South and East Asia Flashcards
To help ace my next test.
What were some results of the British Colonization of South Asia?
removed any industry from India, ports cities were now important because the British needed them to ship goods, elites were taught in England, English is a lingua franca in South Asia.
What was the Partition? When did it occur? What were some consequences?
The British divided their colony of India into 2 parts when they left. 1947. Consequences: Punjab was divided, people fought and protested, some Islam people lived on the Hindu side and vice versa.
How does Bangladesh’s physical geography make it vulnerable to natural disasters?
it is largely a river delta, meaning it has a lot of land at sea level.
What is Loess? How does the Loess Plateau relate to the fertility of the North China Plain?
Loess is windblown dust. it is very fertile and is easily eroded by water. the river flows down from the Plateau into the North China Plain, providing fertile Loess.
Who are the Ainu People and where do they live?
they are descendants of the Joman. they mostly live on the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido.
What is Sinicization?
taking non-Han populations and forcing them to learn Chinese or Mandarin.
What were the Opium Wars and what led to them?
the opium wars started when the Chinese government seized British vessels for trading them with their people.
What were some results of the Opium Wars?
Britain gave China 5 treaty ports. this made other European countries want a piece of China, and by the end of the 19th century there were around 90 treaty ports.
What was the Long March?
the communists were trapped in the city of Ruin and nationalists were closing in to attack. the communists fled and went from village to village to stay a step ahead of the nationalists.
What was the Rape of Nanking?
when the nationalists’ forces fell to Japanese and basically all hell broke loose. the Japanese were raping people, having sex slaves, and testing weapons on the Chinese population.
What is the Two China Dilemma?
the communists won over the Nationalists, so the nationalists fled to the island of Taiwan. China divided into Republic of China (Taiwan) and Peoples Republic of China (Mainland).
What was the Great Leap Forward? Occur? Results?
the Chinese government forced people to do work they didn’t want to do. 1958 - 1962. it resulted in a huge famine because the workers were producing low quality of food and products. 20 - 30 million people died.
What was the Cultural Revolution? Occur? Results?
an attempt to enforce orthodoxy of Mao’s view of how the world should be. 1966 - 1976. this destroyed Chinese civilization for about a decade.
Why does China have “Autonomous” Regions?
they are areas with different ethnicities and cultures. they are treated a little differently in terms of laws and regulations. they are sort of a buffer between the Han Chinese and their neighbors.
What are the Special Administrative Regions in China? How does their history differ from other parts of the country?
places where the Chinese made capitalist expectations to keep businesses from moving away from Hong Kong and Macao after the British and Portuguese leases ran out (1997 and 1999)
