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Geography of SE Asia Study Guide

  1. What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?
  1. What does polytheistic mean? What does monotheistic mean?
  1. Describe the important characteristics of Hinduism.(holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)
  1. Describe the important characteristics of Buddhism. (holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)
  1. Describe the important characteristics of Confucianism. (holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)
  1. Describe the important characteristics of Shintoism. (holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)
  1. Which religion believed in the caste system?
  1. What is one of the main similarities between Buddhism and Confucianism?
  1. How does Hinduism differ from Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?
  1. What is reincarnation?
  1. What are the main causes of air pollution in China’s major cities?
  1. What are factors that influence population distribution in Southern and Eastern Asia?
  1. Where is most of China’s population concentrated?
  1. What are India’s main environmental issues?

Where are these occurring?

What are the causes for these issues?

What are some effects of these issues?

  1. What are China’s main environmental issues?

Where are these occurring?

What are the causes for these issues?

What are some effects of these issues?

  1. What causes indoor air pollution in India and China?

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Geography of SE Asia Study GuideKEY

  1. What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?

Religious Group- share same belief system, Ethnic Group- share same culture, ancestry, language, etc.

  1. What does polytheistic mean? What does monotheistic mean?

Polytheistic- belief in more than one god Monotheistic- belief in one god

  1. Describe the important characteristics of Hinduism.(holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)

Holy book - Vedas

Founder – no true founder, one of the oldest religions

Origin – India

Place of Worship – Temple or shrines at homes

Beliefs - Reincarnation, Karma, Brahman, Caste System

  1. Describe the important characteristics of Buddhism. (holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)

Holy book - Sutras

Founder – Siddhartha Gautama

Origin – India

Place of Worship – Buddhist Temple

Beliefs - Reincarnation, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Middle Way, Eightfold Path

  1. Describe the important characteristics of Confucianism. (holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)

Holy book – Analects which is compilation of Confucius’s teachings

Founder – Chinese philosopher named Confucius

Origin – China

Place of Worship – no real place of worship, more of a philosophy

Beliefs - Golden Rule, will have a good society if follow 5 basic relationships and have good character and morals

  1. Describe the important characteristics of Shintoism. (holy text, founder, origin, place of worship, beliefs)

Holy book – No written scriptures

Founder – no true founder

Origin – Japan

Place of Worship – Shinto shrine that house the Kami (Shinto spirits)

Beliefs – 4 Affirmations of Shinto, Everything has a souls, Animism, Gods/Spirits called Kami, love of nature

  1. Which religion believed in the caste system? Hinduism
  2. What is one of the main similarities between Buddhism and Confucianism?

They offer rules to life, no main god(s) and follow the teachings of one person

  1. How does Hinduism differ from Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?

Buddhism follows the Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, and believes reaching Nirvana will release you from reincarnation

  1. What is reincarnation? Cycle of death and rebirth of one’s soul
  2. What are the main causes of air pollution in China’s major cities? Overpopulation, vehicle exhaust, industries & factories
  1. What are factors that influence population distribution in Southern and Eastern Asia? Population is affected by where people can work and travel. If there are plenty of natural resources in one area, more people will live in that area, as opposed to somewhere where there is no resources. In SE Asia, most people live near the rivers so they have water to use for cooking, bathing, travel, washing clothes and even using the water for religious purposes (ie Ganges River for bodies and cremated remains). People also live near cities for job opportunities.
  1. Where is most of China’s population concentrated? Near the rivers and in cities along the eastern border
  2. What are India’s main environmental issues?

Where are these occurring?

What are the causes for these issues?

What are some effects of these issues?

  • Air pollution: all over the country
  • causes are overpopulation, vehicle exhaust, industries & factories
  • effects are sickness/disease
  • Flooding
  • cause: lack of drainage systems, monsoons
  • effects: destroying crops, death and destruction of property
  • Water pollution: Ganges River
  • Cause: fertilizer chemicals, human and animal waste, dead/cremated bodies
  • Effects: sickness/disease, lack of clean drinking water
  1. What are China’s main environmental issues?

Where are these occurring?

What are the causes for these issues?

What are some effects of these issues?

  • Air pollution: all over the country
  • causes are overpopulation, vehicle exhaust, industries & factories
  • effects are sickness/disease, smog, change in weather patterns
  • Flooding
  • cause: lack of drainage systems, monsoons, Three Gorges Dam
  • effects: destroying crops, death and destruction of property
  • Water pollution: Yangtze River
  • Cause: fertilizer chemicals, human and animal waste, overpopulation, sewage, industrial runoff
  • Effects: sickness/disease, lack of clean drinking water, decreased fishing
  1. What causes indoor air pollution in India and China?

Coal and using animal waste to cook and heat homes

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