Most important things bolded PSSSST OVER HERE Don t just study the bolded terms There are always a few random questions There is a lot of information so I would study super hard Asia Recall factors limiting tourism in Asia political unrest infrastructure problems poor roads and housing climate monsoons in summer typhoons and geography Ring of Fire active volcanoes economy is in good shape Himalayan Mountains Covers up Nepal the purple country above India Kashmir Malay Peninsula Gobi Desert Mt Everest Borneo Great Wall of China South Asia India Pakistan Bangladesh Himalayan Mountains in Southeast Asia Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Malaysia Laos Singapore lots of jungle very humid volcanoes Ring of Fire East Asia Japan China Korea Taiwan north is Gobi Desert south The Land north is green Climate India Monsoons caused by Trade Winds that bring moisture inland driving force of all climate India eternal snows in north Himalayan Mountains monsoons in May Thailand tropical with three seasons hot rainy cool rainy season is July October China extremes cold dry winters to the north southeast is pleasantly warm and tropical dry in center Japan climate similar to eastern USA same latitude monsoons bring cold air and heavy snows in the winter summers are hot and humid World s largest democracy Hindi is the most common language lengua franka language of business which is English also spoken second most popular Asian country 700 languages 80 of population is Hindu 12 Muslim others are Christian and Buddhist Cities and Attractions o Delhi capital filled with ancient sites and monuments divided into two Old built in the 1600s has a wall surround it people are mainly Muslim and New built by British colonial administration in 1931 o Agra site of Taj Mahal built by Emperor Shah Jahan in the 1600s as a resting place for his wife who died giving birth to their 14th child o Jaipur the Pink City city was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales in 1876 Indian tradition has pink as the color of hospitality o Mumbai Bombay largest city home of Bollywood India s film industry was the main port of entry for Europeans o Chennai Madras madras means fabric tropical city outsourcing has created many new jobs popular in the 70s o Kolkata Calcutta port of trade crowded city with many people living in slums Mother Theresa spent seven years here o Varanasi Benares religious center compared to Rome Jerusalem and Mecca o Kashmir disputed territory between India and Pakistan India controls 2 3rds but is predominately Muslim Pakistan was part of India but gained independence o Goa Portuguese colonized the area brought culture developed into a resort with beautiful beaches o Wildlife Tours many national parks animals are solitary like tigers and the Asiatic elephant not as popular as African tours Thailand Thailand and Singapore are technically grouped together but I separated them to make the outline flow Thailand never was part of European empire beach resorts Pattaya is known as the Thai Riviera Cities and Attractions o Bangkok capital largest city westernized Grand Palace is located here houses the emerald Buddha on the Malay Peninsula and about the size of France o Chiang Mai second largest city region of ancient temples place to escape humidity o Chao Phraya cruises similar to Amazon cruises Singapore China Highest standard of living modern metropolis world financial center important trading post since the 12th century great port facilities the best in southeast Asia In 2020 China will be the number one exporter of tourists due to a growing middle class Chinese tourists spend more money than anyone else geographical contrasts most populated country with 3 billion people 1 3 of the world s population Mandarin is the language 700 different dialects about 80 000 characters in the 1950s a system of writing using the roman alphabet Pinyin was introduced Cities and Attractions o Beijing Peking capital cultural and political center the Forbidding City is in the center it was off limits for more than 500 years the imperial city surrounds it the Great Wall is near Tiananmen Square is the biggest in the world and attracts many tourists hot in summer cold in winter o Shanghai largest city once known as Paris of the East banking center known for fashion scene has an opera house that was built by the French o Nanjing Nanking means southern capital in Mandarin Ming emperors had their seat of government here o Guangzhou Canto window of the West closest city to Hong Kong center of handicraft industry known for ivory and jade carvings Cantonese Opera House o Northwest Province Terracotta Warriors Emperor Quin Shi created a whole entire army of 6 00 warriors and villagers each with unique facial features and hair and buried them in his tomb to protect him in the afterlife he wasn t a liked man in 1974 a group of farmers found the tomb in Xi an The Silk Road traveled by Marco Polo from his trading he got noodles oranges and gun powder used in Chinese fireworks and introduced the items to Europe Mogao Caves these caves are in the Gobi Desert covered in murals that took monks 1 000 years to create o Central Province Chengdu religious sites the city of Leshan Ha has giant stone Buddha panda reserves Three Gorges Dam has been completed many areas were inundated and historic sites were lost the Yansee River cruises are popular Guilin Region magnet for poets writers monks and missionaries Stone Forest near Vietnam and Laos rocks shaped like needles form the trees Tibet between China and India in the 1950s China took control Dalai Lama used to live here Indian monks introduced Buddhism to the area Hong Kong British sold opium here China didn t like that so a war was started First Opium War in 1841 the British won in the 1860s the Second Opium War was started and Britain still won but decided to take the whole peninsula it was returned in 1997 still free enterprise unlike the rest of China Honk Kong side is where the World Financial Center is located Kowloon part of Hong Kong you ll find the Golden Mile where hotels are Islands of Asia Super random There are obviously more islands but these are the ones he touched on that day There are three islands Hong Kong Singapore and Macao Macao former Portuguese colony 40 of income comes from gambling returned to China in 1999 Japan Four large islands make up 98 of it s territory Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku and Kyushu major cities Tokyo Kyoto and Osaka are on the same island Cities and Attractions o
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