SOUTH ASIA
TERMS AND MAP LOCATIONS
South Asia Terms: Define these in your Journal with illustrations/symbols.
Aryans-329
subcontinent-303
monsoons-306
caste system-329
karma-318,328
reincarnation -318
civil disobedience-320
Mohandas Gandhi-320
Buddhism-318
Hinduism-318
push/pull factors-342
Golden Quadrilateral-340 microlending-339
outsourcing-338
Green Revolution-308
Sustainable agriculture-308 famine-308
South Asia Map Locations: Draw a map of India,Pakistan,Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh
in your Journal and then locate and label the following:
Cities: Kolkata(Calcutta), India
Mumbai, India
New Delhi, India
Islamabad, Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan
Physical features:
Himalaya Mountains
Karakoram Range
Deccan Plateau, India
Thar Desert or Great Indian Desert
Bodies of water:
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River
KNOW THE FOLLOWING FOR THE TEST:
1. What western idea did Gandhi follow that helped him bring down the British
government in India?
2. Most of the people in South Asia live in rural areas.
3. What are the winds called that bring devastating floods to South Asia?
4. What two rivers dominate Bangladesh?
5. What major river dominates Pakistan?
6. What two mountain ranges separate South Asia from the rest of Asia to the
north?
7. What religion is most practiced in Pakistan and Bangladesh?
8. People in India can speak the official language, Hindi, but people in
government and business also speak what language?
9. What is the caste system?
10. What is a cultural hearth?
11. India’s modern new road system is called what?
12. Whenever US companies shift jobs to foreign countries this is called what?
13. India is often referred to as a subcontinent.
EAST ASIA
TERMS AND MAP LOCATIONS
East Asia terms: Define these in your Journal with illustrations/symbols.
One-child policy -408
loess-360
alluvium-360
Confucianism-374
Three Gorges Dam-410-411
Great Wall of China-355
hegemony/hegemon – see your notes
Tsunami-a large, powerful ocean wave (Japan)
Archipelago – a chain of islands (Japan)
Ring of Fire – an area along the rim of the Pacific Ocean where tectonic plates
meet causing many active volcanoes and earthquakes (affects east coast of
China, SE Asia, Philippines, and especially Japan in our region)
Demilitarized Zone (38th parallel – separates North from South Korea)
Map locations: On the map provided locate and label the following and then
staple in your Journal:
Cities: Beijing, China (capital)
Shanghai, China (on Yangtze River)
Physical features:
North China Plain
Tibetan Plateau
Gobi Desert
Taklimakan Desert
Bodies of water:
South China Sea
Yellow River(Huang He)
Yangtze River(Chang Jiang)
KNOW THE FOLLOWING FOR THE TEST:
1. What is the Ring of Fire and where is it located?
2. What makes the North China Plain so fertile?
3. What gives the Yellow River well its yellowish color????
4. Which country recently experienced a tsunami and a nuclear disaster?
5. How did China try to slow down its population growth?
6. What are the three reasons the Three Gorges Dam was built?
7. On what river is the Three Gorges Dam located?
8. What type of government does China have?
9. What percent of China’s people live in the cities?
10. What type of island formation is Japan?
11. What country is split into communist north and democratic south?