Unit 5: Asia

What language is the most widespread language in Southwest Asia?

Arabic

What influence did China and India have on the early culture of Korea?

Buddhism was spreading and became popular in Korea. Confucianism became a dominant religion. Korea used Chinese characters to influence their writing, art, and literature. Korea also adopted Confucianism as a basis for government.

Azerbai jan is part of what region?

Caucasus Region

What countries border the mainland of Southeast Asia?

China and India.

What six countries make up East Asia?

China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

Sikhism

Developed in the 1500's, nearly 2,000 years after Buddhism and Jainism. yet it too was a reaction to Hinduism. by and large, Sikhs reject cast system.

Who has some of the coldest winters on Earth?

Eastern and Central Siberia

Mount Everest

Highest mountain range in the world.

What do Hindus believe happens after death?

Hindus believe in reincarnation, or rebirth of a soul in another body.

What event spurred the movement for a Jewish state?

Holocaust

Suez Canal

Human made feature that has contributed greatly to the Red Sea becoming one of the world's busiest waterways.

What two countries have a dispute over the area called Kashmir?

India and Pakistan.

Describe Indonesia's unique physical geography in terms of volcanoes and volcanic activity.

Indonesia has more than 100 active volcanoes. Most are in a long arc along the southern edge of the country.

What are three major rivers of South Asia and were do they flow?

Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra. Each one starts as a small stream in the mountains. The Indus flows to the Arabian Sea. The Ganges and Brahmaputra flow to the Bay of Bengal.

Khyber Pass

Invaders and traders could enter South Asia through only a few openings, such as the Khyber Pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Two leading industrial nations

Japan and Taiwan.

Russia and Japan both claim ownership of parts of what Island?

Kuril Islands

Cyclone

Large swirling storm that can cause devastation.

During the spread of Islam, many advances were made in what two subjects?

Math and science

List the three empires in India in the order that they ruled.

Mauryas, Guptas, Mughals

How ere Mughal rulers different than other rulers?

Mughal rulers were Muslim rather than Hindu.

Is South Asia a continent?

No, it's a subcontinent.

What kind of resistance to British rule did Mohandas Gandhi organize.

Nonviolent resistance.

West Bank

One area at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

How many children was China encouraged to have?

One.

How were the Himalayas created?

Plate tectonics created the mountain range.

Which region holds more than half of the oil that has been discovered in the world?

Southwest Asia

Outsourcing

The hiring of an outside company or individual to do work.

What is the most widely grown crop in Southeast Asia and why?

The most widely grown crop is Asia is rice. Many rural villages depend on it as a cash crop. The leading export is Thailand and Vietnam. Other exports are rubber, palm oil, coconuts, sugar, cacao, coffee, and spices.

What natural disaster in 2004 caused the deaths of more than 230,000 people in Indonesia?

Tsunami.

What is the main factor in climate variation in East Asia?

Two areas at the same latitude can have very different climates if one area is higher than the other.

Why do U.S. companies outsource work?

U.S. companies want to save money

What is outsourcing?

U.S. manufacturer engaging a company in India to provide customer service.

Trade Surplus

What occurs when a country exports more than it imports.

Does Southeast Asia have a lot of unusual animal species?

Yes, and they are not found anywhere else in the world.

De Facto country

a country that is not legally recognized by other countries.

Wadi

a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rain falls in a desert.

Collectives

a farm that is owned by the government but run by a group of farmers who work together.

Dynasty

a ling of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time.

Sitar

a stringed instrument.

Tundra

a treeless zone found near the Arctic Circle.

Ecotourism

a type of tourism in which people visit a country to enjoy its natural wonders.

Alluvial Plain

area of fertile soil deposited by flood waters.

Monotheism

belief in just one God.

Pacific Rim

countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, particularly Asian countries.

Tsunami

huge wave that is triggered by an earthquake.

Archipelago

is a group or chain of islands.

What is Bollywood?

it is the nickname for the Hindi film industry.

Samurai

landowning warriors who supported the shogun in early Japan.

Shogun

military leader who ruled Japan in early times.

Ring of Fire

name given to seismically active zone around much of the Pacific Ocean.

Castes

social classes in which people are assigned strict roles and tasks.

Holocaust

systematic murder of 6 million European Jews by Nazi Germany.

Polytheism

the belief in more than one God.

What is Karma?

the belief that actions in this life can affect one's next life.

What are the features of a typical wet/dry climate?

three seasons (hot, wet, cool)

Why has Myanmar has slow economic and social progress?

A repressive, Isolationist government has kept the country and economy from developing.

What features of and Indian currency note make it unique?

All important information appears in both English and Hindi. The fine print on the note contains 15 other languages.