1. South, Southeast, and East Asia Cultural heritage and landscape:

2. Indonesia: an archipelago, with many ethic groups with different cultures, languages, and religions #1

3. Major world religions in South Asia: Hinduism-India #2 Islam Buddhism Shinto-exclusively in Japan #2 Taoism Christianity

4. Respect for ancestors stressed TaoismConfucianismShintoismBuddhism#3

5. Two major world religions began in South Asia: Hinduism Buddhism

6. Caste system is a rigid class system. A person cannot move between castes or classes. Hindus believe in reincarnation Cows are sacred. Sacred writing of the Hindus are the Vedas

7. The Caste System

8. The Brahma Cow

9. Vishnu

10. Shiva

11. dharma- every person’s moral duty karma- good is rewarded: bad is punished reincarnation- every person is reborn until they are released from the cycle of rebirth.

12. Buddhism founded about the same time as Hinduism. Founder Siddhartha Gautama Leader today is the Dali Lama Buddhist believe in reincarnation. People reach the state of Nirvana

13. The conflict in India was between the Muslims and the Hindus #20 Eco/Pol The only solution was to partition or divide India into Pakistan and India. The Hindus occupied India and the Muslims occupied Pakistan

15. Within the past years, Pakistan and India have tested nuclear weapons. They are in conflict of a portion India known as Kashmir.

18. Great contrast between urban and rural areas. Many are moving to urban areas in search of a better life. Known as urbanization Many who move to the cities lack adequate housing and live in shantytowns. #5

19. Japan and Korea are homogenous countries. (have a single ethnicity) #6

20. Important Trade Centers: #7 Tokyo Beijing New Delhi Tokyo Beijing New Delhi

21.  Cultural heritage #8  Silks  Batik  wood and ivory carving  ideograms--unique alphabets  jewels

22.  Cultural landscape--Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, Great Wall of China, floating markets, mosques,minarets, pagodas, temples and shrines, terraced rice fields

23. Angkor Wat (Cambodia-temple)

24. Angkor Wat

25. Great Wall of China

26. Taj Mahal

27. TAJ MAHAL Built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. National Symbol of India http://taj-mahal.indiantravelportal.com/

28. Taj Mahal

30. Batik-fabric

31. Himalayas

32. Mount Fuji

33. Mount Fuji—outside of Tokyo

34. Mt. Fuji

35. Himalayas—Mt. Everest

36. Gobi Desert

37. Buddha

38. Buddha in New Delhi

39. Shinto Shrine

40. Temple

41. Pagoda

42. Pagoda

43. Temple

44. Ideograms-unique alphabets

45. China vs. Taiwan  -conflict dates to 1949 Chinese Revolution  Communists won and Nationalists fled to Formosa aka Taiwan

46. North and South Koreas  Korean War fought between 1950-1953  Resulted in two Koreas  North=communist South=democratic  No peace treaty ever signed  Eco/Pol #20

47. Unusual Asian Food In China people eat Bird’s Nest Soup and Chicken Feet. In Japan people can eat chocolate dipped grasshoppers and fried caterpillars. In Laos some people like eating insects.