1.list information about Indus Valley Civilization?
2.list information on Invasions
- 2500 BC
- writing system
- strong central govt
- plumbing
- Aryans
- Maurya (320 BC – 180 BC) – Asoka
- Gupta (320 AD – 550 AD) – “Arabic” numerals
- Muslims (700 AD – 1400 AD)
- Europeans (1400 AD – 1940s AD
2.
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list information on China?
– 1.2 billion people, most live in or near villages
- ethnicity – 94% is Han
- 30% of population is urban
- pop density in Shanghai is 87,000 per sq mi
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Shang dynasty in 1700 BC marks what ?
the start of recorded history in E. Asia
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Japan conquered Korea in?
1910, Manchuria in 1931
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name 6 major religions
Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Jain, Christian, Buddhist
200
list information on Aryans
- Vedas (Aryan religious beliefs; make up the holy books of Hinduism)
- caste system (priests/scholars, rulers/warriors, farmers/merchants
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information on Taiwan?
Nationalists fled there in 1949
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Qin dynasty (200 BC – 100 AD) built what?
the Great Wall along 4,000 mile stretch of northern frontier
200
China – nationalists overthrew Manchu dynasty in?
1911, fight alongside Communists in WWI
300
1.what is Sri Lanka ?and name the majority?
2.Major cities are?
1.ongoing civil war between Sinhalese (Buddhist majority) versus Tamils (Hindu minority?
2.Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, Dhaka, Islamabad
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list information on Hinduism
- grew out of Aryan culture
- karma – good deeds rewarded, bad deeds punished
- reincarnation – until you overcome weaknesses
- more than one God, but many Hindus see them as forms of one being
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list information on Hong Kong?
formerly a British protectorate
300
Zhou dynasty was when and featured what?
1100 BC – 200 BC featured Confucious
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1.what is Nepal, Bhutan?
2.Bangladesh population is ?
most inhabitants trace ancestry to Mongolia (a Mongolian tribe known as the Kiratis arrived 2,800 years ago)
2.2,454 persons per sq mi (not enough food today – what about 2050?)
400
list information on Buddhism?
founded by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) in 563 BC
- people suffer b/c of attachment to material things
- similar to Hinduism, but without the rituals or caste system
- attain nirvana if follow Buddha’s teachings
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list information on Japan?
– ethnically homogenous (except Ainu); common ancestry, language, appearance
- 869 people per sq mil
- 75% of population is urban
- ½ of population lives along coast of Honshu
- small houses (family of 4 lives in 3 room house)
- Tokyo has 28 million people
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list information on Japan
– recorded history starts around 400 AD
- by 1100 AD, ruled by shoguns with help from samarai
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1.what is the overall population density in South Asia?
2.high rate of population growth means?
1.760 persons/sq mi (7 times the world avg)2.
2.high rate of population growth means
500
list information on Hinduism
- grew out of Aryan culture
- karma – good deeds rewarded, bad deeds punished
- reincarnation – until you overcome weaknesses
- more than one God, but many Hindus see them as forms of one being
500
1.list information on Korea?
2. list information on Mongolia
- North and South (Korean War)
- pop density in S. Korea is 1218 per sq mi
2. 4 people per sq mile
500
list information on Mongolia
– Mongols sweep out of steppes around 1200 AD, conquering parts of China, the Middle East, and Europe