EXAM 4 Flashcards
1
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South Asia is a cultural hearth and the two religions main are?
A
Hinduism and Buddhism
2
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What kind of system does Hinduism have?
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the Caste system -> born into a certain importance
3
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What 2 countries are mainly buddhism?
A
Sri Lanka and Bhutan
4
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What is Sikhism?
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Hindu and Islam
5
Q
What place in south asia are affected by plate tectonics?
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alps, andes, and Himalayas
6
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what type of weather does life in south Asia depend on?
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monsoon
7
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Monsoon rains…
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-once a year
-living root bridge in India
-growing rice
8
Q
what are the three zones in south Asia?
A
southern plateaus, river lowlands, and northern mountains
9
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out of the 3 zones, which has the biggest population?
A
river lowlands
10
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development of Mogul->
A
Taj Mahal & Jama Masjid-Delhi
(large mosque)
11
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What is the largest cultural minority in the world?
A
India Muslims (mughals and brits)
12
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What was the Partition?
A
Brits were kicked out of India and the British India empire splits into :
-india(hindu)
-pakistan(muslim)
13
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What was the world’s largest refugee migration?
A
(1947) muslims left and went to pakistan
14
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What’s going on with Kashmir?
A
India and Pakistan contest this area & the forward capital is Islamabad
15
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What is Neoliberalism?
A
-Privatizing state-run companies
-lowering of international trade tariffs
-reduction of gov subsidies
-cutting of corporate taxes
-overall deregulation to stimulate business activity
-Only impacts 25 of realm BUT has led to a growing middle class
16
Q
How many people can Earth support?
A
around 8-10 billion (earth overshoot day)
17
Q
What is the most heavily populated realm on Earth?
A
Ganges River Valley & Delta
18
Q
South Asia is _% urbanized?
A
34
19
Q
Which South Asian country is still most likely at stage 2 (on the demographic transition model)?
A
Afghanistan
20
Q
What country in south Asia has a great imbalance ?
A
India
21
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India vs. China Population
A
India is going up, China is going down
22
Q
what could cause oddity in the population pyramid ?
A
retirement community, college town, military
23
Q
Does Russia have a major shrinking population?
A
YES
24
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Germany and the European Union is also losing population.. what will help?
A
migrants
25
What are the 8000ers ?
the 14 tallest mountains in the world
26
Why is it called Mt. Everest?
-1865 honor of British general of india-> george everest
27
Why is Mt. Everest overcrowded?
Nepal issued a record of 381 permits, don’t have to qualify, more inexpensive climbs, inexperienced climbers/slow,
narrow weather windows, summit fever, summit is the size of a ping pong table (very small), allure of the “world’s tallest mountain”
28
What is BUZKASHI?
goat grabbing-national sport of Afghanistan
29
What is the west region?
Afghanistan- which is a buffer zone from the British
30
What country is the transition zone b/w NASWA, Central Asia, and South Asia?
Pakistan
31
the west region contains _% of the world's heroin.
75
32
What religion dominates in pakistan?
islam
33
what country is the giant of the realm?
India
34
Bangladesh
lots of natural disasters, world capital of textiles and bicycles
35
-Northern Mountain States Region (Nepal and Bhutan)
-Buffer states b/w India & China
-Remittances
-Tourism
-Hindu & Buddhist
36
SOUTHERN ISLANDS REGION
-Best GDP in realm
-Cultural Challenges: 4 different kinds of religion
-Rising Sea Levels (Maldives)
37
Who is the current giant of east asia?
China
38
Who was the former giant of east asia?
japan
39
What country is a major (above ground) threat to east Asia?
North Korea
40
What is a major (below ground) threat to Japan?
Ring of Fire *earthquakes/tsunamis
41
How many great rivers are in East Asia?
4
42
What challenges does East Asia face?
they have a very small area to grow crops
43
the 4 great rivers in east Asia-
Huang He -(yellow river)
Yangzi- (3 gorges dam-#1 biggest in world-7660ft-607 ft high-reservoir:400m-4.1 mil)
Xi Jiang -(empty into south china sea)
Liao
44
What is SNWDP? (most expensive infrastructure in the world)
water diversion project in south asia; going from south to north
45
What country is the largest and most densely populated in the world?
China
46
China is now 60% urbanized, while it was previously 20%
TRUE
47
China is the... (materials)
-biggest consumer of raw materials
-world’s leading exporter of finished goods
-rare earth elements (90%)
48
Nationalist vs Communist (japan v china)
china wins, so communists takes over nationalism
49
After WWII Japan...
economic transformation(electronics)
50
Japan (50-60), Asian Tigers (60-70), China
just a study one :)
51
Who are the 4 Asian Tigers?
Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore
52
What do the 4 Asian Tigers have in common?
High value-added goods
53
After Ma Zedong died in 1976, china establishes SEZ (special economic zones) and offer investors ...
lower taxes, worker wages, looser environment regulations, and weaker official oversight
54
(SEZ) Shenzen is ...
north of Hong Kong and the fastest growing city in human history!
55
Shenzen shifted from manufacturing to _
technology
56
Where does economy dominate in east asia?
COAST & fastest growth in the west!
