Download East Asia Japan Archipelago – Chain of islands with

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East Asia
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Japan
Archipelago – Chain of islands with 4 main ones.
– Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu
Ally of the United States.
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Japan
Democracy
– Parliament with a prime minister.
Very skilled Workforce.
– Very hard schools.
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Japan
Religion
– Buddhism
– Traditional Shinto
– Sometimes people combine the two religions.
Language – Japanese
– Similar to Korean.
– Writing system is made up of 3 different Alphabets.
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China
Communist Government
– Ruled by the Communist Party
Largest population in the world.
– Over a billion people.
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China
Language – Mandarin Chinese is the most common.
– Ideograms – pictorial alphabet, each character has own meaning.
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China
Religion is discouraged
– Blend of Buddhism or Christianity with Confucian and Daoist ideas.
– Some Muslims
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Taiwan
Democracy with a President.
Ally of the United States
Language
– Mandarin Chinese
– Taiwanese
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Taiwan
Religions - Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity
China considers Taiwan a part of its country.
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Korean Peninsula
North Korea
– Communist
Ruled by a Dictator - Kim Jong-il
Religion is discouraged.
– Some traditional beliefs.
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Korean Peninsula
South Korea
– Democracy
Has a president.
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Religions - Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity
China considers Taiwan a part of its country.
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Korean Peninsula
North Korea
– Communist
Ruled by a Dictator - Kim Jong-il
Religion is discouraged.
– Some traditional beliefs.
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Korean Peninsula
South Korea
– Democracy
Has a president.
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Korean Peninsula
Both countries speak Korean.
– Has its own Alphabet.
In the 1950’s the United States helped the South Koreans fight a war against the North
Koreans and the Chinese.
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South Asia
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India
Is a former colony of Great Britain.
Has many religions ranging from Islam, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, and Christian.
Most Indians are Hindu.
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Hinduism
Teaches that every individual must live according to his or her own dharma.
– Dharma – moral duty.
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Hinduism
Teaches that all good actions are rewarded and all bad actions are punished according to
the law of karma.
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Hinduism
Teaches that people are reincarnated repeatedly until they have overcome all their
weaknesses and earthly desires.
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Hinduism
Hinduism recognizes many gods and goddesses.
– Many see them as different forms of the same being.
Hindus see all of the world’s religions as different paths to the same goal.
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Buddhism
In Nepal in 563 B.C. Siddhartha Gautama went on a pilgrimage.
Had everything he wanted, but was unable to enjoy life so he went on a pilgrimage.
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Buddhism
Teaches after years of searching he became aware of the true nature of human existence.
Became known as Buddha or the Awakened One.
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Buddhism
Had no religious rituals.
Said by thinking clearly, acting wisely, and behaving kindly toward others, people could
reach nirvana.
– Nirvana – a state of great insight calm and happiness.
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Aryans
About 1500 B.C. the Aryans entered the Indus River valley.
– They divided society into different classes.
– This led to the caste system in India.
Rigid classes of society that people were born into and could not leave.
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Pakistan and Bangladesh
90% are Muslim.
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Languages
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Had no religious rituals.
Said by thinking clearly, acting wisely, and behaving kindly toward others, people could
reach nirvana.
– Nirvana – a state of great insight calm and happiness.
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Aryans
About 1500 B.C. the Aryans entered the Indus River valley.
– They divided society into different classes.
– This led to the caste system in India.
Rigid classes of society that people were born into and could not leave.
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Pakistan and Bangladesh
90% are Muslim.
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Languages
Many of the Languages of South Asia are Indo-Aryan.
– These include Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali
Official Languages:
– India – Hindi
– Pakistan – Urdu
– Bangladesh - Bengali
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Arts
Taj Mahal – built by a Muslim emperor in the 1600’s as a tomb for his wife.
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Arts
Movies are the most popular form of entertainment in India.
– Produces more than 800 movies a year.
– This is more than any other country in the world.
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Southeast Asia
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SE Asia Religions
Muslim - 191,900,000
Buddhist168,000,000
Christian 118,400,000
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Vietnam
Used to be French Indo China
U.S. fought a war in Vietnam from the late 1950’s to the 1970’s against the communists.
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Vietnam
Today – Communist?
Language – Vietnamese
Religion - Buddhism
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Philippines
Used to be a colony of the United States.
Government – Democracy?
Religion – Christianity
– Also has many Muslims.
Language – Pilipino
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Indonesia
4th largest population in the world.
The largest Muslim country in the world.
Democracy?
Language – Indonesian.
New country of East Timor.
Thailand
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Language – Pilipino
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Indonesia
4th largest population in the world.
The largest Muslim country in the world.
Democracy?
Language – Indonesian.
New country of East Timor.
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Thailand
Democracy
Language – Thai
Food – hot and spicy.
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Singapore
SE Asia’s most high tech city.
Language – English
Clean city.
One of world’s highest standards of living.
It has been called
– “Disneyland with the death penalty”
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1994: Singapore
Four foreign students accused of vandalism in September 1993 became the focus of world
media attention in 1994 when one of the students, Michael Fay, an American, was fined
and sentenced by a Singaporean court to four months in jail and six strokes by rattan cane.
Fay's parents sought media attention and political intervention. U.S. President Bill Clinton
publicly asked for leniency and called the sentence a mistake, but Singaporean leaders
rejected his pleas, saying the United States exemplified the laxity of laws and public morals
in the West. In response, the United States sought to block Singapore's offer to host the
inaugural meeting of the World Trade Organization. On appeal, the president of Singapore,
Ong Teng Cheong, reduced Fay's caning to four strokes. Another of the students, Hong
Kong national Shiu Chi Ho, was sentenced to twelve strokes and eight months in prison; the
sentence was reduced by the president to six strokes and six months, but he was released
after four months. The other two students were fined. While Singapore's practice of caning
attracted most attention, its mandatory death sentences for drug trafficking led to the
hanging of a Dutch businessman in September and a Ghanaian in October.
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Caning
THE IMMEDIATE PHYSICAL EFFECTS
Eyewitnesses and others have reported on the severity of the canings:
"The blows are applied with the full force of the jailer's arm. When the rattan hits the bare
buttocks, the skin disintegrates, leaving a white line and then a flow of blood." (Singapore
Bar Association report)
"I [...] saw blood at the fourth stroke. The prisoner slumped over in evident terrible pain.
The caning stopped" ("Caning -- the most dreaded punishment", Straits Times, 7
September 1974).
"The skin at the point of contact is usually split open and, after three strokes, the buttocks
will be covered in blood. " (Singapore Director of Prisons, September 1974)
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