Terms
What are imports and exports?
Resources that a country gains or ships to gain money.
Who was Ghandi?
A person who protested taxes from the British peacefully.
What is overpopulation?
When a city or a country has too many people living in it.
What is the Silk Road?
A road that transported silk as well as many goods from Asia to Europe.
What is Arable land?
Land that is ready to farm on to gain food and crops.
What is a coup?
An attempt to overthrow a government.
Who was the prophet Muhammed?
He was the richest person in the world and created the Islamic faith.
What is a market and a command economy?
Command economy: The government owns factories and sets prices.
Market economy: People own factories and set prices.
What was the Soviet Union?
A country that took over a lot of Central Asia and was a communist country.
What is agriculture?
The farming in a place or country.
What is a limited and unlimited government?
Unlimited: Do whatever you want and unlimited
Limited: Very protective and limited
What was the salt march?
The salt march was led by Gandhi and many people joined in. It lasted almost a month and it was to protest the British from taxing salt. It was a non-violent protest.
What is a monsoon?
A time between May and September with lots of rain and wind in South Asia.
What is Bollywood?
An Indian version of Hollywood.
What is infrastructure?
The buildings or roads in a city or country.
What is the Partition of India?
An agreement in 1947 that India and Pakistan are no longer ruled by the British.
What is an Authoritarian government?
It uses strong power, separation of power, and democratic voting.
What are the two main religions in China?
The two religions are Confucianism and Daoism/Taoism.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
A dam that is the largest in the world and controls most of the hydroelectricity in China.
What is scarcity and abundance in natural resources.
Abundance:A lot of resources.
Scarcity: Not very many resources.
What is a Totalitarian government?
A government that takes control over all public and private life of people.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
A government that is ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by the government.
What are the four main religions in Asia?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism
What is the Kashmir region?
The Kashmir region is located in the north part of India and is controlled by three countries.(Pakistan, China, India)
How many countries did the Soviet Union take over in Asia?
They took over 15 countries.