World Regional Geography East Asia C.J. Cox Instructor Week #8

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

East Asia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Himalyas & Tibetan Plateau

Physical Geography Deserts Gobi Desert

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

Irrigated Farmland

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

Climates of East Asia

Vegetation Map

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

Cultural Geography of East Asia 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

Population Concentrations

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

Religions

Religions

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

Cultural Geography of South Asia Religion Religious landscapes

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

Agriculture in East Asia

Rice Paddies in China

Washing & drying vegetable along the river Southern China

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

China

Income levels

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 Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States

Political Geography of East Asia

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

World Regional Geography East Asia C.J. Cox Instructor Week #7