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Continents: Asia

LS 125 (PM Elective)

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ASIA

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Sub-regions of Asia

  • Central Asia
  • Eastern Asia
  • Southeastern Asia
  • Southern Asia
  • Western Asia

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Central Asia

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Eastern Asia

  • China
    • Hong Kong
    • Macau
  • Japan
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
  • Mongolia
  • Taiwan

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Southeastern Asia

  1. Maritime Southeast Asia, comprising Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, and Christmas Island.
  2. Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand,Vietnam, and West Malaysia

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Southern Asia

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Western Asia

  • Azerbaijan
  • Iran
  • Armenia
  • Oman
  • Yemen
  • Lebanon
  • Syria
  • Iraq
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Qatar
  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
  • Saudi Arabia

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Asia & its sub-regions

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Come explore Asia with Lonely Planet Kids

Match the location with an interesting fact that comes with it:

  1. Kyrgyzstan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Hong Kong
  4. United Arab Emirates
  1. Rickshaw
  2. Annual Bun Festival
  3. Yurt
  4. Burj Khalifa

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Fun Facts About Asia

What do you think these numbers refer to?

150

22

45 billion

17500

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Fun Facts About Asia

  1. Watch the video and see what the numbers really refer to.
  2. What other interesting facts do they mention?

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Student Activity

  • Create your own presentation about interesting facts about Asia.
  • Try to use information with numbers and any other odd things you've found.
  • Example