72 Cards in this Set
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Which eight countries make up the region of South Asia?
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Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Bhutan
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The collision of the Indian-Australian Plate with the Eurasian Plate caused which landforms?
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Himalayas
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The Deccan Plateau is surrounded by which mountain ranges?
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The western and eastern Ghats
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Together the basins of the Indus and Ganga Rivers are called the _________.
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Indo-Gangetic Plain
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The tectonic activity in the region makes South Asia prone to what?
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earthquakes and tidal waves
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Monsoons refer to dominant winter and summer wind patterns. What are these patterns in the winter?
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Winter: Cool, dry air over the Indian Ocean
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Monsoons refer to dominant winter and summer wind patterns. What are these patterns in the summer?
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Summer (April-September): heavy rains
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How do monsoons and flooding present both a challenge and a benefit to agricultural production and settlement?
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Benefit: Brings water for agriculture purposes, hydroelectric powered farming
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What is the South Asian island nation that is extremely vulnerable to climate change because much of it lies one meter or less above sea level?
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Maldives Islands
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Which country has the most people vulnerable to the effects of a rise in sea level?
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Bangladesh
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What are some of the group that invades the South Asian Indus Valley region?
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the Aryans and the Mughals
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What did the Aryans do?
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Instituted caste system and developed Hinduism
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What did the Mughals do?
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Introduced Islam and controlled north and central South Asia.
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What resulted from the partition of British India?
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Thriving textile industry. Materials were replaced by a cheaper British cloth (The British East India Company).
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What language became common for South Asians of widely differing backgrounds, assisting both trade and cross-cultural understanding?
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English
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With the partition of British India in 1947, what country was essentially created as a Muslim homeland?
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Pakistan ( West and East)
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In the film "The Last Place," what new technology is introduced to Bhutan? What effect does it have on the society?
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Television, they get engrossed in the TV and lose track of time. Forget prayers and religion. Wrestling makes the children fight. Exposed to the world and shown how good the life in Bhutan is.
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How does the population density in the region compare to the rest of the world?
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Most populous and most densely populated region in the word.
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Is the population of South Asia mostly urban or rural?
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Rural
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What are some reasons for the high birth rate?
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Labor workers needed, High infant mortality rate
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How many official languages are there in India?
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18
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What are the dominant religions within the 8 countries of South Asia
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Hindi, Islam
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What is caste? What are Jatis?
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Class structure determined by birth; the caste system in India
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What is the caste status of most Muslims within Hinduism in India?
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Lower Cast.
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What are some indications of the lower status of women in the region?
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Dowrys
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What is a dowry? How is it related to violence against women?
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The money paid to the grooms family. The family can be poor and the girls can be killed.
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What are the people in the town of Dharhara in eastern India doing to address the issue of violence against women?
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They plant mango trees to help pay for dowry and her schooling. 10 Mango trees for every girl born
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What is religious nationalism? How is it geographical?
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the relationship of nationalism to a particular religious belief, dogma, or affiliation; It depends on the religion in the region
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What are some factors that fuelled conflicts in the region?
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Religion, Minority rights, post independence leadership, cold war politics
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How many "topographical steps" are there in East Asia's lanform?
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4 steps
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Why is the island of Japan distinct from the islands of Hong Kong, Hainan, and Taiwan?
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It's not on the continental shelf. It is on the Ring of Fire.
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What are the two primary climate zones in East Asia?
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1. Dry interior west
2. monsoon east
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Name the three large river basins that are especially prominent in China's eastern region.
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Zu jiang, Chang jiang, huang he
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What major vegetation type is typically found in the far western region of East Asia?
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grassland, desert, steppe
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How will climate change affect the region?
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glaciers will melt and effect the water source.
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Who was Mao Zedong? What was the "Cultural Revolution"?
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Communist leader; targeted upper class an intellectual class to make them "stop" speaking out against communism.
