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First recorded religion. Text based. Idea that everything that exists can exist in one shell. Outside is Nirvana. Center is India. Positive Karma. Caste system: way youre born- live that way forever. River Ganges- holy river |
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Every country has significant muslim population. Major religion everywhere in Asia. |
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Indian religion. Lord Jain thought Hinduism too extreme. respect for life. Spirit of ancestors. Northeast India. Banking system. Wear all white. |
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Begins around 1450. Lord Nanu Punja. Based in moderation. Spiritually based. Ancestors. All created equal. Attacked by both Hindus and Islams. Most soldiers in armies are Sikhs. Center: Emristar. Holy cite: Golden Temple |
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Northern India. Starts with Hindus. Sid Hartha looks for perfect way of life. Middle path. all humans born pure. Temptations get in way. control passions. "seeds of truth" Become 1 and pure with god. East Asian world view. 500 BC |
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Lao Tzu. preacher. All truth is rooted in nature. opposites. Nature takes this peace and harmony model > The Tao. 2nd religion of East Asian world view |
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"Thought system" based in China. Originates with Confucious. Servent for Lao Tzu. Knowledge. third religion of East Asian world view. "System of honor" Knowledge: basis of all rule. |
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Based in Japan. 1st century A.D. elements of nature that have god like powers. eternal spirituality before us is still alive. Worship them - seek truth. Ultimate God: Sun god. had child : Japanese emperor. Japanese people also gods son. State Religion. |
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Vietnam. 1919. Tay Ninh. Heavily influenced by 7 major world religions and puts a part of each one into religion. Mystical religion. |
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India christian 1500 years before British. 33 AD. 1 of 12 apostles. Thomas leaves middle east goes to India converts them. Southern India. |
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people living in a dessert along side of a river. |
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rainy season in India. Hurricanes come up the Bay of Bengal builds up high. floods several 100 people die. |
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passes through Thar dessert in Pakistan |
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In middle of the two Gats mountains |
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sacred river of India. Holy River in Hindu religion. |
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Joins with Ganges to form water valley |
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unifies India for Hindu. Dont defeat by shooting but by passive peaceful resistance. Apositle in America: Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Capital of Pakistan. New city. Modern buildings. |
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#1 city in Pakistan. Sea port. Air port. Primate city. decedents of everyone who came in. stock market |
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#2 city of Pakistan. very old city. Old traditional Pakistan. twin cities with Armistar. |
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on Kypher pass. controls it. half of people are refuges. center of war in Afghanistan. |
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next to old delhi. Capital. European town. Now Old Delhi and New Delhi combined to be capital of India. "Cancack place" |
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primate city of India. "bollywood" and banking capital. more movies than hollywood. biggest population. Richest of the Rich. |
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British used this as their capital. First brit city. "west bengal" Dark skin. enormous population. Industrial center of India. Big factories. "The black whole" Mother Teresa worked |
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was owned by British in 1860. started cotton production, "madris" type of cloth. Today: space launching facility. Kape Canavral. High technology. |
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"Golden temple of Sikhism" 10 million people. Twin cities with Lahor. Border is closed. |
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Silicon valley of India. Every computer company has business here. Tech center for entire world. |
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Sin Halese people. Dark skinned, small. 100% buddhist. "sex tourism" |
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between India and China buffers between two big countries. Geographic necessities. Nepal, Butang, Afghanistan. |
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Large population. Huge mountains. Royal kingdom Hindu. *Cat Mandu: capital and college student paradise. |
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Opposite of Nepal. Almost no population. Rugged mountains. Buddhist Nation. *Thimphu |
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Other side of Himilayas. and the Takla Makan Dessert. Tibetan people hurt by communist Chinese people. |
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another ethnic group called the Uighars different racial group. 100% muslim. Chinese communist did same thing to them as Tibetan people. Below sea level. City: Urumochi |
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Hydrolic society 1st civilization in China |
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Biggest river in China. Seperates China from North and South. North: wheat noodle culture. South: wet and warm, rice culture |
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Large population has lots of cities on the river. southern china |
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Headquarters of Buddhist religion. Capital of Tibet. Dali Lama here. |
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Capital: Beijing. modern city. wealthy city. |
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Big sea port in China. Biggest City in China. Gateway into China. Banking/stock market. Major tech place. On the Chang River. |
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Genocide here. "The rape of Nanjing" walled city in China. |
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"City of revolution" in China. Major transportation center. Industrial center. On the Chang |
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City not on Chang in China. National Panda center in China. |
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City in China with Western style of government. Banking capital of Asia. expensive city to live in. Megalopolis- cities all grow together in a great big place. |
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part of megalopolis in China |
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also part of megalopolis in China. Huge buildings |
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*capital is Taipay. Think they are superior to foreigners. British sell opium here |
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British set up a system where they disregard Chinese law and set up British systems in certain parts of the country. Other countries began to do this in China also. Educated students came back to China an plan to overthrow British in China. |
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Starts war against the American supported nationalist government. Japan invades China eventually controls all of Asia. American protects taiwan. |
