Cultural geography of asia quizlet

Central and West Asia are better known as the “Near East” and the “Middle East”

By the same logic, East Asia has been referred to as the “Far East

” All these terms are Western-centric, reflecting European geopolitics

They are problematic terms because they isolate and lionize one vantage point

South Asia was often conflated with the vague and politically motivated category of “India,” from the perspective of Western powers (Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British) who dominated and colonized parts of the region at different points in time, as outlined later in this essay

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Central and North Asia, comprising territories bordered by the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, and Afghanistan in the south (which is at times considered part of the Central Asian region)

Unfamiliar with the term “North Asia”? There is a historical explanation