Kenry G.

Jardeliza BSIT-2D

Asian Studies

Module 1: Lesson 1

Activity 1: Photo-sharing

Post a photo of your favorite place/country in Asia that you wanted to visit in the future and write
a brief caption to explain your choice in your facebook account. Take a screenshot and paste
this in your answer sheet. If you do not have an fb account, you can paste a photo with caption
in your answer sheet directly.
Activity 2. Map-reading

You will need a political map of Asia for this activity. Fill out the retrieval chart.

REGION COUNTRIES SHAPE SIZE

North Asia Russia, Mongolia, 13,100,000 square
Japan, Korea and kilometers’ or 8.8%
China. of Earth's total land
area
West Asia Bahrain, Iraq, 5,994,935 km2
Jordan, Kuwait, (2,314,657 sq mi)
Lebanon, Oman,
State of Palestine,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Syrian Arab
Republic, United
Arab Emirates and
Yemen.
Southeast Asia Brunei, Burma 4.5 million km²
(Myanmar),
Cambodia, Timor-
Leste, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, the
Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand
and Vietnam.
East Asia China, Hong Kong, 11,840,000 km2
Japan, Macau, (4,570,000 sq mi)
Mongolia, North
Korea, South Korea,
and Taiwan.
South Asia Bangladesh, Bhutan, 5,134,641 km2
India, Pakistan, (1,982,496 sq mi)
Nepal, and Sri
Lanka; Afghanistan
and the Maldives are
often considered part
of South Asia as
well.
Activity 3. Trivias!

The following are amazing facts and trivias about Asia. These are in the form of questions and
you will give the answer.

1. The highest peak in the world Mount Everest, Himalayas

2. The oldest lake in the world Lake Baikal

3. The highest plateau in the world The Tibetan Plateau

4. The word said to be the origin of the word Asia Asu

5. The largest archipelagic state in the world Indonesia

6. The oldest civilization in the world which lies between these two rivers Mesopotamia

7. Asia is the biggest continent with the size of 143,389,336 square kilometers

8. The richest oil deposits can be found in this country West Asia

9. The coldest temperature is recorded in this place cold pole w/ low as −90 °F (−68 °C)
and −96 °F (−71 °C)

10. One of the oldest living group of people in Japan The Okinawans
 Activity 4. Profiling

Region Land forms Water forms Climate Vegetation Natural

Cover Resources
North Asia Mountains & River's & Sea's The climate in the north of Rainforest and Caviar and Gold.
Mountain ranges Asia is continental with a Tundra.
pronounced contrast of
temperatures and very cold
winters.
West Asia Mountains & Gulfs & Seas Western parts of Asia, Grasslands & Oil and
Plateaus such as (Gulf of Lebanon, Syria, Turkey Desert. petroleum.
Aden & Aegean and Israel have this type of
Sea). climate. and cool wet
winters. around the
Mediterranean Sea and
occurs due to 'shifting of
pressure belts'.
South Asia Mountains & River's & Sea's. The climate of South Asia Grasslands & Rice and wheat.
Islands can be divided into three Desert.
basic kinds: tropical, dry,
and temperate.
East Asia Mountains & Lake's & River's The climate of East Asia is Rainforest and Antimony and
Plateaus including (Inle hot and rainy summers. Taiga. magnesium.
Lake & Red
rivers).
Southeast Asia Mountains & River's & Sea's Much of Southeast Asia is Grasslands & Tree's(Coconut)
Plateaus including (China within the tropical climatic rainforest and water
Sea,the zone with temperatures (hydroelectric
Irrawaddy). above 25 deg C throughout power for
the year. electricity).
Make a geographical profile of Asia using the following retrieval chart (give at least 2 in
each category) and answer the question below.

What is the relationship of the physical characteristic of the region to its natural
resources? Answer in five (5) sentences.

In every region has different characteristic of natural resources and the resources here we can
found is depending on the land, water form, or climate that it has on it. Some region can have its
unique and each participant natural resources to gain and connect us to provide the needs and
wants of other nation and own countries, for example the southeast asia is providing rice, wheats
and other livelihood product that we can use to eat and transport import and export in some other
region that they needed too to uses with. It very important for us to trade and connect other
nation in the natural resources that we are gifted to have and it also improve the economic state
of one’s country or nation. Physical geography looks at the natural processes of the Earth, such
as climate and plate tectonics. Human geography looks at the impact and behaviour of people
and how they relate to the physical world.
 Activity 5. Cultural Map of Asia

Draw a map of Asia or you can print a map from the internet and identify the different
indigenous people of each country. Just one indigenous people per country. You can use a bond
paper and coloring materials.

