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People are not allowed to go near the river when cremations are taking place
The banks along the river regularly catch fire and threaten Indian homes built there.
Factory owners cannot use water once human ashes have been thrown into it upstream.
The ashes of the dead, as well as partially burned bodies, constantly float down the river, along with industrial waste from factories.
The city’s terrible air pollution
Heavy seasonal rains that come to China in the summer
Temperatures would be too hot in the summer in China
Lack of fresh drinking water was the main concern before the games
Few people in India feel air pollution is a problem.
No government efforts have been made to control air pollution.
There really is no effective way to control air pollution in the world today.
It is due to a rapidly growing population, heavy industry and thousands of automobiles.
Most of this area is covered with desert and has very few people.
This large area has many different types of both climate and geography.
Eastern Asia has fewer mountains and therefore has a milder climate than Southeastern Asia.
The climate of Southern Asia is cold and dry because of the large number of mountains and deserts.
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2
7
8
Huang He
Sea of Japan
Bay of Bengal
South China Sea
Gobi Desert
Ganges River
Korean Peninsula
Taklimakan Desert
Japan
Indonesia
North Korea
South Korea
India
China
Vietnam
Bangladesh
The Vedas
The Quran
The Middle Way
The Four Noble Truths
India
Japan
China
Vietnam
India
Japan
China
Vietnam
The name of the Hindu priesthood
A voting system used in Asian elections
The name for the way labor in India is divided between men and women
The division of all the people in a society into categories that are hereditary
Strict caste system
Worship of one god
Good behavior and virtue
Ruler who could keep order
Japan
India
North Korea
People’s Republic of China
Many of the Japanese people starve every year.
The Japanese depend on fishing and imported food.
The Japanese sell oil to earn money to buy food from other countries.
Tourists coming to see Japanese volcanoes provide most of the money the country needs.
Winter is the wettest and coldest time of year.
Spring is driest and temperatures are about the same as in winter.
Late summer is the hottest and among the wettest times of year.
Autumn begins a period of dryness, and temperatures are the hottest.
January
October
December
September
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Table 4
India
Japan
South Korea
North Korea
India and Japan
China and Vietnam
China and South Korea
North Korea and China
Theocracy
Monarchy
Federal democracy
Constitutional monarchy
A monarchy
A federal democracy
A communist oligarchy
A constitutional monarchy
China and Japan
India and Vietnam
Bangladesh and India
Vietnam and Bangladesh
India
China
Bangladesh
North Korea
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