Transcript South, Southeast, and East Asia Today

South, Southeast,
and East Asia
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Warmup
BrainPOP: Natural Resources
Notes
T Chart Activity
DIY
Warm UP:
 What continent and mountain range Mt.
Everest in?
 ( You can use your electronic devices to
find the answer)
Renewable Resource
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A part of the earths natural enviornment
Can be RENEWED
Look up the word RENEWED
Examples:
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Water
Plants
Timber
Air
Solar Power
Non Renewable Resource
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A resource that cannot be replaced
YOU USE IT AND LOSE IT!
Examples:
Fossil Fuels
Minerals
Salt
Coal
Natural Gas
T Chart
 In your Journals create a T Chart
 On one side, write RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
 On the other side write NON
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
 Give examples of each based on your
knowledge of these terms
Physical Characteristics
 There are many Mountains that
influence the region
population settlement patterns
ability of people to move
climate
 Mountains
Himalayas
Western and Eastern Ghats
Mount Fuji-Japan
Himalayas
Mt. Fuji
Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji—outside of Tokyo
Himalayas—Mt. Everest
 Varied climate regions--ranging
from tropical wet to humid
continental
 Many natural hazards-monsoons, typhoons, volcanoes,
and earthquakes
 Monsoon--a seasonal shift in
the prevailing winds that
influences large climate
regions
 Typhoon--a destructive
tropical storm occurring in the
western Pacific Ocean or the
China Sea, similar to a
hurricane
 Influence of water--(rivers,
seas, and ocean currents) on
agriculture, trade, and
transportation
 Area have abundant arable
land
 areas of loess
 Plateau of Tibet hard to live on
 Gobi Desert--second largest in
the world
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Many newly industrialized countries
South Korea
Taiwan
Singapore
 Japan = economic leader
 China is in a transition period--from a centrally
planned economy to more of a tradition free
market economy
 Agricultural advancements and
technology are enabling greater
food production-- “Green
Revolution”
 Environmental degradation
 deforestation
 fishing is important
 Main Crops:
 rice
 Bananas
 serious religious
 conflictsprimarily between
Hindus and Muslims
Cultural Characteristics
 Areas of extremely dense and
sparse population
 severe contrast between rural
and urban areas
 deep respect for ancestors
 Religious diversity-Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism,
Christianity, Taoism, Shinto,
Confucianism are the major
religions
 India has a strict caste
system--(similar to a class
structure) once born into a
caste it is next to impossible
to move out of that caste
 Cultural heritage
Silks
Batik
wood and ivory carving
ideograms--unique
alphabets
jewels
 Important cities--Tokyo,
Japan; Beijing, China; New
Delhi,India
 Cultural landscape--Taj
Mahal, Angkor Wat, Great
Wall of China, floating
markets, mosques,minarets,
pagodas, temples and
shrines, terraced rice fields
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat
Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Batik
Gobi Desert
Buddha
Buddha in New Delhi
Shinto Shrine
Temple
Pagoda
Pagoda
Temple