SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE SEVEN – ASIA Physical Features of Asia and affects on people Asia’s natural resources Effect on modern daily life Different types of government Effect of population on Asia Geography Development of Buddhism Asia Religion Development of Hinduism Effects of physical features on settlement and culture Current Issues in Asia Population-global concern with global solution? Population Essay Conflict between China and Tibet Globalization’s influence on economy of China and India One-child policy-agree or disagree? 14th Dalai Lama and his role in conflict Culture’s effect on population Conflict between India and Pakistan Solution to population problem Essential Understandings/Concepts: • CT.CK.1.3.6. Analyze how specific individuals and their ideas and beliefs influenced world history. • CT.CK.1.3.7. Evaluate the cultural contributions of a variety of past and present civilizations. • CT.CK.1.4.9. Identify selected countries and determine the advantages and challenges created by their geography. • CT.CK.1.4.10. Examine geographic factors that help explain historical events and contemporary issues. • CT.CK.1.4.11. Analyze settlement patterns in different world regions using appropriate maps. • CT.CK.1.6.13. Analyze and describe how technology influenced migration patterns in a region/country. • CT.CK.1.6.14. Assess how ideas/religions affected migration in different regions (e.g. Crusades, South African trek, founding of Israel). • CT.CK.1.13.26. Compare similarities and differences of cultural groups in different world regions (e.g. beliefs, values, traditions, institutions). • CT.CK.1.13.28. Recognize how values, beliefs and attitudes develop in different cultures. Vocabulary: Siddhartha Gautama 14th Dalai Lama Meditation Tibetan Buddhism Enlightenment Reincarnation Partition Kashmir Non-violence Communism Revolution One-child policy Socialism Free enterprise Overpopulation Capitalism Himalayas Arable Monsoon Yangtze River Birth rate Ganges River Indus River Death rate Yellow River Plateau Literacy rate Population density Carrying capacity Standard of living Demographics Pollution Population growth Sewage Hinduism Polytheism 4 Noble Truths Karma Sacred Eightfold Path Dharma Nirvana Caste Mahatma Gandhi Vedas Gender Imbalance Krishna Shiva Brahma