Details Title: Asia Description: physical, historica, and human geography Total Flash Cards: 57 Created: 06/01/2008 17:55:58		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geography Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Caste System Definition Asignment of social and economic classes through birth right. Very little social or economic mobility. Term Brahmins Definition Priest Caste Term Dalits Definition Outcasts in the caste system. Sometimes refereed to as untouchables. Term Dravidian Definition Language found in southern India Term Hindi Definition Language found in northern and central asia. Term Green Revolution Definition A period in the mid 1900's where through technological advancements India was able to drastically increase ag production. Term Mughal Empire Definition Turkish Arabic empire that ruled much of southern Asia untill 1725. Term Sikhism Definition A religion found mostly in northern India. Believers find salvation through meditation on the meaning and message of god. Term Urdu Definition Persian/arabic language found in northern India and Pakistan. Term Khalisten Definition Proposed nation state of sikhs Term Monsoon Definition Seasonal prevailing wind. Usually causing large amounts of precipitation. Term orographic rainfall Definition Rain fall caused by higher elevation land forms Term alluvium Definition fine silty soil carried and deposited by rivers Term Mohajirs Definition Islamic Immigrants Term jute Definition thread made from vegetables Term Bollywood Definition nickname for the movie industry found in Mumbia Term Ganges Definition Major river found in north east India Term Indus River Definition Found in northwest India Term Narmada River Definition Found in central India Term Hymalyans Definition Highest mountain range in the world. Found in northern India Term Deccan Plateau Definition Very Large, Found in central India Term Western and Eastern Ghats Definition Found on the west and east coasts of India's southern tip. Term Sri Lanka Definition Teardrop shaped island off the eastern coast of India Term Mumbia Definition Formerly known as Bombay. India's largest city. Also know for movie industry. Term New Deli Definition India's Capital Term Kolkata Definition Formerly Calcutta. Large city in eastern India Term Dhaka Definition Capital city of Bangladesh Term Rangoon Definition Capital of Myanmar Term confucianism Definition Chinese ethical and philosophical system founded by confucious focuses on human morality and good deeds. Term loess Definition Fine silty windblown soil Term Shogunate Definition Term for type of military rule in japan prior to the reinstatement of the emperor. Term Special Economic Zones Definition Five zones: Hainan, Zhula, Shenzen, Shantou, Xiamen. Designated to attract investment and boost production through tax breaks and other incentives. Term Spheres of influence Definition term used to describe the influence of forgein countries in certain areas of china prior to 1900 Term terraces Definition man developed plots of land on hillsides used mostly for growing rice Term Manchuria Definition Northern region of China. Many natural resources. Was attacked by Japan in WWII Term Cultural Revolution Definition Mao instated the Red Guard to thwart the threat of "revolutionaries" through violence. A response to the failure of the Great Leap Forward. Term Great Leap Forward Definition Mao's attempt to boost production through expanded socialism. Communal farms, and employing peasants to make Steel in their back yard. Term Forbidden City Definition Located in downtown Bejing it is the former home of the emperor. Term Tianenmen Square Definition Downtown Bejing. Location of protestes in 1989 Term Pudong Definition New Shanghai, mostly financial district. Term Meiji Restoration Definition Catalyst to industrialization of Japan. Restored the Emperor Term Megalopolis Definition term for a collection of big cities that have adjacent borders. Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka are an example. Term Shinto Definition Native religion of Japan. Term Ainu Definition Language of northern Japan Term Silk Road Definition Trade routes through asia to the mediterainian. Term Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere Definition Showa Era in Japan. Japan wanted to "liberate" the rest of asia from foreign influence. Justified WW2 attacks. Term Long March Definition Retreat of Communist forces during the chinese civil war. Eventually Mao and the communists were able to prevail. Term Three Gorges Damn Definition Damn on the Yangtze river. Will be the larges source of Hydroelectric power in the world. Term Opium Wars Definition Resulted from Britsh smuggling opium into china. Term archipelago Definition a chain of islands Term Shenzen Definition 1st and most succesful of the special economic zones one of the fastest growing cities in the world Term Bejing Definition China's Capital and second largest city Term Chongqing Definition Major western inland city. One of the fastest growing cities in the world. Term Qingdao Definition Middle east coast large Chinese city Term Guangzhou Definition Formerly Canton. Northwest of Hong Kong port city Term Tokyo Definition One of the largest cities in the world. Financial hub. Term Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka Definition southern Japanese megalopolis