The document summarizes the major cultural regions of Asia. It identifies five regions: Southwest Asia (Islamic), South Asia (Indic), East Asia (Sinic), Southeast Asia, and Northern and Central Asia (interior). Each region is then briefly characterized in terms of its geography, history of development, dominant religions, and other cultural influences. Major languages spoken in Asia are also listed, including Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, and Russian. Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism are described as the major religions of Asia.

3. A Y
B A C N
P D J E F
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5 letters JAPAN

4. A D
Y I L A
A S B M B
C
8letters MALAYSIA

5. I B
B R D A
S L E A C
F
6 letters ISRAEL

6. A R E Y
D K C U A
T B
C
6 letters TURKEY

7. F T H N
H A B O U
J B
P
6 letters BHUTAN

8. K D
C I F A
B H V N G
T
5 letters CHINA

9. N R
B T O K
D A R H O
E
10letters North Korea

10. O G L K
A N O I O
M P
X
8letters MONGOLIA

11. V K
A T E V
O M I Z N
P
7letters VIETNAM

12. PEOPLE
LANGUAGE
RELIGION

13. People
 Asia has a cultural heritage of great
diversity.
 4000B.C. urban life & civilization
developed in Mesopotamia.
 3000 B.C. at Harappa & Mohenjo-
Daro in the Indus Valley.
 2000 B.C. Chinese culture.

14. Southwest
Asia(Islamic)
5 Major
Cultural
Regions
Recognized in
Asia:
South Asia
(Indic)
East Asia
(Sinic)
Northern &
Central Asia
(interior)
Southeast
Asia

15. SOUTH
WEST

16. Dry belt of desert and
semi-desert lands
( Eastern Mediterranean-
Afghanistan).
Linked with North Africa
and near Middle East or
Arab World.
Non-Arabs constitute a
majority of the population
in Iran, Israel, & Turkeys.
SOUTH
WEST

17. SOUTH
WEST
Development of early
agriculture in Mesopotamia
Unified by Islam in 7th
century.
Christians in Syria,
Armenia & Lebanon, and
Jews mainly in Israel.

18. SOUTH
ASIA

19. SOUTH
ASIA
Located on the Indian
subcontinent & dominated
by India.
Culture dates from about
1500 B.C. , when Aryans
invaded northern India.
Vedic religion merged w/
Indigenous customs & beliefs
to produce Hinduism.
6th century B.C. Buddhism
founded in India.

20. EAST
ASIA

21. EAST
ASIA
Culture developed by the
ancient Shang dynasty about
1500B.C.
100 B.C. East Asian
culture religion ( modern
China);
(400 A.D) began to move
southward into Vietnam, and
reached out to Korea and
Japan.

22. EAST
ASIA
Social organization &
structure are strongly
influenced by ancient
Chinese concepts
 Ancestor worship;
Confucianism, Japanese
Shinto and Taoism and
Chinese Buddhism.

23. SOUTH
EAST
ASIA

24. SOUTH
EAST
ASIA
Indigenous peoples of this
region were pushed from
lowlands into isolated hill areas
by migrants from China& the
rest of Asia (2, 500 years ago).
Buddhism is the dominant
religion.
Islamic brought by Arab
traders 12th century A.D., by
British, French, Dutch,
Spanish and Americans.

25. NORTH
&
CENTRAL
ASIA

26. (Asiatic Russia). In 17th
century Russians brought
European influences.
Occupied by great variety of
different tribal groups;
European Russians about 40%
of population of former Soviet
Asia.
Minorities in southern include
the Buryat, Kalmyk, and
Chukchi.
NORTH
&
CENTRAL
ASIA

27. Central (inner) Asia is made
up of 5 former Soviet
republics: Kazakhstan,
Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Isolated by high mountains or
broad dessert.
Indigenous peoples : Mongols,
Tartars, Tungus and Yakuts.
NORTH
&
CENTRAL
ASIA

28. 2/3 of all Asian people
belonging to Mongoloid group.
Han Chinese -largest ethnic
group that constitutes about 94%
of the total population of China.
( Mongols, Uigurs, Huis,
Zhuangs &Tibetans)
Japanese- second largest Asian
group

29. LANGUAGE
1. Chinese is the language spoken
by more than one billion in China,
Southeast Asia, & other parts of
the continent. Mandarin Chinese &
distinctive dialects like Cantonese,
Wu, Min, & Hakka.

30. LANGUAGE
2. Hindi, spoken by more than 215
million people ; spoken mainly in
northern India & Pakistan.

31. LANGUAGE
3. Arabic , spoken mainly in
Southwest Asia.
4. Russian , widely spoken and used
as a second language in former
Soviet Asia.

32. RELIGION
Major religions in Asia are:
 Hinduism
 Islam
 Buddhism

33. RELIGION
 Hinduism
 Has about 520 million followers; main
religion of India.

34. RELIGION
 Islam
 Has an estimated 430 million
adherents in Asia and it is the
principal religion in Southwest Asia,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Malaysia, & Indonesia.
 Large Muslim minorities exist in
Philippines and Central Asia.

35. RELIGION
 Buddhism
 Originated primarily in India, 250
million followers in Burma, Thailand,
Sri Lanka, Laos, andCambodia.

36. RELIGION
Tibetan Buddhism- dominant in
Tibet & Bhutan
Buddhism- well-represented in
Japan.
Taoism- indigenous Chinese religion
Confucianism- widespread in China
in pre-Communist times.

37. RELIGION
Catholicism & Protestantism-
Philippines.
Sikhs, Parsis and Jains in India- less
well-represented religions.

38. Asian Countries
COUNTRY
CAPITAL
CURRENCY

39. THAILAND
BANGKOK
BAHT
SOUTHEAST
ASIA

40. DILI
EAST
TIMOR
SOUTHEAST DOLLAR
ASIA

41. CHINA
BEIJING
EAST ASIA YUAN

42. BANGLADESH
DHAKA
SOUTH ASIA TAKA

43. MONGOLIA
ULAANBAATAR
NORTH & TUGRIK
CENTRAL ASIA

44. AFGHANISTAN
KABUL
SOUTH AFGHANI
WESTASIA

45. INDONESIA
JAKARTA
SOUTHEAST RUPIAH
ASIA

46. TAIWAN
TAIPEI
TAIWAN
DOLLAR
EAST ASIA

47. INDIA
NEW DELHI
RUPEE SOUTH ASIA

48. RUSSIA
MOSCOW
RUBLE
NORTH &
CENTRAL ASIA

49. IRAQ
BAGHDAD
IRAQI DINAR SOUTH WESTASIA

50. EMILYN M. POTESTAD