1. Opener: 9/26 - #1 East & Southeast Asia Notebook
COPY & answer the following using the TB (A33 & A35):
List 3 countries that are archipelagos found in East & Southeast Asia.
What is the highest mountain in Japan?
Major river of southeast Asia, flowing through Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia _____________.
Longest river in China that enters the East China Sea near Shanghai _______________.
List 2 countries that are landlocked in Southeast Asia.

2. South Asia Notebook Check
When I call your name, bring me your notebook. I’m checking all 12 things!

3. COPY the chart and place each country in the appropriate column.
Opener: 9/29 - #3
COPY the chart and place each country in the appropriate column.
Countries
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar (Burma)
North Korea
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Mainland
Islands
Connected to the landmass of Asia
Surrounded by water

4. The Physical Geography of East & Southeast Asia

5. Dividing the Region East Asia Southeast Asia
China, Taiwan, Japan, North and South Korea, Mongolia
Southeast Asia
Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.

6. East Asia: Mountains & Plateaus
Mountains kept China isolated from other parts of Asia
Himalayas, Altai and Kunlun Mountains
Plateaus, basins and deserts in western China make the area sparsely populated

7. Gobi Desert Located between Northern China and Southern Mongolia
One of the largest in the world!
Larger than Texas and California combined!

8. East Asia Major Rivers of China Huang He (Yellow River)
Called the Yellow River because of its yellow soil
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)
Longest river in all of Asia
Serves as a major trade route

9. East Asia Islands and Peninsulas:
Korean Peninsula contains the countries of North and South Korea
Japan is an island nation on an archipelago
Many volcanoes and experiences earthquakes

10. Typhoons Like a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean
Typhoon: a tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific

11. Southeast Asia Southeast Asia consists of 2 parts:
Mainland: Indochina & Malay Peninsula
Islands (archipelagos)

12. Archipelagoes Indonesia: 13,000 islands Philippines: 7,100 islands
MOST populous Muslim country
Philippines: 7,100 islands

13. Ring of Fire
Many of Southeast Asia’s mountains are of volcanic origin.
Part of the Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire: the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim

14. Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire creates:
Earthquakes (Japan, California, Sumatra)
Tsunamis
Volcanoes – creates some islands

15. Earthquakes
2004 earthquake in Sumatra caused a devastating tsunami that killed 230,000 in 13 countries
3rd largest earthquake in modern day history – 9.3 magnitude
Japan earthquake of 2011 caused a tsunami that killed 16,000 people and also caused a level seven meltdown (nuclear reactors).

17. Tsunamis
Nations in East Asia and Southeast Asia experience the effects of tsunamis
Tsunami: a giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption, with great destructive power.
Tsunami waves can travel at hundreds of miles an hour and rise up to 100 feet or more in height!

19. Japan Earthquake