1. Warm-up #9/10 Wednesday, 3/6/13 Name one thing that you know about China, Japan, India or Southeast Asia. AGENDA: Unit 9 vocabulary review Map of Southern and Eastern Asia Announcement: Unit 9 vocabulary quiz on Friday AGENDA: Unit 9 vocabulary review Map of Southern and Eastern Asia Announcement: Unit 9 vocabulary quiz on Friday

3. Define words on p 92-93 of your notebook. Look in the glossary of your GACTCT book. Also pp 127-148. / sedimentBrahman / monsoonKarma / peninsulacaste system / brown cloudsBuddhism / typhoonsFour Noble Truths / subcontinentNirvana / natural resourcemonotheistic / HinduismShintoism / Vedaskami / polytheisticConfucianism / reincarnation / sedimentBrahman / monsoonKarma / peninsulacaste system / brown cloudsBuddhism / typhoonsFour Noble Truths / subcontinentNirvana / natural resourcemonotheistic / HinduismShintoism / Vedaskami / polytheisticConfucianism / reincarnation

4. Unit 9 Vocabulary sediment – the topsoil, silt and minerals from the mountains that is gradually spread along the path of a river making the land fertile.

5. monsoon – a seasonal prevailing wind, lasting several months, bringing heavy rains.

6. peninsula – a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

7. brown clouds – haze of pollution Hong Kong brown clouds – haze of pollution Hong Kong

8. typhoon – a tropical storm Over Pacific Ocean typhoon – a tropical storm Over Pacific Ocean

9. subcontinent – a division of a continent

10. natural resource – something that is in or supplied by our natural environment and can be consumed or used by people

11. Hinduism – the worship of many gods that are a part of a supreme spirit named Brahman.

12. Vedas – a book containing prayers and rituals of the Hindu religion.

13. polytheistic – worshiping many gods

14. reincarnation – a belief that the soul does not die with the body, but enters the body of another being, either a person or an animal

15. Brahman – the name Hindus have given to the gods they believe are part of a supreme spirit

16. Karma – the belief that ones actions determine ones fate

17. caste system – a belief that a social class is inherited

18. Buddhism – a belief that people could find peace if they could reject greed and desire

19. Four Noble Truths – the four phases of the Buddhist religion

20. Nirvana – name given to reaching a state of perfect peace in the religion of Buddhism

21. monotheistic – belief in one god

22. Shinto – the earliest religion in Japan which means “way of the gods”

23. kami – the divine spirit that followers of the Shinto’s religion believe live in nature

24. Confucianism – a philosophy or ethical system based on good deeds and morality

25. No warm-up Thursday, 3/7/13 / AGENDA: / Review unit 9 vocabulary / Map of southern and eastern Asia / Announcement: unit 9 vocabulary quiz tomorrow / AGENDA: / Review unit 9 vocabulary / Map of southern and eastern Asia / Announcement: unit 9 vocabulary quiz tomorrow