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What kinds of economies did China, Mongolia, and North Korea institute? What about Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea?
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Communist; Capitalism
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Why was Taiwan founded? What is the official name of Taiwan? What area does Taiwan claim to have sovereign control over?
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The chinese nationals were pushed out of china due to anti communism beliefs; republic of china; China main land.
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What happened to many of Japan's cities during WWII?
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They were destroyed.
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As China transitioned to a market led economy, what kind of "zones" were created to promote international trade? Where were these zones located?
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SEZs; Along the coast
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Where does foreign investment remain concentrated? What percentage of China's exports are produced in this area?
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along the eastern coast; 94%
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25% of U.S. public debt is owned by foreign banks. Which countries own 44% of this debt?
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china and japan
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China's booming economy is fueled by migration from ______ areas to ______.
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Rural -> Urban
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China's urban population increased from _____ in 1978 to _____ in 2006.
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18%- 43.9%
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________cities and provinces have absorbed the majority of the migrant workers. What affect does this migration have on wages?
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7; urban worker earn 3.7 times the rural workers.
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How old are 60% of China's migrant workers?
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in their 30's
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What is "hukou"?
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residential household system
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Young and Restless in China: What does Wei Zhanyan like about her new life? What do you think bothers Wei Zhanyan about her new life? How are the different "push" and "pull" factors of migration visible in her narrative? What are some notable differences between Wei Zhanyan's life in Beij…
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part 4, 11, , 19, 28 ( look in WVU library online)
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Southeast Asia is a region of ____________ and ____________.
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peninsulas and islands
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What is an archipelago? Which countries are on the mainland peninsula?
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; burma thailand, laos, vietnam, cambodia
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Approximately how many islands do Indonesia and the Philippines have?
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17, 000; 7, 000
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What is the climate in the region? What periodically interrupts the rainfall patterns?
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Tropical; El Nino
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The Borneo Project connected groups in which countries?
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USA and Malaysia
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What industries are fuelling deforestation?
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logging, and planting palms
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What were the two migrations that gave rise to the modern indigenous populations of Southeast Asia?
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Australian Melanesians, Austronesians
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What was Sundaland?
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submerged shelf of the Eurasian continent
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What countries established colonies or quasi-colonies in Southeast Asia?
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All major countries except middle and south america
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Most of Indonesia was controlled by what European power during the colonial era?
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Dutch
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During what period did nearly all Southeast Asian colonies achieve self-governance?
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mid 50's
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In the 1950s, the United States replaced what European colonial power in a war against Vietnamese nationalists?
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French
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During what decade did the Khmer Rouge seize control of Cambodia?
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During what decade did the Khmer Rouge seize control of Cambodia? 1970
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What was the ideological vision of the Khmer Rouge? Who came to power in Cambodia in the mid-1970s?
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Communist society ( rural); Pol Pot
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How many people were killed in the Cambodian genocide?
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2 million
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Based on the video shown in class "Pol Pot's Shadow," why do you think the government and people of Cambodia have not necessarily sought the truth about the atrocities and reconciled by bringing to justice those that committed murder?
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View online at WVU library
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What is an "export processing zone"? What kind of labor do these zones rely on?
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Foreign companies using cheap labor for export. Free trade areas. Get a job on who you know not what you know.
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What happened after the financial sector was deregulated in Southeast Asia?
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The banks were flooded with foreign money and it was all mishandled
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What is the link between emigration and globalization?
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people bring their cultural values with them, brings in foreign currency, competing with people from around the world for jobs.
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What is the "maid-trade"
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female migrant workers.
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What are some patterns of global migration?
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rural -> urban; South -> North; Poor-> Rich countries
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What is a "labor exporting" country?
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Exports work force
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What percentage of the region's population is urban? (south east asia)
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43%
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Which country in the region has had the greatest shift towards democracy in recent years?
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Indonesia
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GEOG 102: FINAL