Russian

Kazakhs
Christian Neo- Mongo
Aramaic
Jews
Kyrgyzs
Uzbeks
Samaritans
Han Chinese
Tajik
s

Margar
& Tharu Shan, Karon,
Rakhine, Karenni,
chin, Kachin, Mon
Ainu and Okinawans
Bedoiuns/ Bedu

Igorot
Arabs
Central Tribal Belt
Kinh
Mangyan

ADIVASI
S Lumad

BALINESE

Orang Asli
Activity 6 . Audio-visual Presentation

You are a SK Kagawad in your barangay and you were tapped by your Barangay Captain to
prepare for the visit of possible donors from Japan. The Barangay officials were supposed to
show the place to these visitors but due to the current pandemic, their visit was postponed. The
barangay instead decided to show them the place through an audio-visual presentation. You were
task to make the presentation which shows your place’s physical characteristics including your
natural resources and native inhabitants. (You can do this as a vlog or short video presentation.)

The presentation can be in a powerpoint or video format. The maximum length should only be
five minutes. Please be guided with rubric below.

Rubric:

CRITERIA POINTS

Content (Full knowledge, interpretation) 30

Organization (Presentation’s information is logical) 10

Technical Aspect (Presentation has high quality photos and 10

audio)

Total 50
Kenry G. Jardeliza BSIT-2D

Asian Studies
11. What can you see in the picture on left?
Module 1: Lesson 2
 I can see that there are views of tall buildings and also
it is in the city.
2. What can you say about it?
 From time by time have pass it able our capacity as
human to build such civilization in a modernize
design like building and other technologies.
3. What can you say about the human races who are able
to build such skyscrapers?
 From Stone Age to high-tech emerge of technology
and buildings are a big process as time goes by. We
build and create new discoveries and advance
knowledge as the times laps in our world, we are
expanding and developing such greater version in our
society from technologies, uses, and building
structures; generation by generation.

Activity 2. Explanation

Choose an item that best describes ancient civilization. Justify your answer in five (5)
sentences.

ROCKS, CAVES, LEAVES, ANIMAL SKIN

- Rock is the one I choose that describe to be best of ancient civilization, according for
what I’ve learned that our ancestor uses rock as a tool and weapon. Rock has the first tool
to be used in ancient time by our ancestor to hunt, build a fire, and create a weapon and
even walls. By discovering the stone, the wheel also first invented using the stone and it
makes easy for our ancestor also to work and there are progress knowledge in discovering
stone can be used as many artifact that until today it is the basis or origin of ideas we gain
and came from that we uses in our daily life. Together with the cave for it is made of
stone and also it is the shelter of ancient civilization. As time by time goes by the
knowledge and discoveries stone are very important for us to understand and to be
learned for it plays a very significant role in our civilization that built us and the place we
are standing in today’s generation.
Activity 3. Question and Answer.

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the factors that give way to the rise and fall of each civilization and empire in West
Asia? Cite examples.

- During the ancient civilization there were rises and downfall that may affect the living
and process of building again to new greater and newer era to reign as the time goes by
but all of these also cause by factors that brought significance and history to the west asia
countries. For example the Sumarian were a group of creative and high spirited people
that they are the ones who invented a lot of new discoveries during their time but during
in their downfall cause by war they were lost because of poor and weakened form of
strong united governance. Same also to the other conquerors were there are ups and down
during their reign. The ups or rises may refers to be in new discoveries and other new
culture to profound while their downfall cause by corruption, lack of people’s power and
strength, lack of good governance and during the war or conquers of other stronger
neighbors they were lost because of insufficient preparation that could brought negativity
to fall their reign of empire ruling.

