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

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

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

Respect for ancestors stressed TaoismConfucianismShintoismBuddhism#3

Two major world religions began in South Asia: Hinduism Buddhism

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

The Caste System

The Brahma Cow

Vishnu

Shiva

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Angkor Wat (Cambodia-temple)

Angkor Wat

Great Wall of China

Taj Mahal

TAJ MAHAL Built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. National Symbol of India

Taj Mahal

Batik-fabric

Himalayas

Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji—outside of Tokyo

Mt. Fuji

Himalayas—Mt. Everest

Gobi Desert

Buddha

Buddha in New Delhi

Shinto Shrine

Temple

Pagoda

Pagoda

Temple

Ideograms-unique alphabets

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

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

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.