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East and South East AsiaPhysical Geography

What do the following have in common?

Parachute, kite, umbrella, paper, wheelbarrow, fishing reel,

playing cards, and fireworks?

East AsiaEast Asia Map: Chapter 29 Page 613

What 6 countries are included in this region?

-China-Mongolia-Taiwan-North Korea-South Korea-Japan

Bonus Q: Which countries are the most developed?

China

4th largest country in the world

Capital

• Beijing • “Forbidden City”

Pagoda -religious structure represents Buddhism

*Garden = peaceful = whisper*Tiered tower= religious structure*Some pagodas = tombsWooden five-story pagoda of Hōryū-ji in

Japan, built in the 7th century, one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world

Great Shwedagon Pagoda located in Yangon, Myanmar.

The whole structure is coated with 60 tons of pure gold

The Bombardier Pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Landforms: Mountains and PlateausMap Page 620

Results of these natural barriers:-limit movement-increase isolation

What is the process that forms this rugged terrain collision of tectonic plates.

Highest Elevation

• Mt. Everest*Borders Nepal & China

Lowest Elevation

• Turfan Depression (Turpan Depression)• 505 ft below sea level / 20,000 sq miles

Qinling Mountains

Separates North China from South China

Climate map : Pg 626

Kunlun Mountains

Source of two great rivers: Yellow River and Yangtze

Tibetan Plateau

-Known as the “roof of the world”-sparsely populated

Deserts• Gobi: North China & SE Mongolia-larger than Texas and California combined!

• Taklimakan: Between Tian Shan & Kunlun Mts.

Peninsulas• Because of peninsula’s China has a long

coastline that has allowed major port cities Shanghai

-

-largest city

-located at the mouth of the Yangtze

Hong Kong

• British Colony until 1997

Hainan Island off Southern Coast of China

Huang He River

AKA: Yellow River-silt

“China’s Sorrow”-terrible floods

Yangtze River

*AKA: Chang Jiang river • China’s Longest River• World’s 3rd Longest

Xi Jiang (West) River

Flows eastward & forms an estuary

Three Gorges DamWorld’s largest dam / 600 ft high / spans 1 mile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z9K82ZVdMA

Pages 628-629

+ effects:Control floodingProvide electric powerEasier to ship goods

- effects:Expensive $$$Relocation of peopleHistory lostEnvironmental concerns

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China• Construction began in 400’s B.C.• Built mostly between 1369-1644 • Approximately 4,000 miles long• 25’ high / 25’ wide at base / 15’ wide at top• Watchtowers 100-200 yards apart / 40’ high• Foundations made of granite• Sides made of stone and brick • Top paved with brick • Filled inner walls with dirt• http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view?

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Tomb of EmperorShi Huangdi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsUE-ZtcUFg

ClimateA tropical storm that occurs in western Pacific—similar to a hurricane is called a…

TYPHOON Compare climates of E. Asia & N. America

Page 626

Ethnic Groups

• More than 50 groups• Han is most popular with 94% of population

Population!1/5 of the World’s Population…DENSE

Population Control

• Measures to control began in 1950’s

• One-child policy 1st applied in 1979

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4OWJlyaHt0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inA-36YRV0Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARdxuC412zM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX-QXMQnqxg

JAPAN

-enormous economic power

Dense population Page 630-631-60% of people live on 3% of land-clustered along the narrow flat coastal plains

South East Asia• What 11 countries are included in this region?

NAFTA is to North America as ASEAN is to South East Asia

ASEANAssociation of South East Asian

Nations

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Mainland and Islands

2 important peninsulas:Indochina Malay-serves as a land bridgebetween mainland andislands

Mekong River -begins in China and ends in Vietnam

-natural boundary between Myanmar and Laos and between Laos and Thailand

-people rely on Mekong for farming and fishing

http://www.vimeo.com/11817894

Irrawaddy RiverSource in HimalayasForms a Delta

Creates an Estuary

• A chain or a group of islands is called an _________.

archipelago

• Check out how an island is formed:Image on page 690

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• _____________ chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific rim.

Ring of Fire

See map on page 662.

Singapore: Smallest nation of SE Asia Microstate

“Economic Tiger” -countries with strong economic growth

Singapore wished to be independent b/c most of the people of Malaysia were Muslim, while the people of Singapore were mainly Chinese and Buddhists.

Indonesia = World’s 4th largest populationJakarta (On Java Island) = Capital of Indonesia

Impact of industrialization

of the city!

World’s largest population of Muslims

Industrialization

SweatshopsOutsourcing

Vietnam War-

A Stage of the Cold War

A Struggle of Ideals

CambodiaKhmer Rouge = Political Party The Killing Fields

Genocide = Ethnic cleansing

CreatedAgrarian Society

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM1c1hz_3s8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUqvOh2Sfg&feature=relmfu

Pol Pot = Leader of Khmer Rouge