2. What particular kingdom or empire that you think has the most important contributions in the
following fields: (Answer each field)

a. Politics and government- Assyrian and Babylonia

b. Religion, beliefs and philosophy - Hebrew

c. Architecture, arts and culture – Sumerian, Phoenician and Persian

d. Science, mathematics and medicine –Chaldean, Sumerian, Assyrian

e. Technology- Persiano
Activity 4. Thought Paper

You are a volunteer junior guide in a local museum. Every month the museum features
different theme. Next month, the theme is about Asian Civilization and pupils from an
elementary school are booked to visit. Your senior guide asked you to prepare a brief
thought paper expressing an appreciation of the contribution of West Asian Civilization to
the humanity. It should be concise and clear for the pupils to easily understand. You will
write this in a short bond paper and pass before their visit. As much as possible you will
use Times New Roman - 12 and have it in double spaced. It should follow the generic
format introduction-body-conclusion in at least three paragraphs.

Hello everyone! First of all my name is Kenry G. Jardeliza from BSIT-2D and I am here

in front of you to discuss and acknowledge on how West Asian Civilization was built by the pass

generation and this includes their rises and downfall during their reign in this era. I hope you will

enjoy as we explore the amazing history of Ancient Civilization in west Asia. Hold on to your

pen and get ready to discover new valuable knowledge that you didn’t here before.

First of all what is civilization? Well A civilisation or civilization (civilis-of the people;

civitas-city) is a complex society mostly characterized by urban development, symbolic

communication forms (typically, writing systems), social stratification and a perceived isolation

from and domination over the natural environment by a cultural elite. Ancient civilizations refer

to the earliest settled stable communities with distinct characteristics which later gave rise to

states, and nations. Then we go to the place we called Mesopotamia and now it is Iraq is one of

the world’s most fertile spots. It was divided into two distinct geographical parts: Babylonia in

the south, fertile alluvial plains at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and Assyria in the

north, rugged land of axial hills. These places provided a foundation of the earliest society which

became the first known civilizations to human has ever produced. Mesopotamia is a land

between two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates), considered as the ‘cradle of civilization. Fertile

Crescent is the fertile region around the valley of the two rivers. Then we have the First on our
list to have a civilization and it is the Sumerian, Sumerians believed to have been a group of

creative and high spirited people converted the land to a civilization of highest order. By around

3100BCE, the population of Sumer had grown to a point where people were living in large

settlements similar to cities. They are polytheistic who believed in many gods. They were lots of

discoveries during the Sumerian era like Cuneiform (wedge-shaped) - system of writing using

clay tablets and stylus reed – later established school, Epic of Gilgamesh, plough use of silver

coins and cylinder seal organized construction of dike system of weighing and measures,

“Decimal system” a system of number notation based on 10, System of numbers – sexagesimal

(base 60) numerical system; source of 60-minute, 24-hour a day and the 360 degrees in a circle,

Use of lunar calendar , organized a system of government where kings were thought to be chosen

by god the center of power is at the Ziggurat. Invention of arch and dome, they built great brick

buildings in large cities, different weapons like swords, dagger and spears which is made out of

bronze, the potter’s wheel, the maximization of wheel for transportation and trading in the

invention of carts; and to warfare when the Assyrians invented chariots. But withal of this

achievement they have there are also downfall of Sumerian when they did not form a strong or

united government. Wars over land and water rights were common among city-states. About

2350 B.C. Sargon the Great, the ruler of neighboring kingdom of Akkad, conquered the city-

states. After they conquered we have Akkad /Akkadian where the one built the World’s first

empire, Organized arm forces and Develop the system of writing and other facets of Sumerian

culture. But although these revolts were suppressed, they weakened the state which was

overthrown later by the Gutis, a fierce barbarian tribe from Zagros Mountains. The we have the

UR it the Sumerian city-state who put all Sumer and Akkad under their control but this don’t last

because they succumbed to the Elamites in 2000 B.C. and in 1950 B.C. and in 1950 B.C. was
again conquered by a Semitic people known as the Amorites. Later on Babylonia was found by

the Amorites who came from Amurru (Syria) and adopted what the Sumerians had already

developed reign by King Hammurabi. We have the Code of Hammurabi which composed of

282 laws. These laws were recorded on a big, black rock, eight feet high so that everyone could

read and follow them and they used contracts in business. But After Hammurabi’s death, Indo-

European tribes invaded from the northern mountains. Next is we had HITTITE which is now

Turkey they are Group of Aryans in (1650-1200 BCE). They invented the iron ore, Iron weapon

and horse-drawn chariots. The Hittite Kingdom declined after a hundred years because of the

sweeping attack of the ‘sea people’. LYDIANS which in also Turkey 680-547 BCE has a Barter

System and Coinage of money out of electrum or ‘white gold’, a natural mixture of gold and

silver found in the sands in one of their rivers. The new coins of varying sizes were stamped with

a definite value more or less arbitrarily given by the ruler who issued them. The Lydians led by

King Croesus were defeated by the Persians led by Cyrus the Great. The city never recovered.

