Chapter 7 South Asia Flashcards

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Population of South Asia

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1.9 billion

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Largest cities of South Asia

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Delhi, Dhaka, and Mumbai

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Alpha class world cities of South Asia

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Mumbai and New Delhi

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Population of Southeast Asia

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656 million

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Largest cities of Southeast Asia

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Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok

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World cities of Southeast Asia

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Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bankok, and Manila

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Dravidian temple cities

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Temples were nuclei of habitation in Madurai and Angkor Wat

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Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi)

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Mix population of HIndus and Muslims

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Presidency towns

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Offshore outsourcing

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Maidan

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Chowk

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Civil lines

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Generally on urban periphery, residential quarters and administrative areas built by British

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Caste

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Desakota

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Wat

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Biggest difference between South and Southeast Asia

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Big coastline in Southeast

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Traditional cities

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Bazaar based and sacred cities

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Bazaar-based city model

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Segregated by religion, ethnicity and class. Centered on chowk

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Chandhi Chowk

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The silver market, one of the great bazaars of India

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Colonial based model

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Picture

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Hill stations

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Towns that are higher elevation and less hot, resort towns for Europeans

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Urban corridors

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Mainly in India leading to megalopolis creation

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Rickshaw capital of the world is

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Dhaka

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Mumbai

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Gateway to India, largest port, dominant city. Bollywood is here

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Singapore

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Asia’s A+ city, 80% literate in English, British heritage

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Pro-poor agendas

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Upgrading slums, providing cheap infrastructure, redistributive measures abolished

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Indian names for slums

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Bustees, jhunggi, and chawl

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