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Social Studies Flashcards

1
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What is the main purpose of the study of Asia?

A

The main purpose of studying Asia is that the Philippines is an Asian country and Filipino is a race in Asia.

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2
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The division of Asia into regions is based on _______

*4 answers

A

Physical Geography, Human Geography, History, and Culture of the nations in the continent

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3
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What are the 6 Regions of Asia?

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  1. North Asia 4. West Asia
  2. South Asia 5. Central Asia
  3. East Asia 6. Southeast Asia
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4
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North Asia is also known as ______ (based on the Eurocentric Perspective), _______(because the Europeans haven’t explored this part yet), and _______.

A
  1. Central Asia
  2. Inner Asia
  3. Soviet Asia
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5
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South Asia is also known as _________.

A

Land of Mysticism

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6
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West Asia is also known as ______

A

The melting pot

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7
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Refers to a region in Asia between the Captain Sea and Western China

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Central Asia

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8
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Also known as the Chinese Region

A

East Asia

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9
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Southeast Asia is known for the label ______ and ______

A

Father India and Little China

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10
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What are the 3 Major Perspectives of Asia?

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  • Eurocentric Perspective
  • Orientalism
  • Asiancentric perspective
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Explain the Eurocentric Perspective.

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The Europeans’ mindset where they think Europe is the center of the world and that they are superior to all others.

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12
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Explain the Orientalism Perspective

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Europeans’ perspective that they are superior to the Asians in terms of culture and race.

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Explain the Asiancentric Perspective

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To highlight the beauty of the local cultures and history of Asia and to promote it’s own identity.

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14
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What are the two divisions of geography?

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Human Geography and Physical Geography

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15
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What is human geography

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focuses on the human’s daily life and how their routines changed the environment

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What is Physical Geography

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focuses on the physical characteristics of the world

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17
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Where does the word “Asia” come from?

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Came from the Aegean word “Asu” meaning places where the sun rises, and east.

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18
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Refers to the region or nations in Asia that are near in the east of Europe

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Near East

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19
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Regions or nations in Asia that are farthest east from Europe.

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Far east

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20
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Regions or nations in Asia that are in the center of Asia.

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Middle east

21
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Vertical lines in the map or globe

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meridian

22
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Horizontal lines

A

Parallels

23
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the space or distance among meridians

A

Longitude

23
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the Meridian that divides the eastern and western hemisphere

A

Prime Meridian

23
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Spaces or distance between parallels that measure the distance among places.

A

Latitude

24
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Divides the world into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

A

Equator

25
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An important element of climate and the degree of hotness and coldness of the atmosphere

A

Temperature

26
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The condition of the air that may change at any time

A

weather

27
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The average condition of the atmosphere

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climate

28
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The condition where winter seasons is extremely cold with thick snow

A

permafrost

29
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Russian word for forest

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Taiga

30
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A type of grassland where the roots of the grass are not deeply planted

A

Steppe

31
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Type of grassland where grass is high, and it’s roots is deeply planted

A

Prairie

32
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Has grassland and forest. Grassland with scattered individual trees

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Savanna

33
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means treeless pain

A

Tunturia

34
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Commonly located in the shoreline of Arctic Ocean

A

Tundra

35
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Deepest and oldest lake in the world

A

Lake baikal

36
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AKA Roof of the World because of it’s tall mountains

A

Himalayas

37
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World’s tallest mountain

A

Mt. Everest

38
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Third highest mountain

A

Mt. Kanchenjunga

39
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Has small but tall mountain ranges

A

Hindu Kush

40
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Made up of rich fertile soil that is good for farming

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Anatolia Plateau

41
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has dry soil while the Arabian peninsula has vast deserts and dry soil

A

Iran Plateau

42
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Longest river in the East Asian Region

A

Yangtze river

43
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AKA Yellow River and Sorrow of China

A

Huang Ho River

44
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Southeast Asia is divided into two physical regions

A

Mainland Southeast Asia and Insular Southeast Asia

45
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A peninsula surrounded by the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean

A

Mainland

46
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Composed of the islands of the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Indonesia, and East Timor

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Insular part

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