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Asia
Asia is part of Eurasia and the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres of the Earth. Asia has a number of regions and peoples and huge range of environments, cultures, histories and government systems.
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Is Asia the largest continent in both size and population?
yes it is
africa=1,030 million
the americas and the caribbean=929 million
aisa=4,157 million
europe=735 million
ociana=35 million
What problems do most farmers in most parts of South Asia face?
Hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, drought, excess moisture/flooding, grasshopper infestations, pest infestations (including certain fungal spores, insects, weeds, predators, and rodents), complaining neighbors about smells & noise pollution, livestock escaping enclosures, livestock getting sick and/or dieing, reportable diseases that occur in a farmer's herd, debt, loans, no healthcare benefits, no paycheck bi-monthly or once a month only once a year, complacency around dangerous livsetock and machinery, no time for vacations or weekends-off, no bonus for salary, 99% of the time nobody will be available to help as hired labour, no such thing as an 8-hour work day, the list goes on.
Also ever-increasing regulation, lack of consumer knowledge, ever-fewer numbers of farmers (young people continue to leave the farm -- average age of a US farmer is now 57), over-production, misinformed activist groups, excessively hot or cold weather, input shortages and high prices, declining market value of crops (inflation-adjusted), and............. yes, well, the list could still go on.
What trading goods from Asia were europeans most interrested in?
Europeans were most intrested in spices from Asia.
What is Asia's surrounding oceans?
The pacific, the Indian ocean. Also the Caspian Sea and the Arabian Sea.
[Revised by UnknownCat]
(Online Activist)
Asia is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
How many miles to Britain to south Asia?
The air distance from Cambridge, Great Britain, to Agra, India, is 4,267 miles. that equals 6,866 kilometers or 3,707 nautical miles.
What is the only southeast Asian country to never been imperialized?
the answer to this is Thailand so have a good day :)
What are the most well-known countries in Asia?
United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia
Is Afghanistan in the Middle East or Europe?
That depends on the definition. Generally, most geographers place Afghanistan in South Asia, not in the Middle East. Additionally, the traditional definition of the Middle East doesn't include Afghanistan. However, the "Greater Middle East" includes Afghanistan.
Why is Singapore considered the hub of cultural diffusion for South East Asia?
It contains people of uncountable races and religons
Why were westerners unable to travel by land from Europe to Asia in the fourteenth century?
The Ottoman Empire kept them from crossing.
ARe there more Asians then people in Asia?
2008 estimates = 3.9 billion people in Asia.
The world population is about 6-7 billion and asian's make up for about 30 percent of that.
So 30 percent of 6.5 billion is 1.95 billion.
(please note these are older estimate and not all taken from the same time period so information could be a bit off but it generally gives the answer which is No, there are not more people in ASian's then there are people in Asia. )
How old do you have to be to vote in Bhutan?
Myanmar can date back to as far as 2000 years, but the first officially known kingdom start at 1000 years, the Bagan Empire
Russia is the biggest country in the world and from the ancient times unites plenty of nations and cultures. There is no city in Russia which will be equal (culture, architeture, rythm of life, language forms) to the other city. Also, Russia is one of 3 most powerfull countries in the world.
Where is Indonesia located at?
Relative Location:
Indonesia, located on both sides of the Equator, is therefore in both the northern and southern hemispheres, as well as the eastern hemisphere. It's positioned just to the north of Australia in far Southeast Asia, and bordered by the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, over a dozen regional seas, and the countries of Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor.
What route to Asia did the Portuguese establish?
Vasco did not get to close to the coast of Africa, instead his crew made a huge semicircular sweep through the Atlantic Ocean. He made an unusual manevar to reach currents that would help him around the Cape of Good Hope safely. He had help from an Arab pilot who knew the Indian Ocean well. With the pilots help, de Gama sailed on to India. He reached the port of Calicut in May 1498 completing their journey to Asia.
What are the houses made out of in Asia?
Asian houses wre typically made of clay and concrete. They had very little materials to use, so they used just about anything they could to keep them warm at night and cool at day. Their tables and chairs were made of wood. (Not sturdy wood though.) Their beds were on the ground.
Most Asian houses we also on a small farm with cows, chickens and sheep. These we essential for living other wise you had to go to work to earn monkey to put food on the table. Many families even had the women working on the "farm" to keep the animals healthy... So they could eat them later on...
I hope that helped!
-Amethyst
In what part of Asia are there many followers of Buddhism and Islam?
The countries with the largest populations of both Buddhists and Muslims are Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar. There is also a large concentration of Buddhists and Muslims in China.
What resources led people to settle in Southwest Asia?
Three major Tectonic plates converge in Western Asia, the African, Eurasia, and Arabian plates. The boundaries between the tectonic plates make up the Azores-Gibraltar Ridge, extending across North Africa, the Red sea, and into Iran. The Arabian Plate is moving northward into the Anatolian plate (Turkey) at the East Anatolian plate, and the boundary between the Aegean and Anatolian plate in eastern Turkey is also seismically active.
