GEOG 202 Final: Geography Review (Exam 4)

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 202
• Professor: Prout Erik

Document Summary

Wind pattern changes (from oceans to center of landmass) Over half of world population lives on asia landmass. Hinduism and buddhism originate in south asia and then diffuse to east and southeast. Indo-aryan arrival into south asia and expands into southeast asia. Jainism, sikhism, buddhism (re)consolidates after buddhism in ganges. Rigid segregation (cid:271)y (cid:272)aste (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:271)irth(cid:863)(cid:895); a(cid:374)(cid:272)estry a(cid:374)d o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374); Began as a reform movement around 2500 bp. Prince siddhartha gautama: the buddha or (cid:862)e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)ed o(cid:374)e(cid:863) Cessation of suffering comes with quelling desire (cid:894)8(cid:895) perso(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d (cid:373)editatio(cid:374) leads to (cid:862)nir(cid:448)a(cid:374)a(cid:863) perfe(cid:272)t e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Diffusion of buddhism extends outward and eastward. Tyle of buddhis(cid:373) depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) the (cid:862)(cid:448)ehi(cid:272)le(cid:863) East sea / sea of korea (a. k. a. Long-term contamination of ground water and pacific ocean. Built a wall to keep the contaminated water from mixing with uncontaminated water. Important part of us military front in pacific. Had to out compete for these resources. Taipei (capital) western side of island.