Asia

• A mega city is a city that has a population of 10 million or more
• How does the monsoon bring rain?

  The wind moves onto the land and sea and heats it up which causes evaporation and therefore rainclouds form
• Indian monsoon - economic benefits outweigh the social negatives
• Bangalore is towards the south east of Karnataka, India. Karnataka is located in the southwest of India, Bangalore is its capital.
• Bangalore is a dynamic city due to economic development and people from rural areas who moved for jobs and modern life. It is said to be a Silicon Valley and IT hub of India.
• Interdependence between countries means they depend on each other in some way
• Globalisation is where the world is becoming increasingly interconnected with increased trade and cultural exchange.
• The Belt and Road Initiative will be a more modern Silk Road to start a new era of globalization. It will connect about 65% of the world's population to China. Some countries think it's a strategic plan to contribute to their economy and control the Indian Ocean.
• To grow China's economy they have to increase the number of people working, they did this by introducing the one-child policy so that women come back to work faster. They have also made investments in infrastructure such as roads and railways for trade as well as making major rivers navigable all year so they have 5/10 largest container ports in the world.