asian geography( people, language and religion)
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JAPAN5 letters
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MALAYSIA8letters
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ISRAEL6 letters
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TURKEY6 letters
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BHUTAN6 letters
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CHINA5 letters
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KT OBOR HAD
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North Korea 10letters
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KG LO
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MONGOLIA8letters
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VT EA
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VIETNAM7letters
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PEOPLE
LANGUAGE
RELIGION
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People
Asia has a cultural heritage of great diversity.
4000B.C. urban life & civilization developed in Mesopotamia.
3000 B.C. at Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley.
2000 B.C. Chinese culture.
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5 Major Cultural Regions
Recognized in Asia:
Southwest Asia(Islamic)
South Asia (Indic)
East Asia (Sinic)
Southeast Asia
Northern & Central Asia
(interior)
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SOUTH
WEST
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Dry belt of desert and semi-desert lands
( Eastern Mediterranean- Afghanistan). Linked with North
Africa and near Middle East or Arab World.
Non-Arabs constitute a majority of the population in Iran, Israel, & Turkeys.
SOUTH
WEST
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SOUTH
WEST
Development of early agriculture in Mesopotamia
Unified by Islam in 7th century.
Christians in Syria, Armenia & Lebanon, and Jews mainly in Israel.
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SOUTH
ASIA
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SOUTH
ASIA
Located on the Indian subcontinent & dominated by India.
Culture dates from about 1500 B.C. , when Aryans invaded northern India.
Vedic religion merged w/ Indigenous customs & beliefs to produce Hinduism.
6th century B.C. Buddhism founded in India.
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EAST
ASIA
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EAST
ASIA
Culture developed by the ancient Shang dynasty about 1500 B. C.
100 B.C. East Asian culture religion ( modern China);
(400 A.D) began to move southward into Vietnam, and reached out to Korea and Japan.
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EAST
ASIA
Social organization & structure are strongly influenced by ancient Chinese concepts
Ancestor worship; Confucianism, Japanese Shinto and Taoism and Chinese Buddhism.
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SOUTHEAST
ASIA
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SOUTHEAST
ASIA
Indigenous peoples of this region were pushed from lowlands into isolated hill areas by migrants from China& the rest of Asia (2, 500 years ago).
Buddhism is the dominant religion.
Islamic brought by Arab traders 12th century A.D., by British, French, Dutch, Spanish and Americans.
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NORTH
&
CENTRAL
ASIA
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(Asiatic Russia). In 17th century Russians brought European influences.
Occupied by great variety of different tribal groups; European Russians about 40% of population of former Soviet Asia.
Minorities in southern include the Buryat, Kalmyk, and Chukchi.
NORTH
&
CENTRAL
ASIA
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Central (inner) Asia is made up of 5 former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Isolated by high mountains or broad dessert.
Indigenous peoples : Mongols, Tartars, Tungus and Yakuts.
NORTH
&
CENTRAL
ASIA
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2/3 of all Asian people belonging to Mongoloid group.
Han Chinese-largest ethnic group that constitutes about 94% of the total population of China. ( Mongols, Uigurs, Huis, Zhuangs &Tibetans)
Japanese- second largest Asian group
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LANGUAGE
1. Chinese is the language spoken by more than one billion in China, Southeast Asia, & other parts of the continent. Mandarin Chinese & distinctive dialects like Cantonese, Wu, Min, & Hakka.
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LANGUAGE
2. Hindi, spoken by more than 215 million people ; spoken mainly in northern India & Pakistan.
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LANGUAGE
3.Arabic, spoken mainly in Southwest Asia.
4.Russian, widely spoken and used as a second language in former Soviet Asia.
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RELIGION
Major religions in Asia are:
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
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RELIGION
Hinduism
Has about 520 million followers; main religion of India.
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RELIGION
Has an estimated 430 million adherents in Asia and it is the principal religion in Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, & Indonesia.
Large Muslim minorities exist in Philippines and Central Asia.
Islam
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RELIGION
Originated primarily in India, 250 million followers in Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Cambodia.
Buddhism
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RELIGION
Tibetan Buddhism- dominant in Tibet & Bhutan
Buddhism- well-represented in Japan.
Taoism- indigenous Chinese religion
Confucianism- widespread in China in pre-Communist times.
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RELIGION
Catholicism & Protestantism- Philippines.
Sikhs, Parsis and Jains in India- less well-represented religions.
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Asian Countries
COUNTRY
CAPITAL
CURRENCY
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BANGKOK
THAILAND
BAHTSOUTHEAST ASIA
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DILI
EAST TIMOR
DOLLARSOUTHEAST ASIA
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BEIJING
CHINA
YUANEAST ASIA
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DHAKA
BANGLADESH
TAKASOUTH ASIA
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ULAANBAATAR
MONGOLIA
TUGRIKNORTH & CENTRAL ASIA
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KABUL
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISOUTH WESTASIA
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JAKARTA
INDONESIA
RUPIAHSOUTHEAST ASIA
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TAIPEI
TAIWAN
TAIWAN DOLLAREAST ASIA
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NEW DELHI
INDIA
RUPEESOUTH ASIA
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MOSCOW
RUSSIA
RUBLENORTH &
CENTRAL ASIA
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BAGHDAD
IRAQ
IRAQI DINARSOUTH WESTASIA
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EMILYN M. POTESTAD