Transcript Physical Geography of East Asia

Tuesday- Things to get Done
1. Complete Building Vocab parts A and B
for all three chapters
2. Vocab Pic/Def
On your sheet of paper you need your
Word, a definition, and a picture (look at
government examples in back of room).
NEED COLOR.
3. Work on Part C’s in Composition
Notebooks (#17). These are due on Thursday.
Warm Up
Grab notes from the back table
Turn in pictures (if you did not do so
yesterday)
Physical Geography of East Asia
Satellite View of China
The East Asian Realm
 Physical landforms
One of the most rugged
topography in the world.
*Q1: What accounts for
- complex landforms?*
these
Tectonic Activity
Limited flat land:
*Q2: What are some
solutions to this problem?*
Terracing and irrigation.
Maximize agricultural productivity.
China
 The People's Republic of China (PRC)
Est. in 1949/Mao Zedong
China is ruled by the Communist Party of
China under a single-party system
China’s Geography
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 1. 3rd largest country in the
world.
 2. Comparable surface with the
United States:
U.S.: 3.6 million square miles.
China
China: 3.7 million square
miles.
 3. 65% of the country is
mountainous.
 4. Arable land represents 12% of
the national territory as opposed
to 25% for the United States.
United States 5. Per capita (0.086 hectare) is
well below the world average.
1,000
1,500
Miles
2,000
China vs. US
China
3.7 million square
miles
United States
3.6 million square
miles
Main physical
barrier
Main River
Himalayas
Rockies
Yangtze / East West
Mississippi / North
– South
Population
Connectivity
problems
East Coast
North - South
East Coast
East - West
Size
Q3: What is this type of agriculture called? AND, why do you think that it
was developed?
Terraced farming; rugged terrain/topography/mountainous
Bodies of Water
Sea of
Japan
Pacific
Ocean
South
China
Sea
The Yellow River!
Huang He (Yellow River).
-Subject to flooding,
especially in its delta.
-Changes course
many times.
-Extremely polluted
-Industrialization
along the river
Chang Jiang River
(Yangtze)
-Longest river (6,300
km).
-Flood of 1998 left 14
million homeless.
-Home to the Three
Gorges Dam
-Helps flooding
-Generates power
-Allows ships to
sail further into
China
-World’s largest dam
-Created a
reservoir that
made 1,000 towns
and villages
disappear
The Yangtze River
The West River and the Pearl River
Xi Jang (West
River)
Joins up with the
Pearl River
Important mineral
resources are along
this river
Zhu Jiang (Pearl River)
Most productive and
sustainable ecosystem in
the world.
Rice paddies and fish
ponds.
Heilong Jiang (Amur)
China’s border
with Russia
 Q4: What is the name of
each river (One point per
name)
China
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1. Huang He (Yellow River)
2. Chang Jiang (Yangtze
River)
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3. Xi Jiang (West River)
OR Zhu Jiang (Pearl
River)
4. Heilong Jiang (Amur)
Mountains & Peaks
Altai Mts.
Tian Shan
Kunlun Shan
Himalayan
Mts.
Greater
Khingan
Kunlun Mountains
Located in the west
Where two of China’s great rivers begin
(Yellow and Yangtze)
Deserts & Plateaus
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan
Desert
Tibetan
Plateau
 Mongolian Plateau
Most who live here are sheep
herders and raise livestock
 Tibetan Plateau
Averages more than 3,000
feet above sea level
 Gobi Desert
Stretches more than 500,000
miles
Prime area for finding
dinosaur fossils
All three are scarcely
populated because of severe
climates and topography
China
Maritime border
Physical border
Turkic
Cultural border
Arid China Mongols
Isolation
Gobi
Takla Makan
 The Chinese Realm
 East sea border.
 West: Deserts
and mountains.
 North: Deserts.
 South:
Himalayas.
*Q5: What will
these borders
cause?*
Koreas
Highland China
Tibetan
Political border
Tai
Miao-Yao
Han
Taiwan
 Cultural division
between the Han
realm and the
China of the
minorities.
Han China
represents
92% of the
population.
Minorities
live in
mountainous
or arid
regions.
