1. Culture of South, Southeast, and East Asia

2. Family Family is often very important Extended families often lives together (grandmas, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc.) = Joint Family System

3. Ideograms a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it – e.g., numerals and Chinese characters. 爱 = Love

4. Batik A method of dying fabric and creating patterns with wax Common in Indonesia, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Philippines and Sri Lanka

5. Floating Markets a market where goods are sold from boats. Common in cultures where fishing is a big deal like Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.

6. Mongolian Yurts a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt used as a dwelling by nomads in

7. Thatched roof houses Traditionally used in warmer climates – use plants found in the area

8. Practice Question Yurts and thatched roofs are examples of which theme of geography? A. Movement B. Region C. Human Environmental Interaction D. Location

9. CULTURAL LANDMARKS

10. Taj Mahal

11. Angkor Wat