Chapter 3.2 Revision

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Chapter 3,2

The culture of South-East Asia

The religion in Thailand is Hinduism

1. true
2. false

A lot of Chinese people live in the mountains of Thailand

1. true
2. false

In Thailand you see al lot of Buddhist monks

1. true
2. false

Give an example of two different landscapes.

Which climate suits a desert?

What does a climate chart of a steppe area look like?

1. A lot of precipitation and high temperatures
2. Low temperatures and less precipitation
3. Low temperatures en a lot of precipitation
4. high temperatures and less precipitation

South-East Asia is multicultural

1. true
2. false

How can you see that South-East Asia is multicultural? Give two examples.

Which country was a colony of the Netherlands?

What did we use The Dutch East Indies for?

1. Created toerism in South-East Asia
2. Raw materials for our industry
3. people who could teach us about the culture
4. For food diffusion

Indonesia

Cambodia

The Philippines

Hinduism

Catholic

Islam

G150 States and borders

A state is a region with two characteristics: it has clear borders and its own government (sovereign state). 

There are two kinds of state borders:

1. Natural border (A border along a natural obstacle, such as a river or mountain range)
2. Artificial border (A  man-made border marked by signs and boundary posts)

Artificial border

Natural border

At sea there are also borders. The part of the seabed that belongs to a country is often an area of shallow water. It belongs to the continent, but is under water. It is called the continental shelf. On the continental shelf there are artificial borders.

G151 People, nation, state

A people is a group of human being who have lived together for centuries and share the same culture. 

For example:

The indians in the Amazon

The aboriginals in Australia

But also the Austrian people and 

the Inuit people in Greenland, Canada and Russia

G151 People, nation, state

If only one people lives in a state, it is called a nation. It is also called a nation state. Iceland and Denmark are good examples of nation states.

G151 people, nation, state

Some states are the homeland of several peoples. Russia, for example.

G151, People, nation, state

In some cases, the homeland of a people extends over more than one state.

The Kurds, for example

Homework

• Learn chapter 2.4, 3.1 and 3.2 (make a summury and a KIM so you learn the keywords!!)
• Do assignment 11 and 12 on the geo online.