Asia

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Asia

• By Eleanor Joyce
• City of Salem Schools

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The Taj Mahal
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Angkor Wat is a Hindu Temple built to the God
Vishnu in the 1100s. This temple was discovered
in the Cambodian rain forest. The carvings are
extremely ornate.
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In order to climb to the top of the temple, one
must climb these very steep (70 incline)
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The Great Wall of China was built to keep out
invaders.
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In Asia, many people live on the water. Pictured
below is a floating market.
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A Pagoda This is typical of the architecture seen
in Asia.
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Terraced farming in Asia. Because of this process
of shaping the land, there is an abundance of
farm land in the region.
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Planting rice in a terraced rice field.
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Temple in Asia
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Religious Temple
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A religious shrine in an intersection. What sign
of globalization do you see in the photo?
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Today, China's half-a-million square kilometer
Loess plateau is very favorable for farms and
grazing if the rainfall is enough, Nearly the
whole Loess Plateau is being exploited by
agriculture and it has about one-fifth of China's
tillable land and supports more than one-fifth of
its population.
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Blowing sand from the Sahara Desert creates loess
landforms in China.
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Chinese silk rug
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Batik fabric is made in India
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Ideograms A character or symbol representing an
idea or a thing without expressing the
pronunciation. A stop sign is an example of an
ideogram.
Silk
Drought
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Chinese calligraphy characters and translation.
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Jewels

• Many jewels are mined in Asia. Sapphires and
  rubies are found in Southeast Asia