PHOENICIAN (Lebanon) (1200-800 BCE) also “Traders of Antiquity” These people were

neither conquerors nor builders of an empire. They exerted their influence through the art of

peace, especially through commerce. Their political system was loose confederation of city-

states, which bought their security by paying tribute to foreign owners. There are also many

discoveries such as Phoenician Alphabet an inspiration of the current alphabet. They adopted a

system of signs representing the sounds of the human voice, and the elimination of all

pictographic and syllabic characters which were neither accomplished by the Egyptians nor the

Sumerians. Colony serves as market, Sea vessels or boats, and lastly purple dye or royal dye

glass. After it we had the HEBREW (Israel) 1000-722 BCE. The first books of the Bible are the

source for much of early Hebrew history. Hebrews believed that they were the chosen people of
God, based on the covenant between God and Abraham. Origin of the name is uncertain, Habiru

a name invented by their enemies meaning ‘alien’ , ‘transient’ or ‘nomad’. In 722 B.C., the

Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians. The Kingdom of Judah managed to survive

for more than a hundred years longer, successfully defying the Assyrian menace. But in 586

B.C., it was overthrown by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. From 539-332 B.C. Judah was

conquered by Alexander the Great and after his death, it was placed under the rule of the

Ptolemies of Egypt. In 63 B.C., it became a Roman province through the destruction of

Jerusalem. The inhabitants were gradually diffused throughout the empire. After we had

ASSYRIAN (1350-612 BCE) ‘’The Scourge of History’’ ruthless conquerors. Developed and

excellent army. Employed terrorism to win battles and to prevent uprisings among the conquered

people, the government through its army applied concentration and zoning, that is, transferring

the conquered from place to place for safety purposes. Have System of administration. First

library to contain thousands of cuneiform tablets written in Babylonian, Assyrian, and Sumerian.

Divided the circle into 360 degrees and to have estimated locations on the surface of the earth,

something resembling to modern latitude and longitude. They recognized and named five planets

(Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus and Jupiter in Assyrian language) and achieved some success in

predicting eclipses. More than 500 drugs, both vegetable and mineral, were catalogued and their

uses indicated – all this because health of warriors is important. Developed Postal system,

highways and sculpture was also developed. Assyrian never had complete control of their

empire. The conquered peoples frequently rebelled against harsh Assyrian rule. In 612 B.C. an

alliance of Chaldeans from Babylon and Medes from Persia overthrew the Assyrians and

destroyed the city of Nineveh. After the Assyrian we had the . CHALDEAN (639-512 BCE)

Babylonia II, Nebuchadnezzar led the restoration of Babylon and revive the culture of
Hammurabi’s time. 1. Chaldeans were the most capable scientists particularly in the field of

astronomy. They invented the seven-day week, and divided the day into twelve –double hours of

120 minutes each, they kept accurate records of their observations of eclipses and other celestial

occurrences for more the 350 years – until the downfall of their empire. Principle of zero and laid

some of the foundations of algebra. Hanging Gardens of Babylon –considered one of the Seven

Wonders of the Ancient World. Eteminanki – 300 feet, grand ziggurat. After the death of

Nebuchadnezzar, the empire crumpled. The last ruler, Nabonidus, neglected the affairs of the

state for he was more interested in archeological studies. In 539 B.C., the Babylonians

surrendered without a fight to the Persians. The Persian conqueror, Cyrus, permitted the Hebrew

exiles to return to their homeland in Palestine. PERSIANO (550-350 BCE), Cyrus the Great,

Darius the Great and Xerxes. Zoroastrianism an ancient religion. Built roads and highways; the

most famous is the Royal Persian Gulf going to Ephesus of the coast of Asia Minor. Other roads

linked The various provinces with one another like the four Persian capitals: Susa, Persepolis,

Babylon and Ecbatana. Some as long as 2,400 km. They use gold and silver in commerce. They

have satrapy that serves as a province governed by a satrap who serves as the eyes and ears of

the King. They levied tribute upon conquered peoples, but they generally allowed them to keep

their own customs, religion and laws. The Persians were driven out in 334 B.C. by Alexander

the Great and it was the wealth that he acquired in its western provinces which he used to further

his Asian adventures.

