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East Asia

Ten Geographic Qualities F 1. Eastern Flank of Eurasia F 2. Over 1/5 of the world’s population lives in this region

Ten Geographic Qualities F 3. One of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations F 4. Foreign intervention of European colonialism, Japanese imperialism & Russian expansionism F 5. Communist revolution after WWII

Ten Geographic Qualities F 6. Dominantly rural society with very large urban cities and quickly developing industrialization F 7. Region of enduring traditions - values, religions F 8. Economic powerhouse of the 21st century

Ten Geographic Qualities F 9. A region about the size of the US with 5 times the population F 10. Internally oriented Asian cultural values

Relative Location of East Asia F Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean F North of South East Asia and south of Russia

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Physical Geography of East Asia F Plate Tectonics F Plateaus F Deserts F Mountains F Rivers F Lakes F Climates

Physical Geography  Plate Tectonics –Clashing or colliding plates of Eurasian and Philippine Plates and Pacific Plates –Volcanic archipelago caused by subduction of plates.

Physical Geography Deserts Gobi Desert

Physical Geography of East Asia F Rivers –Yangstze River –Huong Ho (Yellow) –Xi Juang River F Landforms –Sichuan (Red) Basin –Tibetan Plateau –Himalayan Mts. –Kunlun Mts.

Physical Geography of East Asia F Climates –Desert Climates dominate interior –Coastal is a Humid subtropical climate (C) u wet all year u averages above freezing –Northern China and the Tibetan Plateau are dominated by the D climates

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Cultural Geography of East Asia F INTERESTING FACTS –More people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language (native speakers) –One in every five people in the world today is Chinese –The Japanese have a larger GNP per capita than the US

Cultural Geography of East Asia –Population –Languages –Religion –Agriculture –Economics –Historical Geography

Cultural Geography of East Asia F Population –1.4 billion –concentrations on coasts & rivers –one child policy in China lowers growth rate - but numbers remain large – Japan is at zero population growth

East Asia F Population Characteristics –Birth rates 16/1000 –Death rates 7/1000 –Natural Increase.9% –Infant Mortality 29/1000 –Doubling Time 74yrs –Pop <15 25% –Pop > 65 7%

Cultural Geography of East Asia F Languages –Sino-Tibetan Language Family u Chinese u Tibeto-Burmese –Altaic Language Family u Japanese u Korean u Mongolian

Cultural Geography of East Asia F Religion –Buddhism dominates East Asia –Minor religions u shintoism in Japan u confusionism u Taoism – Religious landscapes

Cultural Geography of South Asia F Religion – Religious landscapes

Cultural Geography of East Asia F Agriculture –subsistence farming u intensive rice farming u Wheat is the dominant grain in Northern China –Government owned communes vs. private enterprises –Japanese subsidization of rice farmers

Rice Paddies in China

Washing & drying vegetable along the river Southern China

Cultural Geography of East Asia F Economy –primary industry –resource rich –trade –large labor population

Historical Geography  Chinese Empires  Colonial Colonization & Trade  Japanese Empire of the 20th Century  Emmergence of Communist China  Japanese Economic Imperialism  China & Japan as world powers  The East Asian Economic Powerhouse

East Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

East Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States