindu 80%, Islam 13%, 

                Christenen 2% en Sikh 2%

Bollywood

Influence Brittish Empire

• English is the official language in India
• Hindi is most widely spoken
• India is a former colony of England. It has been an independent country since 1947

Religion

Is het Hind

Hinduism

A path of many, old and wise,

Of gods, of cycles, earth and skies.

Do your duty, seek what's true,

Karma flows in all you do.

From life to life, the soul shall roam—

Until it finds its way back home.

Geography

Located in South Asia

Bordered by: Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar

Landscape: Himalayas 🏔, Thar Desert 🏜, Ganges River 🌊, tropical beaches 🏝

Climate: Ranges from alpine to tropical

What's the capital?

1. Mumbai
2. Calcutta
3. New Delhi
4. Jaipur

Lesson 1, unit 5

Read 'The...Holi', page 188

Do ex. 1 tm 4, lesson 1, unit 5

Homework 5.2: 2/5/6/7/10 + vocab + test yourself