Transcript East Asia

7th Grade UBD - Unit 4 - East Asia
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Location and Landforms- East Asia’s landforms vary
from country to country. China has long influenced
the cultures of other East Asian countries.
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Climate and Resources- Volcanoes, earthquakes, and
tsunamis affect the people of East Asia.
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People and Their Environment- The people of East
Asia belong to diverse ethnic groups and speak
hundreds of languages.
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Think about all the different
products you use in a day.
What natural resources
were needed to make these
items? Does a country have
to have natural resources in
order to manufacture
things? (5 minutes)
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Work with a
neighbor and
compare your
answer with theirs.
What things are the
same and what
things are
different?
(3 minutes)
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East Asia is a large and diverse region.
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For many centuries, Chinese civilization
greatly influenced the people of these
regions.
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China is a huge country with varied landforms
but limited farmland. Areas along rivers are
densely populated.
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East Asia has high
mountains, rugged
plateaus, and wide
deserts.
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Isolated behind these
barriers, East Asian
people long ago
developed their own
societies.
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Today, East Asia
includes five countriesChina, Mongolia, North
Korea, South Korea, and
Japan.
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Japan, North Korea, and
South Korea are among
the smallest nations.
Key Term
ArchipelagoA chain of
islands.
Video- How Volcanoes Form Islands
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Mongolia is the least
densely populated
country on earth.
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Population density is
four people per square
mile.
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Livestock outnumber
people twelve to one.
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Only one percent of
Mongolia is farmable.
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Mongolia was named after
the thirteenth-century
people who created the
largest land empire in
history: from East Asia to
Western Europe.
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East Asia nations differ from one another in size,
economic development, living standards and forms
of government. Yet they share some features.
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Today, nationalism is a strong force in most regions.
Most nations in these regions are experiencing rapid
economic growth.
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Japan and China are both economic superpowers.
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Much of East Asia is
mountainous.
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The mountainous areas of
East Asia are thinly
populated.
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Most Chinese are
crowded into river valleys
and costal plains.
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Natural forces often threaten
both the islands and coasts of
East Asia.
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Powerful tsunamis destroy
property and take lives along
the coast.
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The “Ring of Fire” also puts this
area at risk to volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes.
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The countries of East Asia have
learned to adapt to the
earthquakes, volcanoes, and
tsunamis.
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They have strict building codes and
some of the best warning systems
in the world.
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However, this is not always enough
to prevent all disasters from
happening.
Key Term
Tsunami- A
large wave
produced by an
earthquake on
the ocean floor.
Key Term
Ring of FireAn area around
the Pacific
Ocean known
for frequent
earthquakes
and volcanoes.
Key Term
Earthquake- The
shaking that
results from the
movement of
rocks beneath
the Earth's
surface.
1.
What are the nations of East Asia?
2.
What natural forces act upon the land and
people of East Asia? How do you think they
affect the lives of the people?
What are the nations of East Asia?
1.
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The nations of East Asia are Japan, Mongolia, North Korea,
South Korea, and China.
What natural forces act upon the land and people of East Asia?
2.
How do you think they affect the lives of the people?
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Tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquakes occur in East Asia.
People understand that disasters will occur, but it is difficult
to prepare for them. When they do happen, people
experience great upheaval.
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Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis affect the
people of East Asia.
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Climates vary across the regions, depending on
the nearness to the sea and elevation. The
climates of North China and South China differ.
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East Asia has many resources, but they are not
evenly distributed.
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North China has a humid continental
climate of warm summers and cold
winters.
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Farmers grow such crops as millet, wheat,
and sorghum. Rice and other crops
requiring irrigation are not grown.
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Arid China has limited
farmable land.
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Some people farm at
lower elevations.
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Nomads graze sheep,
goats, and yaks on
grasslands.
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Arid China is thinly
populated.
Key Term
Arid ChinaThinly populated
climate zone in
China. Gets less
than twenty
inches of rain fall
each year.
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South China has a
humid subtropical
climate of hot, humid
summers and cool,
damp winters.
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South China is greener
and more hilly.
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Farmers grow rice and
corn with the help of
animals like the water
buffaloes.
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Forty percent of Chinese
live along the Yangzi
River in South China.
Key Term
Humid ChinaDensely
populated climate
that gets at least
twenty inches of
rain a year.
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Feng Shui is the Chinese art
of improving one’s
surroundings to enhance
well-being.
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Feng Shui is popular in
America. People hire Feng
Shui experts to arrange
rooms so that the best of luck
in ensured.
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East Asia has mineral and energy resources, but
they are unevenly distributed. China is rich in
minerals. Korea has some natural resources. Japan
has few.
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Most nations use water as an energy resource.
China has built hydroelectric plants along its great
rivers and smaller waterways. Japan, too, has used
its rivers to develop hydroelectric power.
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Forests once covered much of
East Asia. Today, large parts of
China have few trees.
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The Chinese government has set
up programs to replant forests.
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In Japan the government controls
timber cutting and requires
replanting of trees.
Video Deforestation - What is the real impact?
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Why do fewer people live in Arid
China than in Humid China?
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Why do fewer people live in Arid China than
in Humid China?
 The region of Arid China has a less developed
infrastructure, a rugged terrain, and is very
dry. Humid China is a densely populated
because it has a developed infrastructure
and a good climate for growing food.
Reading Handout- Eyewitness to History 9
 East Asia has many ethnic groups and
languages.
 The Chinese are mostly Han, but many
national minorities also live in China.
 China has used harsh methods to control
population growth.
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Many ethnic groups live in East Asia. Each nation
usually has one major ethnic group and many smaller
ones.
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China has the greatest ethnic diversity. It has more
than 50 national minorities.
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Despite China’s diversity, more than 90 percent of the
Chinese belong to a single group. They are Han
Chinese.
Key Term
Han- China’s
predominant
ethnic group.
More than 90
percent of
Chinese are
Han.
Key Term
Homogeneous
Society- One in
which the people
belong to the same
ethnic group, speak
the same language,
and share the same
culture.
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East Asia has many
languages. East Asia alone
has three major languages.
(Chinese, Korean, and
Japanese)
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The Chinese writing
system has played an
important role in uniting all
of East Asia.
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East Asia has a population of
1.7 billion people.
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China is the world’s most
populated nation.
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Population is expected to
decline over the next ten years
since people are starting to
have smaller families.
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The Chinese are concerned
with population growth
because the huge population
puts great pressure on the
country’s resources.
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These days, a typical Chinese
family includes a married
man and woman with one
child.
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To what ethnic group do most
Chinese belong?
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Why does China want to limit
population growth?
To what ethnic group do most Chinese belong?
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Most Chinese belong to the Han group.
Why does China want to limit population
2.
growth?
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The Chinese are concerned with population growth
because the huge population puts great pressure on
the country’s resources.
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What has been the
“muddiest” point so far in
this lesson? That is, what
topic remains the least
clear to you? (4 minutes)
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Work with a
neighbor and
compare your
muddiest point with
theirs. Compare
what things are the
same and what
things are different?
(3 minutes)