IS 101 Lecture 8: IS 101 Lecture 8 Notes
1 Dec 2017
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Geographical realities: asia is divided into four regions, northeast asia, southeast asia, south asia, central asia, this chapter focuses on northeast asia and southeast asia. Geography northeast asia: northeast asia encompasses five countries, china. Japan: taiwan, north korea, south korea, china is continental, north and south korea are peninsular. Geography southeast asia: southeast asia is comprised of eleven countries, mainland countries: burma (myanmar), thailand, vietnam, cambodia, laos, peninsular countries: malaysia and singapore. Island countries: indonesia, philippines, brunei, east timor: this region is a crossroad of influences from china and india. Geography pacific: pacific countries include, australia and new zealand, melaneisa: papua new guinea, solomons, vanuatu, fiji, new caledonia, microesia: nauru, kiribati, microesia, guam, marianas, polynesia: tona, samoa, french polyneisa, american samoa, hawaii. Cultural complexities: asia has a significant degree of diversity, every countryhas its own language system, buddhism, islam, daoism, confucianism, and christianity are present asia; also communist atheism for chinese leadership.
