Exploring South Asia and

Western Asia
Module 12
Prepared by Group
21st Century
Exploring South Asia and Western Asia

 Western Asia or Southwest Asia

- also called Middle East
-Monotheistic religions:
+ Christianity
+ Islam (dominant in Western Asia)
+ Judaism (founded in the eastern part of the Mediterranean
region of Western Asia 4000 yrs. Ago)
Exploring South Asia and Western Asia

 Western Asia
- found in south of Eastern Europe surrounded by:
+ Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea,
Arabian Sea, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
- Turkey , for instance, is a country shared by both Europe and
Asia
- countries shows strong economic growth
-Petroleum (major source of economic growth where 60% of the
world reserves in Western Asia)
Exploring South Asia and Western Asia

 Introduction to Marxism
- Karl Marx (founder of the critical concept)
-He wanted to understand how the capitalist society
works (for whom does it truly work better and worse for) and where
it would likely lead.
- He saw the struggle of the two classes in society which
is the capitalists or owners of the resource and the workers or
proletariat.
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 Two classes in society

1. the capitalists or owners of the resource

- producing companies

2. the workers or proletariat

- who work to produce and survive

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 Alienation

- key terms in Marxism’s concept

- looking at the way the workers are living and how this
specifically affects their overall well-being.

 “labor power” = money or wages