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26 Cards in this Set
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greater asia and co-properipty sphere
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a concept by Japan which strives to create a self-sufficient Japan without any influences
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3 georges Dam
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-Built in China to stop flooding and generate electricity
-It will displace about 1.2 million people when finished |
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Clash of civilization
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East asia is embedded in global networks
1)The difference between culture is new and old 2)The world is becoming a smaller place, globalization 3)Modernization is separating people from thier local traditions 4)the west is powerful but not all powerful 5)Cultures are difficult to change 6)Economic regionalism |
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Climates of east Asia
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-Humid Subtropical, without dry seasons, hot summers
-Humid continential, dry winters, cool summers |
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Confucianism
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-ancient ancient Chinese philosopher
-This is the philosophy that china should focus on the here and now and how to live a proper life -Forms a linkage in asia between countries |
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Feng Shui (Geomancy)
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-The practice of designing buildings is accordance with spiritual powers that corse through the local topography
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Han
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-native ethnic groups in China
-Some say largest ethnic group in the world |
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Hiragana
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-Chinese syllabry
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Historical development of China
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-Unified around 300 BC
-Earths weathiest and most powerful state -Manchu Quig/Chi-ing dynasty 1644 -Opium Wars 1840's -"Sphere of influence |
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Historical development of Japan
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-Unified in 17th century
-Closed society under the tokugawa Shogunate commador perry 1853 1868 meiji restoration very young samorai |
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Maiji restoration
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-revolutionized Japan so that Europeans couldnt colonize it in 1868
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Ideographic writing
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-Chinese writting system
-every symbol represents an idea rather than a sound |
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kanji
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-Chinese symbols in writting
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Keiretsu
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large government involved companies in Japan
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Newly industrialized countries (NIC)
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-former Japanese colonies
-S.Korea -Taiwan -Hong Kong -Political tensions in S.Korea -China-Taiwan -N.Korea-S.Korea |
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Religious diversity in east Asia
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-can find about every religion in east asia
-mostly Mahayana buddhism |
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Shinto
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-began as an animistic worship or nature
-now its a worship of nature connected to life -Japan |
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Special economic zones (SEZ)
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-late 1970's
-first farmers -opening of the economy in the post Mao-era -regional differentation |
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superconurbation
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-Japan
-it's a megapolis, which uses a huge zone of coalesced metropolitan areas |
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Taoism
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-spirtual harmony
-China |
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Tokogawa Shogunate
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-Japanese dynasty
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urbanization patterns in east asia
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-well balenced
-a lot of cities evenly spread out |
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Climates of S. Asia
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-tropical savanna
-Humid subtropical in India |
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dynamics of family planning in India
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-2.9 TFR
-close relationship with women literacy rate and family planning -male babies are preferred |
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Mughal empire
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-16th century
-most powerful muslim empire back then -stemmed from mongol empire |
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population in India
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--very populated but a lot of people at southern tip and along the mountains
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