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Asia Review

Asia Review. 1. What is a monsoon?. 2. What happens during a winter monsoon?. 3. What happens during a summer monsoon?. 4. What is the oldest religion in the world?. 5. What Asian country is home to more Hindus than any other country? .

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Asia Review

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  1. Asia Review

  2. 1. What is a monsoon? 2. What happens during a winter monsoon? 3. What happens during a summer monsoon?

  3. 4. What is the oldest religion in the world? 5. What Asian country is home to more Hindus than any other country? 6. Describe how Hinduism and Islam differ about the nature of God.

  4. 7. Why was the TajMahal built? 8. The TajMahal was built to resemble what type of building? 9. What material is the TajMahal built out of?

  5. 10. Why do Asian farmers build terraces? 11. What causes a tsunami? 12. This type of person lives in a yurt and moves with their animals to find new pastures.

  6. 13. What is a succession of rulers from a single family? 14. What was the lowest social class in India’s caste system? 15. Describe how the Himalayas were formed. 16. What does the word “Buddha” mean?

  7. 17. Near what physical feature did Buddhism originate? 18. Name one of the 4 Noble Truths of Buddhism. 19. What does a Buddhist monk use their brass bowl for? 20. Name the only possession Buddhist monks have, other than their brass bowl.

  8. 21. What was the Silk Road? 24. Why is the “Silk Road” a misnomer? 25. List 3 items that were traded along the Silk Road? 26. Why did sea routes eventually replace the land routes of the Silk Road?

  9. 27. Describe why this statement is false. “Stereotypes recognize the qualities of an individual person, not a large group of people 28. Describe how silk is made. 29. Why was silk worth its weight in gold during ancient times? 30. Name an Asian country that is landlocked

  10. 31. About how long is the Great Wall of China? 32. About how many years ago did the Chinese begin building the Great Wall? 33. What are the economies of Japan and Korea mainly based on? 34. Name 3 Asian countries that are located on Islands or archipelagos?

  11. 35. In Japan, why is a strong emphasis on living together in harmony? 36. What is a typhoon? 37. Why does China have a “One-Child Rule?” 38. List 3 problems that urbanization in Japan has causes.

  12. 39. What is communism? 40. Where does silk thread come from? 41. What does it mean when a country is landlocked? 42. Give 3 examples of high-technology industries.

  13. 43. Why are nomads unlikely to live in farming villages? 44. Why is the standard of living in South Korea much higher than it is in North Korea?

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