1. East & Southeast Asia Geography Chapters 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.1, 32.2

2. Physical Geography  Mountain Ranges  Many in the area  Himalayas  Separate China from India  Kunlun Mountains  West China  Source of China’s two great rivers  Huang He (Yellow) and Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Kunlun Mountains

3.  Landscape of East Asia among the roughest in the world.  Mountains restrict movement of people, goods and ideas  Few flat surfaces  Some exist  Plateau of Tibet (Xizang Plateau), Tarim Pendi Basin, Taklimakan desert (western China)  Link to online info about Taklimakan Desert Link to online info about Taklimakan Desert Link to online info about Taklimakan Desert  Gobi desert  One of largest in the world  In China and Mongolia  Covers more land than Texas and California combined!

4.  Peninsulas and Islands  East coast of china has many peninsulas  Gives China long coastline = helps economically  Islands  Japan (group of Islands) and Taiwan (claimed by China but has declared it’s independence)  Developed with less outside influence due to physical isolation. Skydiving near Mt. Fuji, Japan. (Volcanic Islands)

5.  River systems  Huang He (Yellow) -Named due to yellow  silt the river carries  Chang Jiang (Yangtze)  Longest river in Asia - Major trade route since ancient times  Xi Jiang (West River)  Runs in South China

6. 3 Gorges Dam  Dam across the Yangtze or Chang Jiang  Add notes from clip. Three Gorges Dam Short Film 3.30 minutes

7. Natural resources  Water resources  Rivers and seas  Large energy resources  Petroleum, coal, natural gas  Human resources  More MANPOWER  than anywhere else in the world!!

9. Climate Issues  Many climate zones.  Physical Geography Issues  Typhoons (Wind storms over water)  Ring of Fire  Earthquakes Film concerning new buildings vs. earthquakes in Japan

10.  Weather issues affect many things  Population distribution  Building codes  Look at Tsunamis Film on Tsunamis in Japan

11.  Why would people still live here  Push-pull factors  Push factors  Deadly climate, overcrowding  Pull factors  Warm climate, tropical areas, good jobs  Pacific Rim  Name given to the countries surrounding the Pacific ocean  An economic and social region

12. Population Distribution  Most people live along the water in Asia

13. EAST & Southeast Asia Human Geography  Early Chinese history  Dynasties – series of rulers from the same family  Shang – 1 st Dynasty  Qin = Chihn = Chin Dynasty  “Built” the great wall  Han Dynasty  Expanded great wall to protect Silk Road Terra Cotta Soldiers that were buried next to Emperor Chin Shi Huangdi’s gravesite to protect him in the afterlife.

14.  China opens up  Silk road (trade route) brings diffusion and acculturation Original Silk Road Other Silk Routes

15.  Then Europeans come in to colonize  Spheres of influence  Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Japan divide China up.  Boxer rebellion  Add info from clip as notes. Image of a Chinese “Boxer”, 1900, from the National Archives and Records digital collection

16. Political Change in China  Mao Zedong led a Communist Revolution in China  Add info from clip as notes.

17.  Confucianism  Founded on ideas of _______________________________  Beliefs_________________________________________________

18.  Taoism  Founded on teachings _________________________  Beliefs__________________________________________

19.  Buddhism  Brought in from India  Remember from previous discussions.  Remember from previous discussions. The Yin & Yang symbol is a Taoist emblem representing harmony between the male and female influences in the world.

20. China is mostly a rural economy, in spite of its economic growth. ≈60% of China’s workers work on farms. Economics

21.  Industrial Economy  China’s economy is GROWING  Industrial base is in the northeast.  Shanghai = center of Chinese manufacturing

22.  After World war II, China and Japan emerged as manufacturing leaders  JAKOTA Triangle  Japan, South Korea and Taiwan make up the Jakota triangle.  The area has become part of a global economy  Nations become dependent on each economically

23.  One problem the world looks down on in East Asian manufacturing is sweatshops

24.  Industrialization is also having negative effects on the environment, and urban sprawl and poverty  Space utilization  Some Asian countries are running out of room!  How to fix it?  Build smallerLink to Capsule hotels in Japan Link to Capsule hotels in JapanLink to Capsule hotels in Japan  Build up, not out.  Landfill – especially Japan  Layering garbage between layers of dirt to reclaim land.

25. Tiananmen Square  late 1980’s Chinese students protested against China’s Communist govt., gunned down by their own army