East Asia Intro

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East Asia Intro

Physical Geography

• Basic Pattern of Landforms– High Mts &

Plateaus W/S– Alluvial plains E

Physical GeographyIslands and Peninsulas

-Korean Peninsula -Hong Kong -Hainan (Island) -Taiwan

Physical Geography• General Pattern of Climates

– Similar to US

Physical Geography• Some of the World’s largest river systems

– Yangtze; Asia’s longest– Huang He (Yellow)– XI Jiang (West River)– Pearl River

Physical Geography

• Ring of Fire

Natural Hazards

Typhoon

Natural HazardsKanto Earthquake ; September 1 1923

Natural Hazards• On 11 March 2011 a 9.0 magnitude

Earthquake hit Japan

• Killed thousands, displaced more than 320,000, washed away infrastructure, millions without running water.

Natural Hazards2011 Tsunami• The estimated direct cost of the damage is

$125-235 Billion

Economic Geography

• Commercial Agriculture– Rice

Economic Geography

• Commercial Agriculture– Wheat

Economic Geography

• Aquaculture

Economic Geography

• Tea and Cotton in warmer south

Economic Geography• China’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

– Areas allowed to operate in a capitalist economy and accept foreign investment and know how

– Foreigners provide equipment and knowledge, China provides cheap labor costs

Economic Geography

• Japan – world’s 3rd largest economy; was surpassed by China in 2011

Economic Geography

• Japanese Auto Industry– Toyota is now world’s largest auto producer

Economic Geography

• Japan has one of the world’s largest fishing fleets

• 15% of the Global catch

Economic Geography

• Japanese Electronics

Economic Geography

• Newly Industrialized countries = NIC’s = Four Dragons = Four Tigers– Hong Kong, S Korea, Singapore, Taiwan – A rapidly growing economy specializing in small

electronic manufacturing and light industry

Age Structure/Pop. Distribution

• Some of the greatest Population Density in the World

• China’s Population Pyramid

• Japan Population Pyramid

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7tYwnqot6M

History/Govt

• North Korea

-Chief of State/Supreme Leader-Kim Jong Un

-economy suffering, people suffering

-continues to test nuclear weapons

History/Govt

• CHINA– Leader = Xi Jinping (since March 2013)– Quickly abandoning command economy and

becoming capitalists

History/Govt

• Japan– Chief of State: Emperor Akihito (since 1989)– Head of Gov’t: Prime Minister Shinzo ABE (Since

Dec2012)

-Anthem: “Kimigayo” (The Emperors Reign)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FFHC2D12Q&feature=related

Emperor AkihitoPrime Minister Nayoto kan

History/Govt

• N. Korea and S. Korea

split after WWII

(38th Parallel)– N. Korea communist– S. Korea democracy

Conflict

• Chinese environmental record– Industrialize first, environment second

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNgqPbBgnPU

Conflict

• North Korea’s nuclear ambitions

Conflict

• China’s Human Rights Records• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ai-wei-wei/?

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Conflict

Three Gorges Dam

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