Social Studies Asia Fast Facts Flash Cards

Avoidance of violence is a similar characteristic between what two religions? ______ and ______.

Avoidance of violence is a similar characteristic between what two religions? Buddhism and Hinduism.

What physical feature describes Japan? Be able to name other countries that are examples of this physical feature.

Archipelago, other countries that are archipelagos are Indonesia and the Philippines.

What European colonial power most influenced the Indian Sub-Continent?

British

______ philosophy felt hat people should be polite, honest, hardworking, caring for others , and demonstrate appropriate behavior.

Confucian philosophy felt hat people should be polite, honest, hardworking, caring for others , and demonstrate appropriate behavior.

Some inventions of the ancient Chinese are...

Gunpowder, silk, and paper.

The Indian Sub-Continent includes what countries (Islands too)?

India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives.

Mountains in other parts of the country have resulted in China's people crowding in the ______ half of the country.

Mountains in other parts of the country have resulted in China's people crowding in the Eastern half of the country.

Define reincarnation and identify the religious group in Asia that practices this.

Reincarnation is the belief that when you die your soul will be reborn in a new body. The body that you will be born in depends on your previous life. If you are bad you life you will live your new life badly, if you were good you will live you new life good. That is called Karma. Buddhists and Hindus believe in this.

The Japanese adopted this from the Chinese between the 3rd and 5th centuries C.E.

Religion, government, and a written language.

Ruling families is a characteristic of an ancient Chinese ______?

Ruling families is a characteristic of an ancient Chinese dynasty.

South Asia's climate is influenced by ______ which are ______?

South Asia's climate is influenced by monsoons which are strong seasonal winds that may carry rain.

South Asia's largest population live along the ______ and ______ rivers because the land is ______?

South Asia's largest population live along the Ganges and Indus rivers because the land is fertile.

What oceans surround the Asian region?

The Indian, Arctic, and Pacific Ocean surround the Asian region.

The ______ ______ linked East Asia and the Mediterranean World about 2,000 years ago?

The Silk Road linked East Asia and the Mediterranean World about 2,000 years ago?

The ______ system affected daily life in India. It was an inherited social class. It determined what for India?

The caste system. The caste system determines your job. You can't move out of it and if you were born in a street merchant caste you will most likely be a street marchant when you grow up.

What must farmers do because of the overcrowding population in East Asia?

They must double crop and do terrace farming. They also have to farm on all available land.

______ is the main climate region in Southeast Asia?

Tropical is the main climate region in Southeast Asia.

Describe what a cartogram is? What information does it show?

A cartogram is a thematic map that shows data drawn to scale about a country. This makes the country distorted. For example if the map was on GDP, the countries with the higher GDP would be bigger that the ones with the smaller GDP.

A climate graph provides information about ______ and ______. The line shows ______ and the bar on the graph shows ______.

A climate graph provides information about temperature and precipitation. The line shows temperature and the bar on the graph shows precipitation.