East Asia Colleen $heridan & Ethan $ylvester Chapter to 581

Vocabulary Loess: Fine, windblown, fertile soil. Typhoon: A tropical storm that brings violent wind, heavy rain, and high seas. Tsunami: A huge tidal wave created by tectonic activity, such as an earthquake. Mandate of Heaven: The right to rule; the Chinese believed heaven gave it to their emperors. When an emperor was weak or disasters occurred, the emperor was thought to have lost the Mandate of Heaven. Virtue: A good quality. Standardization: The practice of making all things of a certain type alike. Khan: A title given to strong Mongol leaders who sometimes brought rival clans together and created almost unstoppable fighting forces. Clan: A group of families that are related to one another. Samurai: A Japanese warrior. Shogun: In Japan, a “leading general” who held all authority. Filial Piety: The respect and honor owed to one’s parents. Pagoda: A tower with many levels; a feature of East Asian architecture.

More Vocabulary Haiku: A 17-syllable Japanese poem that is often about nature. Politburo: A political bureau that sets policy for a government. Censor: To examine in order to hold back information. Diet: Japan’s elected legislature. Keiretsu: A Japanese system in which a group of companies in an industry own parts of each other. Special Economic Zone: A modern manufacturing area that uses democratic-style market economy practices. Most-Favored-Nation Status: A status that grants special trade advantages.

A Map and Flag Of East Asia

Lesson 1 China takes up 85% of East Asia. It is said to have three steps. Within the three steps are some great landforms. They are, the Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, Takla Makan, Huang He, Chang Jiang, and Xi. Mountains and deserts take up about 2/3 of China. Mongolia is a landlocked place north of China. It has dry cold winds that blow across it. Nomads use its fields for animals. Running from northern China through southern and eastern Mongolia, is the Gobi river. The Korean Peninsula is full of mountains. It is slit into Northern Korea and Southern Korea. All of the rivers either flow into the Yellow Sea or the Korea Strait. Rivers that go to the Yellow Sea leave good soil, but only 20% of the soil in Korea is good for crops. Japan is made up of islands that are the peaks of an underwater mountain range. There is 4 main islands and about 6,000 smaller. The 4 main islands are called, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. The islands are in the ring of fire, with over 200 volcanoes, but only about 85 are still active. Wind affects the climate of the islands. It depends on where you live. There is an island southwest of Japan, it is called Taiwan. Taiwan is part forest/mountains, part farming plains. The Pacific Ocean helps East Asia with trade and fishing, but it also is dangerous to the people. The ocean brings heavy rains, and powerful winds. In the ring of fire, the people also earthquakes. Flooding is also a problem. As you can see, they have a lot of problems.

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4 World War 2 and the Cold War split East Asia when it came to government. China, North Korea and Mongolia all had communism, and Japan, South Korea and Taiwan had democracy. After World War 2, Moa Zedong became leader of the communist party, and after the Cold War, the communist party ruled all of China. North Korea also chose to be a communist country, while South Korea chose to become a democracy like Japan. Mongolia was the first to have communism, but it elects a president now, because the people wanted more freedom. Japan was willing to listen and followed advice, because of that it had great economic growth. Manufacturing was a crucial part for Japan’s growth. Its growth helped all of East Asia. All of the countries trade with Japan, except for North Korea. China’s economy has grown, like Japan, but it is still not as good. The people have more freedom, but they are still not in democracy. East Asia is suffering in its economy. Too many problem are occurring. One being, the populations are getting too large. Also, there is disagreements between the countries.