| A | B |
|---|
| Tasmania | Island that lies directly south of Melbourne, Australia |
| Alice Spring | City that is close to The Great Sandy Desert |
| Darwin | Australian city that lies at 12 South and 131 East |
| Brisbane | 675 miles from Mount Kosciusko |
| Missile Launch | Firing a rocket |
| Chopsticks | Asians use these to eat because of cultural tradition |
| Haiku | Form of Japanese poetry |
| Karma and Reincarnation | The way a person acts in their current life affects their next life |
| Polytheistic | Belief in many gods |
| China | Country invaded by Japan during WWII |
| Buddhism & Hinduism | Developed in India and followers make shrines for homes |
| Hinduism & Buddhism | Believe in the cycle of birth, death and rebirth |
| Hinduism | Lotus flower and created by people |
| Buddhism | Polytheistic, 4 Noble Truths, 8 Fold Path |
| Nonviolent protest to gain independence | Indians marched to the sea to get salt |
| Temples | Structures that often include pagodas covered with carvings and statues |
| Judaism | NOT regularly practiced in Southeast Asia |
| Geographic isolation | Caused many different languages to be spoken in South Asia |
| Population control in China | Urban families are restricted to one child |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese leader that developed "The Cultural Revolution" and "The Great Leap Forward" |
| Communism | Current government of the People's Republic of China |
| Freedom of speech | Human right denied the protestors in Tiananmen Square |
| 1973 | United States pulls troops out of Vietnam |
| 1976 | Vietnam becomes a communist country |
| China | Under Japanese control during WWII |
| Okinawa | Last battle of WWII |
| Coral Sea | WWII battle close to Australia |
| Soviet Union | Allies come from here to retake Manchukuo |
| Origami | Japanese art form; folding paper |
| Artistic freedom | Limited in China due to the government |
| Gandhi | Peaceful |
| North Korea | East Asian country that has a government most like China |
| Abacus | Chinese calculator |
| Recreation | Chinese Fortune telling characteristic besides custom and tradition |
| Confucuis | The superior man helps others; the mean man helps himself |
| O Bon celebration | Custom and Tradition |
| Day of the Dead | Celebration |
| Australian rock drawings | Art culture |
| Australian boomerang | Recreation culture |
