Exam 3 Review outline South Asia -South Asia population issues -questions related to flex exercise (answers posted on course website under outline notes. -understand how 4 physical subregions are formed and any environmental concerns that exist -understand which subregion(s) are most populated and why -understand the monsoon climate and the differences behind the summer monsoon and winter monsoon -specifically the physical geography as it relates to pressure, winds, convection, humidity (AH, C, RH), dewpoint, and the dry lapse rate -know where the C climates and B climates are in the region and what that means in terms of the climate type -understand the significance of the Indus valley and Ganges Plain in terms of culture -know the characteristics of Hinduism including the fundamental beliefs and the caste system -understand how traditional hinduism folk culture is changing and why -understand how Hinduism relates to Buddhism -understand how Islam took hold in the region -modern religious and linguistic spatial distributions -understand the geopolitical changes in the region -know the geopolitical tensions underlying what is going on in places like Jammu and Kashmir and Sril Lanka -understand the differing levels of economic development of South Asian nations and what’s happening in each nation -Why is the US interested in the region as opposed to China? SE Asia -know what sets SE Asia apart from S. Asia and E. Asia -understand how the 2 physiographic regions vary -understand how the physical geography relates to population levels -why has forestry been both a good and bad thing -why does JAVA have a high population density in the region -understand how there are some very modern cities in SE Asia -also understand the problem with urban primacy in many nations and specifically where in SE Asia -what is a city state -understand how the religious map has changed over time and why -know which colonial powers had influence in the region and how the region served as a battleground over communism -understand the geopolitics of Vietnam and how conflict evolved and ended -know what the domino theory was -understand what happened recently in East Timor in terms of geopolitics -know what a tiger economy is and how some of the leaders developed and why the Philippines didn’t East Asia -understand the proposed advantages and concerns associated with China’s Three Gorges Dam -know the cultural hearth and how its influence unifies E. Asia as a region -languages and religion -understand the basic philosophies and ideals of Confucianism -understand the role of other religions and why E. Asia has become one of the most secular regions in the world -understand the different attitudes towards interaction with the rest of the world -understand the geopolitical situation in N. and S. Korea -understand the economic geography -which nations are developed and why is China poised to grow