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Stuck between Russia and China. "Buffer state" Less than 4 million people. Almost all dessert. most of population still live in tents. Nat resources. |
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Natural military threat to Japan cause of location. All of history Japan or China dominated Korea. Strong Penticostal Christian religion. Russia wanted influence split country into North and South. |
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People are starving. Nuclear weapons. *Pyongyong capital. |
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want to contain communism. Theyre a model for capitalism for other nations. *Seoul |
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South Korea Taiwon Singapore Hong Kong 1. export to other countries 2. have special excess to US to sell goods cheap 3. heavily invest in education 4. fastest growing economies in the world |
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groups of islands together in the open sea. Japan is this with a collection of over a 1000 islands. |
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resisted forigners. strong entity. *Tokyo. biggest city in the world. Primate city. |
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group of islands in Japan south |
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group of islands in japan the biggest one. includes Tokyo. Most people |
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Group of islands in Japan in the north. includes Sopporo. Holds 2 winter Olympics. |
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#2 city in Japan located south of Tokyo |
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City in Japan where Tsunami destroyed power plant. biggest city on Kyusho |
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used to be British colony called "Burmah" never had democracy, military dictatorship. |
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Woman in Myanmar who ran for president was overthrown went to jail for 35 years was recently released and now a hero of democracy |
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primate city of Myanmar. right on Eroradi River. 12 million people. Buddhist country. |
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capital of Myanmar. only 4 years old. still building it. |
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"Siamese people" Have King. wealth distribution problem. Not Asian tiger but follows model. Tourisn #1 income: prostitution. College student tourism. |
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*capital of Thailand. like Venice canals. 2nd or 3rd most conjested city. |
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region of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Sub region. |
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French colony. send top students to Paris for education. Ho Chih Minh came back determine to throw french out. Marches into capital and sets up communist party. French army surrenders to Ho. |
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capital of Vietnam. 2nd biggest city. |
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Primate city, #1 city in Vietnam. French style city. |
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Buddhist. Once ruled all of South East Asia. Had 1 of the biggest cities. "Carpet bombing" everything destroyed by Nixon. over 250000 Cambodians killed. *Phom Penh capital |
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any forigen characteristic killed. Vietnam invades to end killing fields. US supports killing fields. Lots of money today. |
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few people mountains. Like West Virginia. Very poor land locked. Communist government. *Vientaine |
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"Malay" people. only malay people can serve in government. rich country. oil, tin, rubber, computer industry #1. clothes shoes. strict muslim country. Have "Moral police" death penalty for weed. *Kuala Lumpar |
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Sits in the center of the straits of Malacca. Busiest water way so busiest sea port. high quality of life. strict central democracy. city state. electronics |
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Capital: Manila. archipelgo. government is ethnically cleansing Muslim population moving them from Luzon to Mindanao. very catholic |
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Main island of Philippines. over populated |
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second island of Philippines. slightly populated. all jungle. |
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capital: Jakarta (on Java) archipelgo. 7000 islands on span on 4000 miles. 4th largest country in the world. largest Muslim country. democracy. |
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biggest island of Indonesia. tropical rain forest. but because of deforestation many trees gone. Matriarchal society. (ruled by woman) |
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Huge island made of three countries. (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei) Brunei is very wealthy lots of oil. |
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Heaviest population of Indonesia. Active volcanoes. |
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Hindu culture. vacation spot. matriarchal society. huge earth quake and tsunami here. most famous for tourism. Kuda beach. |
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100% catholic. became independent country by the UN. *Dili |
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half Indonesia/ half independent country. Independent country called Popia New Guinea. extremely rich in nat resources. *Port Moesby capital of Popia. |
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Archipelago. two islands. North island and South Island. less than 4 million people. 39 million sheep. |
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biggest city in the North Island of New Zealand. primate city, business, shipping. |
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capital of New Zealand. 2 biggest city. |
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South Island of New Zealand. last year had terrible earth quake. |
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East of mountains (great diving range) most of the population. south of dividing range (the outback) dessert. |
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is a state of Australia. Hobart city in Tazmania. |
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largest continuous flat plan. dry |
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worlds largest pebble. right in heart of Ausi |
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Biggest city in Ausi. primate city. banking. heavy industry. |
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#2 city in Ausi. Hates Sydney. "City of small cities" cultural capital of Ausi. Broadway, sporting events. #1 most livalbe |
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in between Sydney and Melbourne. Neutral city. Capital of Australia. purpose built city |
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Hot. #3 city in Ausi. famous beach resorts. Koala bears. competitive swimming. |
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#4 city in Ausi. Aircraft center. most mineral wealth here. |
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Entrepreneur of Ausi. coal and iron. Wild west of Ausi. |
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100000 people. really hot. swamps jungles. national parks. attacked by Japs in WW2 |
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