1. World Studies

3. Largest continent (17,212,000 sq mi) Largest population (3,879,000,000) 6 of the world’s 10 largest populations, inc. the top 2. 1. China, 2. India, 5. Indonesia, 6. Pakistan, 7. Bangladesh, 10. Japan 48 countries Birthplace of all world religions VERY culturally diverse Language, religion, ethnicity, music, food, art, etc. “Asian” is a very inaccurate description for people and reflects an unawareness of culture.

5. “Eurasian” landmass Indian and Pacific Oceans Ural (Russia) and Himalayan (India, Nepal) Mountains Siberia (N. Russia) Ganges (India), Yellow/ Huang He (China), and Yangtze/ Chang Jiang (China) rivers. Note: Russia is politically connected to Europe, but physically a part of Asia.

6. Europe Africa Himalayas Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Ural Mts. Siberia Ganges R. Yangtze R. Yellow R.

8. Southwest Asia (Middle East) Southern Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) Central Asia (“Stans”) Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia) Eastern Asia (China, Japan, N & S Korea)

9. East Central South Southwest Southeast

10. As we have previously studied, the world’s major religions all originated in Asia and have strong presence in Asia Buddhism (Southeast Asia, China) Daoism (China) Hinduism (India) Islam (Southwest Asia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bang.) Christianity (Philippines, Christian minorities in many countries) Judaism (Israel) Shinto (Japan)