57
What is the geographic relationship b/w economic growth and urban development?
map on book
58
China v U.S (similarity & what china has that we do not have)
countries are similar in size , China has a high speed bullet train
59
Special administrative regions (SAR)
Hong Kong (brit) & Macau (portugal)
60
Japan is home to the largest city in the world...
Tokyo (38 million)
61
Japan's population is rapidly declining..why?
-more virgins
-fewer full-time jobs (robot technology)
-Hikikomori: social recluses, 540,000 in japan, 15-39 year olds
62
only _% of land in Japan is inhabitable?
20
63
What is Okinawa famous for?
Land of the Immortals (longest lived people in history) ’The Blue Zone’
64
Living in Japan->
-Need foreigners
-massive demographic burden
-struggle for foreigners in Japan
-No mixed nationalities:only japanese or nothing
-Nonverbal Communication
65
What does each side have that the other could use? (Koreas)
south has food, north has trade zone and raw materials
66
Is Seoul a primate city?
YES
67
Taiwan is considered the "wayward province" because?
they were the ones who got away from China BUT may return
68
Mongolia is a buffer state b/w what countries?
Russia and China
69
Mongolia is known for?
-raw materials
-nomadic life decline
-most polluted (coal burning)
70
Does the capitalist or socialist government dominate in China?
socialist
71
In what three area on Earth are equatorial rainforests still found today?
Amazon, Congo, Southeast Asia
72
What realm is physically similar to Southeast Asia?
Middle America
-islands and peninsula
-flanking a populated mainland
-high mountains, deep valleys
73
Pacific Ring of Fire causes:
earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes
74
What river is the "mother of rivers" in southeast Asia?
Mekong River
75
What dam is considered the "battery of Asia" in the southeast?
Xayaburi Dam
76
What are the downstream impacts?
fishery decline & rice paddy sediment
77
Which of these religions has recently perpetrated violence towards others
Buddhism
78
What are the worlds most persecuted minority, that have immigrated to Bangladesh?
Rohingya Muslims
79
Where are the population clusters in southeast asia?
the java islands
80
Southeast Asia has different state shapes and configurations like:
-compact
-protruded/extended
-elongated-chile, vietnam, norway (chile & normway very well developed)
-fragmented
81
How was thailand important?
buffer state with brits and french
82
what do ethiopia, liberia, and thailand all have in common?
they are all not colonized
83
what would the french call the southeast asia realm?
indochina
84
What state has southeast asia's highest income?
singapore
85
asian economic development from 60s-2000s->
1960s Japan
1970s Asian Tigers
1980s China
2000s Southeast Asia
86
the association of southeast asian nation purpose is ...
-organization seeking realm improvement
-original purpose: security
-new purpose: trade (2000s)
87
Trade in tropic timber
want natural resources from Africa
88
Southeast trade increases, when...
tariffs decrease
89
What is it called when states cooperate on shared objectives?
supranationalism
90
which realms practice supranationalism?
southeast asia, south america, european union, and sub. africa
91
Which countries are engaged in the greatest territorial conflicts?
Philippines and Vietnam
92
2 regions in China are?
mainland and insular
93
Cambodia (mainland) -is what shape?
compact
94
Cambodia is _% Khymer
85
95
What was the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s?
Communist, create rural society, outlawed family, 2 million dead
-Ousted by Vietnam
96
What is Angkor Wat?
the world's largest religious complex in the world
97
A big symbol of cambodia..
is the buddhist temple
98
Laos (mainland) is communist?
yes indeed
99
Laos has _ infrastructure and economy
bad
100
Laos has a lot of arable land-true or false?
false about 5%
101
China influence: Kunming is the ...
gateway to SE China
102
the belt and road initiative is a
rail project that benefits CHINA
103
What country is the heart of China's mainland?
Thailand
104
What is the political shape of thailand
protruded
105
thailand has
golden temples, egg boy, swastika (good luck)
106
Myanmar (mainland) what is the shape?
protruded
107
Myanmar is #2 in opium
yep
108
who is number 1 in opium
afghanistan
109
what states are apart of the golden triangle?
myanmar, thailand, laos
110
what is india's regional project?
sittwe port - increase trade
111
what is china's regional project?
oil/gas pipeline to Kunming
112
what is thailand's regional project?
dawei port, SEZ, highway
113
Indonesia has the _ largest muslim population
4th
114
indonesia has 127 volcanic islands except
borneo
115
indonesia is the #1 exporter of
palm oil
116
palm oil leads to
deforestation
117
what is indonesia's political shape?
fragmented
118
who is the center of SE Asia?
singapore
119
is singapore a city state ?
yeS
120
one of the most important shipping ports lies in
singapore
121
growth triangle includes:
singapore, malaysia, indonesia
122
on the west side of malaysia there is _ of the world's shipping
1/3
123
the most important choke point in the world is ..
the strait of malacca in malaysia
124
on malaysia's east side they have
raw materials and palm oil plantations
125
does agriculture dominate in the philippines ?
yes
126
remittances in indonesia
1/4 of workforce employed abroad-"maid trade"
127
what country is seeking close relations w us?
philppines
