Monsoon Asia: Essential Questions West Middle

East Asia Where in the world is East Asia? What Countries are in East Asia? How do Geographic Factors affect/impact population distribution? Where do most people in East Asia live? What are the two major rivers in China & where do they come from? How do China’s rivers support a large population? China’s major cities are located in what geographic feature? How did the Japanese islands form? Why is trade so important to Japan's economy? In what ways are North & South Korea alike & different? Creating the DMZ has had what unexpected effect? What is the economy like in Mongolia? What is the climate like in Mongolia? What impact has the Gand Canal had on China’s development? 1. N.E. Hemisphere 2. China, Mongolia, Japan, N Korea, S Korea & Taiwan 3. Mild climate, N. China Plain & P. Ocean are population pull factors. 4. Along the Pacific Coast/East China 5. Huang He (Yellow R) & Chang Jiang (Yangtze) both start in the Mtns & Plateau of Western China. 6. Provide minerals for soil, irrigation & trans/comm 7. North China Plain 8. Underwater Volcanic Mtn ranges along the tectonic plates 9. Japan has limited resources & must trade to develop 10. North: Comm Gov, produce military equip, limited resources & agriculture South: Democratic Gov. Population is 2x’s more than N.K. Highly Industrialized manufacture ships, cars, electronics 11. created a natural animal refuge 12. Undeveloped, nomadic herding exporting furs & leather 13. Cold Dry 14. Trans/comm from the north & south