Study for Asia Test!
#1. Rich culture, Minerals, and Spices
#2. Great Britain
#3. Political and Religious Rivalries
#4. Tectonic Movement
#5. Mt. Everest
#6. Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra Rivers
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#8. Pakistan and India
#9. Hinduism and Buddhism
#10. Mamnoon Hussain
#11. K2
#12. Bay of Bengal
#13. Katmandu and Thimphu
#14. Growing Populations, Pollution, Urbanization, Need for Resources, Different Religions and Cultures
#15. China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan
#16. Many different climates and geographic features across region
#17. Communist: the government controls what people have, make, and can own; capitalist, free- market: individuals decide how much to have, make, and own
#18. The Great Wall of China, the Opium Wars, the Korean War, N. Korea and nuclear weapons
#19. Rice
#20. Mount Fuji in Japan
#21. China
#22. Yangtze River
#23. China
#24. the Himalayas
#25. the Gobi and the Taklimakan Deserts
#26. More East Asians have cell phones than traditional land lines; this is due to geographic and economic factors
#27. North Korea; Japan; North Korea is very poor, undeveloped; Japan is very wealthy, highly developed
#28. More pollution, waste/garbag e, increased traffic, lack of resources and land
#29. Gunung Merapi
#30. Mekong River
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#32. Buddhist
#33. Placing rings around their necks as a sign of beauty
#34. Approx. 11 Degrees South to 28 Degrees North
#35. 11
#36. Manila
#37. Thailand
#38. Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Myanmar
#39. Oil and Gasoline
#40. Laos
#41. Singapore
#42. Brunei