ABOUT ASIA

environments, historical ties and government systems.

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Population: 3,335,672,000 Density: 193.5 per square mile Literacy: 65.5% Birth Rate: 27 people a year per 1,000 people Death Rate: 9.25 people a year per 1,000 people Growth Rate: 1.8% Main Languages: Chinese, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Punjabi, Javanese, Korean Principal Religions: Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Shintoism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism Largest Cities: Seoul, Bombay, Jakarta, Tokyo, Shanghai Basic Facts:
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Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe located to the east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma-Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It hosts 60% of the world's current human population. The wealth of Asia differs very widely among and within its regions, due to its vast size and huge range of different ethnic groups, cultures,

Asia is the largest and most culturally diverse of the continents in the seven-continent system, and does not exactly match with conventional Asian cultural boundaries. The term "Asia" is originally a concept exclusively of Western civilization.

The word Asia originated from the Greek word , first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BC) in reference to Anatolia or in describing the Persian Wars to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt.
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Europe and Northern Asia. The island of Cyprus is located on the Anatolian plate, but is a member of European organizations such as the Council of Europe and the European Union. Armenia is similarly located fully within Asia, but is a member of the Council of Europe.
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Asia is divided into the following:

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Central Asia Eastern Asia Northern Asia Western Asia South-eastern Asia Southern Asia

Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth. Five themes sum up the impact of geography on history:
o Location

Political Geography:
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Exact Location Relative Location

o Place

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey are often considered to be transcontinental countries. Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country. Russia is considered a transcontinental country with territory in Eastern

Physical Features Human Characteristics

o Human-

environment interaction
o Region