Religions of SE Asia
This type of group is defined by shared culture, language, history, or traditions.
What is an ethnic group?
This river in China is polluted mainly by factory waste, farm runoff, and sewage from large cities.
What is the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River?
Chang Jiang River • Ganges River • Air pollution • Himalayan Mountains
Himalayan Mountains - the others relate to pollution, not landforms.
This type of group is formed by people who share the same beliefs about God, gods, or spiritual practices.
What is a religious group?
This belief system began in India and teaches that suffering can be ended by following the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
Religious rituals, untreated sewage, and trash dumped by cities have caused pollution problems in this major river in India.
What is the Ganges River?
Ethnic group • Shared language • Shared traditions • Shared belief in a god
Shared belief in a god — that describes a religious group, not ethnic.
Burning fossil fuels and car exhaust are major causes of this type of pollution that creates smog in cities like Beijing and New Delhi.
What is air pollution?
This belief system includes ideas such as karma, dharma, and reincarnation and has many gods.
What is Hinduism?
This type of natural disaster caused by heavy monsoon rains, deforestation, and poor drainage systems contribute to this natural problem that affects millions of people in India and China.
What is flooding?
Using solar energy • Better public transportation • Factory dumping • Taller flood barriers
Factory dumping — it causes problems, while the others are solutions.
Chang Jiang River • Ganges River • Gobi Desert • Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert — it is not located in Southern or Eastern Asia.
Followers of Shinto believe that spirits called these live in nature, such as rivers, trees, and mountains.
What are kami?
When forests are removed in India and China, this environmental change increases the risk of flooding.
What is deforestation?
Dead fish • Unsafe drinking water • Respiratory illness • Deforestation
Deforestation — the others are effects of pollution, not a cause.
This belief system began in Japan and focuses on nature and traditional rituals rather than written scriptures.
What is Shintoism?
This place of worship in Shintoism is often found near natural settings and is marked by a torii gate.
What is a shrine?
Factories along the Chang Jiang River release this type of waste, which can poison water and harm living organisms.
What is industrial waste (or toxic chemicals)?
Shrines • Kami • Nature worship • The Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path — it belongs to Buddhism, while the others relate to Shintoism.
This philosophy from China focuses on respect, proper behavior, and strong family relationships rather than worshiping gods.
What is Confucianism?