China’s Climate Zones
Monsoon Precipitation Patterns
This region also
benefits/suffers from the
rainfall from monsoons
Sometimes receive
typhoons = tropical
storms
Winter Monsoons
Summer Monsoons
Precipitation in China
Summer Rainfall
Agricultural Regions in China
Arable Land
“Brown” China vs. “Green” China
Q6: What other
division occurred
across this line?
Think population
and use your notes
Pasture and Oasis
Han China vs.
Minority China
Double-crop rice
SOURCE: Topic 5: “The Awakening Giant” by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of
Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.
South China
Major Chinese Industries
Major Industrial
Areas near
Beijing and
Shanghai
Fuels, Power, Minerals, & Metals in
China
Large reserves of
petroleum, coal, and
natural gas.
Mineral resources include
iron, lead, zinc, copper,
etc.
Allowed them to be selfsufficient for much of its
history
Environmental issues
Suffering from:
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6.
Deforestation
Desertification
Soil erosion
Coastal pollution
Flooding
Poor urban air
quality
 “The shrimp between the whales”
 *Q6: What are the two whales?*
Japan and China
Korea
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200
300
Miles
China
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 About the size of Indiana.
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North Korea
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 Population of 48 million.
Sea of Japan
P'yongyang
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Demilitarized zone
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Inch`onSeoul
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Taejon
South Korea
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Chonju
Kwangju
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 Highly homogenous ethnicity and
linguistically (100% Korean).
Taegu
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Pusan
Japan
 Religiously divided between
Christianity (49%) and Buddhism
(47%).
 75% urban with 27% of the
population living in Seoul (13
million).
Korea is practically
surrounded by water:
*Q7: What is this called?
Peninsula
Korea
Geography
• Much of peninsula covered by rugged mountains, limits land for agriculture
• Mountain ranges run north and south along east coast
• Main population centers in west; land flattens to plains
Early Korea
• First Koreans nomadic peoples from northeastern Asia; formed clans
• Developed own culture; but influenced by China’s Han dynasty, 108 BC
• Adopted Confucianism, Chinese writing, political, agricultural methods
Japan
Japan and the United States
Japan: Physical Geography
1. The homeland of Japan consists of four main
islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and
Kyushu, and several hundred smaller islands.
2. Japan is formed largely of mountains
separated by narrow valleys.
3. Japan is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”
There are about 60 volcanoes in Japan, of which the
best known is Mount Aso. Mount Fuji (12,388 ft) is
not active.
4. Japan is subject to frequent and powerful
earthquakes.
Japan
 Physical constraints
 16% of the land is
habitable.
Hokkaido
Honshu
Kanto Plain
Yamato Plain Nobi Plain
Shikoku
Kyushu
 Fight against the
scarcity of space:
Long narrow
valleys.
Concentration of
agricultural
productivity.
Efficient
management of
existing agricultural
land.
Very Mountainous:
Little Arable Land
Mt. Fuji
Largest mountain in Japan. Not an active volcano (last erupted in 1707)
Japan: Vegetation
2/3 of the entire country is forested and the
Japanese make use of wood in almost endless
ways
Igawa Town on the Izumo
Plain
Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse:
Okutsu Town, Okayama
Prefecture
Terrace Farming of Rice
The Japanese Farm the
Sea
Tokyo
Fish Market
Natural Resources
Less abundant natural resources than China.
*Q7: What will this force Japan to do?*
Trade with other countries for what it needs
Raw Materials
Taiwan
Now a free-market, multiparty democracy
Home of 23 million well-traveled, well-educated, and industrious
people.
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Fuzhou
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T'ainan
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100
T'aichung
Kaoshsiung
200 Miles
Taipei
 1. About 100 miles
from the coast of
southeast China.
Taiwan
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Fuzhou
Matsu
China
Taiwan
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Quemoy
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T'ainan
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T'aichung
Taipei
 2. Similar constraints to
neighboring countries:
60% of the territory
is composed of
mountains.
Chungyang Range
covers about 50%
the land area.
25% usable for
agriculture.
Kaoshsiung
200 Miles
 3. Bulk of the
population lives in the
western coastal plain.
In a group of two….
Answer the following questions on a sheet
of paper to turn in:
1. How does East Asia’s physical
geography shape its historical philosophy
of isolation?
2. What are some similarities between
each of these regions?
3. What are some differences between
each of these regions?