2.  Explain the population characteristics, culture, and territory situations of China and Japan  Describe characteristics of Confucianism and Daoism  Analyze positives and negatives of China’s One Child Policy  Formulate an opinion regarding China’s One Child Policy

3. Man who run in front of car get tired Man who run behind car get exhausted Man who keep feet firmly on the ground have trouble putting on pants Man with one chopstick go hungry

6.  Physical Characteristics  Land area = about the size of the United States  Physiographic Regions North China Plain Southeast Uplands Tibetan Plateau Northwest China

7.  Huang He (Yellow) River  Loess soils Very fertile  Named ‘Yellow River’ because loess is yellow  “China’s Sorrow”  Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River  World’s 3 rd Longest River  Three Gorges Dam Impacts

8.  Review  Huang He Culture Hearth  Series of Dynasties and Kingdoms  The Long March  Nationalists declared China a republic But…the party split… some favored Karl Marx  Long March- Communists fleeing North

9.  The Great Leap Forward Mao Zedong had introduced Communism The People’s Republic of China New economic organization People’s Communes Failure  The Cultural Revolution Purpose: Create a socialist society Red Guards Radicals, enforced Mao’s policies Ordered to destroy the Four Olds  Ideology, thought, habits, customs Teachers, artists, writers killed Failure

10.  Population Characteristics:  1.3 billion people Most populated country  95% live in Eastern Half  50% Urban  Hukou (Household Registration System) Citizens are classified as rural or urban  One Child Policy

11.  Political and Economic Characteristics  People’s Republic of China (PRC)  Communist state But…Special Economic Zones (SEZs)  Pollution Problems  Air pollution Coal accounts for 80% of China’s Energy Acid Rain in SE China Industrial Regions- unrestricted and uncontrolled air emissions

12.  The One China Policy  Tibet Ruler: Dalai Lama (theocrat) Autonomous Region Tibet wants independence  Taiwan Independent, Republic of China China considers it a “Runaway Province” U.S. opposes Chinese takeover of Taiwan  Hong Kong British returned Hong Kong in 1997 “One country, two systems”

13.  Physical Characteristics  Archipelago 4 main islands  Pacific Ring of Fire Earthquakes and volcanoes  Population Characteristics  World’s most homogenous population 99% Japanese  World’s highest life expectancy Females- Males-  Growth Rate VERY low growth rate,.1% (ZPG)

14.  Political and Economic Characteristics  Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government  Very few natural resources Must import 97% of raw materials and energy supplies  Culture  Respect for the elderly  Recycling and waste-treatment programs  Uniformity  Shinto Religion

15.  History  Divided after WWII at the 38 th Parallel North- USSR South- U.S.  Korean War 1950-1953  DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) Cease-fire line is now at the border  Regional Complimentarily  North- minerals  South- best farmland * South is more developed

16.  ‘The Hermit Kingdom’  Communist State  Heavily armed  1.1 million troops  10 year mandatory military service  Nuclear capabilities? Withdrew from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty  Democratic Republic  Economic Tiger

17. In 1-2 paragraphs, write your opinion of China’s One Child Policy. Use evidence from the article to support your opinion. Be prepared to discuss your opinion in a Fishbowl discussion next class.

18. What do you think China’s population pyramid will look like in the year 2025? Will the One Child Policy be effective or not? Show your opinion by drawing a population pyramid.