1. Monday 05-04-2015 Turn in: any late work
On your desk: East Asia map, pen/cil, Gandhi notes
Warm-up: Current Events
HW: maps and physical geo of East Asia

2. Physical Geography of East Asia2

3. Major Geographic Characteristics of East Asia
World’s MOST POPULOUS REGION
One of the world’s earliest culture hearths
Population concentrated in the East, in river basins, coastal areas, and special economic zones

4. Sub-regions of East Asia
CHINA PROPER- Eastern half; the core of China
XIZANG (TIBET)- Tall mountains and high plateaus; sparsely populated
XINJIANG- Vast desert basin and mountain rims; gateway to the Islam world
MONGOLIA- Mostly desert
The JAKOTA TRIANGLE
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

5. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
LONGITUDINAL EXTENT (East to West) Comparable to the U.S.
LATITUDINAL RANGE (North to South): Comparable to Northern Quebec to Central Caribbean
Bordered by oceans, high mountains, steppe country, and desert

6. 2. Chiang Jiang- Yangtsze 3. Xi Jiang- Pearl, or West
Rivers
1. Huang He - Yellow
2. Chiang Jiang- Yangtsze
3. Xi Jiang- Pearl, or West

7. Flows 1200 miles from Mountains to Bo Hai

8. Why called yellow? Because of the color of the silt that is deposited along its path

10. Why called “china’s sorrow”?
Massive flooding problems.

11. 1938 flood

12. Chiang Jiang River flows 3900 miles from Kunlun Mts to East China Sea
Historically served as a trade route– today still carries many resources from W to E China
Also subject to flooding

14. Yangtze flowing through Shanghai (yes the air is polluted)

15. West River = Pearl River = Xi River
Many minerals and resources in the river valley.

16. Notice location of the 2 rivers….. Compare them to next slide.

17. All 3 rivers have successful agricultural land to feed the over 1
All 3 rivers have successful agricultural land to feed the over 1.5BILLION people of China

18. Eastern China

19. Rice Fields of East China

20. Mountains ISOLATE and SEPARATE people in China from other parts of Asia Kunlun Mts: Source of Yellow and Yangtze. Shandi Mts separate N. China from South Himalayas have isolated and separated China and INDIA

22. Deserts and Plateaus Plateau of Tibet: Sits in Rainshadow of Himalayas
Tarim Pendi Basin and Taklimakan Desert:
Separate China from central Asia (Stans)
All desert regions of West China and Gobi are SPARSELY populated

24. Tibet

25. Gobi: stretches across Mongolia to China and is 1
Gobi: stretches across Mongolia to China and is 1.5 million square miles

26. Gobi

27. Gobi

28. Taklamakan Desert

29. Peninsulas Shandong, Leizhou Macao Korean Peninsula
Peninsulas give China a long COASTLINE, that allowed for major trading portsCities to develop

31. CLIMATE
CLIMATE TYPES INCLUDE: Arid Humid temperate Humid continental Highlands
Includes the largest area of highland climate in the world
Desert conditions prevail in the Northern and Western interior
Coastal, peninsular, and insular East Asia have more moderate climates than the interior regions

33. FARMING still possible in highlands due to:
Step terraces are designed to allow water to flow by gravity through all the fields, generally reentering a stream at a lower level.

34. Rice Fields

36. MONGOLIA—add this to bottom of page…
Steppe and desert physical environment
Sparsely populated with an estimated 2.5 million inhabitants
Part of the Chinese empire from late1600s until 1911
Functions as a buffer state between Russia and China
Economy is focused on herding and animal products

39. THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE Japan, Taiwan, N & S Korea
CHARACTERISTICS
Small, Confined land area (Japan and Taiwan are islands and the Koreas are on a Peninsula)
Hazardous region- earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons
Ring of Fire
Great cities and high-tech industry
Enormous consumption of raw materials, but few raw materials produced locally
Global links and rapid development

41. Mt. Fuji

42. Known Hazards for this Region
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Volcanic Activity (Japan)
Typhoons
Floods
Drought

43. Link to before and after slides of Japan’s Tsunami of 2011– drag the center bar back and forth for full shot.

44. Natural Resources China rich in resources Oil, coal, metals
Japan, because of its island location, it LACKS natural resources, has relied on
TRADE with other countries for industrial resources.
Rivers provide fresh water, fish, and transportation.

46. Three Gorges Dam

47. China’s Geographic Challenge video—2 minutes
Japan’s Geographic challenge– 2 minutes

48. Sketch Map: East Asia
Sketch an outline of East Asia on the bottom of the page. Label the countries, capitals, major rivers, mountains, deserts and surrounding bodies of water (use the notes page)

49. Homework: On a sheet of paper, make a T-chart:
Also prepare for a class debate/discussion:
On a sheet of paper, make a T-chart:
Title: Effects of China’s 3 Gorges Dam (positive/negative on either side of T)
Read p take notes on T chart
Use technology to see current effects of the dam on China

50. Objective: I can use a decision making process to consider advantages and disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam to evaluate the effectiveness of a solution.
Process:
On a sheet of paper, make a T-chart:
Title: Effects of China’s 3 Gorges Dam (positive/negative on either side of T)
Read p take notes on T chart
Next class : On sticky note, make an overall decision more positive or more negative—say WHY you chose your decision
Put sticky note on the continuum on front board.
Be ready to defend your decision.