Endurance East Asia

Slide 1: Physical Geography 1.List two positive things done by the Three Gorges dam. 2.List two negative things done by the Three Gorges Dam. 3.Describe the climate of China. 4.Where does the majority of the population of China live? Japan? 5.How do Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan deal with factories that put out a lot of pollution?

Slide 2: Human Geography 1.Which two rivers does the Grand Canal connect? How does it aid China? 2.Which countries are in the Jakota Triangle? 3.Describe the characteristics of the countries in the Jakota triangle. 4.What is unusual about the agriculture of Japan? 5.Describe the Great Leap Forward.

Slide 3: Cartographer East Asia 1.What are the three major river systems of China? 2.What river makes the border between China and N. Korea? Between China and Vietnam? 3.Why were the Mongols not able to take over Japan? 4.How have the mountains affected the development of Japan? 5.How have the mountains in the west and the ocean in the east affected the development of China? Be specific.

Slide 4: Current Issues 1.What nations make up the Asian Tigers? 2.Describe the Asian Tigers. 3.Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand make up the Tiger Cub Economies. Describe them. 4.In 2012, South Korea hosted a Nuclear Security Summit to address what problems? 5.What is the DMZ and where is the DMZ?

Slide 5: Belief Systems 1.Creating a stable and peaceful society, honoring your parents, and following the Five Relationships are part of which belief system? 2.The Four Noble truths and Following the Eightfold Path to achieve Enlightenment is part of which belief system. 3.Obeying the Dao, going with the flow of nature and acting by not acting are part of which belief system? 4.Honoring your ancestors and Kami spirits are part of which belief system? 5.Describe the religious philosophy promoted by Communism.

Slide 6: Governments of East Asia 1.What are the two S.A.R.s of China? 2.Describe their special status and why they have this status. 3.How does Taiwan see itself in relation to China? 4.Why is China officially atheist? (i.e. why do communist countries not want their people to practice religion?) 5.Describe religions “freedom” in North Korea. I think this test might prove difficult I would study if I were taking it, and I’m the President of China.

Slide 7: More Beliefs 1.Describe the basic beliefs of Buddhism. 2.Describe the basic beliefs of Confucianism. 3.Describe the basic beliefs of Daoism. 4.Describe the basic beliefs of Shintoism. 5.Free space!

Slide 8: Current Events 1.Describe the peace treaty between North and South Korea at the end of the Korean War. 2.Describe the current situation between North and South Korea. 3.What happens when North Korea won’t pick up the phone? 4.What is unusual about the North Korean border guards? 5.Describe the food situation in North Korea and what is being done about it.

Slide 9: People Yoshihito Noda Kim Il-Sung Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) Mao Zedong Xi Jinping