So that’s all of the lecture and wonderful information about the ancient civilization in West

Asia I hope you enjoy and gain more knowledge about the history and studies about Asia. Please

for more information you can visit and ask here anytime. Thank you and have a great day

everyone, once again my name is Kenry G. Jardeliza see you next time.
 Kenry G. Jardeliza BSIT-2D

Asian Studies

Module 1: Lesson 3

Activity 1. Picture-analysis

Examine the picture below and answer the question

What questions do you have on your mind? Write these questions below:
 What did they burn?
 Is that a body I see that that they are burning?
 Is this kind of tradition or culture?
 I think I saw this before.

Activity 2. Article Reading

Read the news article in the next page and answer the questions that follow.

1. What was the article about?

It is all about K-Pop on how the controversy issue about the south Asian culture that they
misappropriating South Asian culture and religion. In a scene that has now been removed, one of
the members could be seen rapping sitting beside a sculpture of Lord Ganesh, a Hindu god.
South Asian K-pop fans expressed their anger at the fact that the bust was just used for aesthetic
purposes on the set which had nothing to do with Hinduism. In Hindu religion, the elephant-
headed god is invoked at the beginning of prayers, important undertakings, and religious
ceremonies. Fans not happy about seeing the deity being used as prop then spoke out against
cultural appropriation in the music industry, lashing out against it on social media.

2. What have you learned from the article?

As we create our own decision and careers in life we should always look to learned that we have
different cultures, traditions, and beliefs, so it is very important for us to know to avoid this kind
of incident even it is accidentally put. We should always respect on others belief, culture, and
tradition for they have their own way of living that separates us from being indulgent each other.
It is better for us to know first and examine the possible effect of our not just in our country but
also to the world.
3. What can you say about the value the South Asian put to their religion and their
gods/goddess?

Religious diversity threatens the unity of the different nations in South Asia because religion
defines people's beliefs, values, and behaviors. These traditions offer spiritual guidelines but also
set moral and ethical standards for the daily life of people in Asian countries. South Asia’s
dynamic religious present is manifested throughout the world, since the South Asian diaspora is
a vital and growing community. Religious traditions are transformed by this increasingly small
world, influenced by economic and political change, new media, and altering social expectations.
Core religious beliefs and practices will continue to change, as living cultures do, in the future.

Activity 3. Ranking

Rank the contributions of South Asian civilizations according to its relevance to the
development of humanity as a whole. List at least five. Use a pyramid diagram to organize
your answer. (See sample on the right.)

Hinduism- India’s first

systematized religion,
played a very vital role
in the South Asian
civilization and had
Hinduism- the Aryan masters made class division as a
holy law. Thus, the untouchables not enter temples or
use public baths and well for they would desecrate or
pollute other caste and of the gods.

Under the Mughals, a brilliant culture emerged, blending both

Hindu and Muslim traditions. Hindus architects designed and
built mosques, Muslims houses of worship. One of the best
examples of blended Hindu and Muslim culture is the Taj
Mahal.

Women during the Vedic period enjoyed equal status with men in all
aspects of life. Rig Vedic verses suggest that women married at a mature
age and were probably free to select their own husbands in a practice
called swayamvar or live-in relationship called Gandharva marriage.The
Rig Veda and Upanishads mention several women sages and seers.

Along with modern weapons, the Aryans brought many cultural traditions to India
which can still be found within Indian society today. The Aryans were both
farmers and herders. They placed great value on cattle. Men received cattle as a
reward when they were successful at war. People measured wealth in terms of the
number of cattle they had. Today in India, cows are considered sacred.
Activity 4. Interview

You were accepted as feature writer in your school papers. As your school is about to
commemorate ASEAN Summit, you were tasked to write about the religious diversity in your
community specifically the Muslims and Hindus. You will conduct an interview to the actual
Muslims and Hindus (Indian National or any nationality adhering to Hindu teachings). You will
only get the basic facts such as the following topics:

a. Name of God/s or deities

b. Holy book

c. Holy place/place of worship

d. Concept of good and evil

e. Concept of salvation

Muslim
Indian

He didn’t know the concept of Salvation but based on what I’ve research salvation is the
Atmans' (individual's soul), liberation. from Samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth and
attainment of the highest spiritual state. It is the ultimate goal of Hinduism, where even hell and
heaven. are temporary.