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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?
assetGuid=58fbc3b3-571a-43b9-a8e4-8c391ce9371e
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