OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON ASIA 



Outline 



I. Position 



(1) Latitude, 1 16' to 77 40' north 



(2) Longitude, 26 east to 169 40' west 



(3) Boundaries (see map) 



II. Siie 



(1) Length, 6,828 miles from east to west 



(2) Breadth, 5,270 miles from north to 

 south. 



(3) Area, 17,250,000 square miles 



(4) Rank, largest land mass in the world 



(5) Comparative size 



III. Shape and Coast Line 



(1) Roughly triangular 



(2) Deeply indented coast line 



(a) Estuaries on the north 



(b) Great seas on south and east 



(3) Length of coast line 



(4) Islands 



I \ . Climate and Surface 



(1) Extremes of temperature 



(2) A land of contrasts 



(3) Extensive plains 



(4) Mountains 



(a) Pamir plateaus 



(b) Chief ranges 



(5) Steppes 



(6) Low-lying seas 



V. People 



( 1 ) Isolation of different nations 



(2) Characteristics of the yellow race 



(a) Reverence for the past 



(b) Ancestor worship 



(3) Malays or brown race in the south 



(4) Dravidians and Negritos, the black 



races 



( 5 ) Aryan and Semetic races of the south- 



\v-st 



(6) Religions in Asia 



(a) Brahmanism 



(b) Buddhism 



(c) Confucianism 



(d) Judaism 



(e) Mohammedanism 



(f) Progress of Christianity 



VI. Political Division* 



( 1 ) Independent countries 



(a) China 



(b) Japan 



(c) Siam 



(d) Persia 



(e) Oman 



(f) Nepal and small states In Arabia 

 and the Himalayas 



(2) Semi-independent countries 



(a) Afghanistan 



(b) Chosen 



VII. European Possessions In Asia 



(1) Russia 



(a) Siberia 



(b) Turkestan 



(c) Transcaucasia 



(2) Great Britain 



(a) India and Burma 



(b) Ceylon 



(c) Straits settlements 



(3) Turkey 



(a) Asia Minor 



(b) Armenia and Kurdistan 



(c) Mesopotamia 



(d) Syria and parts of Arabia 



( 4 ) France 



(a) French Indo-China 



(5) The Netherlands 



(a) Islands in the southeastern archi- 

 pelago 



VII. Northern Asia 



(1) Area, 6,660,000 square miles 



(2) Physical features 



(3) Inhabitants 



(a) Nomadic Turkish tribes 



(b) Mongol tribes in north 



(c) Russian colonists 



(d) Occupations 



IX. Inner Asia 



(1) Area, 2,500,000 square miles 



(2) A region of barrier states 



(3) Chinese ownership 'and Russian influ- 

 ence 



(4) Causes of lack of development 



X. Southern Asia 



(1) Area, 2,000,000 square miles 



(2) Surface and climate 



(3) Animal life 



(4) A region of many races 



XI. Southwestern Asia 



(1) Historic importance 



(2) Diversified physical features 



(3) Climate 



XII. History 



(1) Oldest history in the world 



(2) Biblical history 



(3) Spread of Mohammedanism 



(4) The Crusades 



(5) Power of Ottoman Turks 



(6) Modern exploration and development 

 by Western nations 



