1. EAST ASIA A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING

2. YANGTZE RIVER

4. 3 GORGES DAM LONGEST IN ASIA, >1/3 CHINA’S FRESH WATER

5. 3 GORGES DAM

8. PLATEAU OF TIBET

11. GOBI DESERT

12. REG (MANY) ERG (FEW)

13. GOBI DESERT EXTREME TEMPERATURES -40 DEGREES 104 DEGREES

14. JAPAN 4 MAIN ISLANDS HOKKAIDO HONSHU SHIKOKU KYUSHU

15. JAPAN 75% MOUNTAINS 70% FORESTS MOUNT FUJI

16. JAPAN LACK OF NATURAL RESOURCES EQUALS HISTORY OF IMPERIALISM NOT ENOUGH: OIL COAL IRON ORE COPPER ZINC LEAD GOLD SILVER TIMBER

17. JAPAN PACIFIC RING OF FIRE

18. JAPAN

20. MARCH 2011 STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE EVER IN JAPAN TRIGGERED 133 FOOT HIGH TSUNAMI MOVED MAIN ISLAND 8 FEET EAST SHIFTED EARTH ON ITS AXIS 4-10 INCHES!!!

21. JAPAN http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/new s/environment-news/japan-tsunami-2011-vin/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJN3Z1ryc k

22. JAPAN

23. 1 5,882 DEAD 6,142 INJURED 2,668 MISSING > 1 M BUILDINGS DESTROYED/DAMAGED 4.4 M HOMES LOST ELECTRICITY 1.5 M HOMES LOST WATER SERVICE ROADS/RAILWAYS DESTROYED/DAMAGED FIRES DAM COLLAPSE NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS

24. JAPAN

25. KOREAS KOREAN PENINSULA NORTH 50% FOREST 22% ARABLE LAND POOR SOILS LACK OF PRECIPITATION SOUTH 64% FOREST 20% ARABLE LAND 99 YEAR LEASE ½ MADAGASCAR’S ARABLE LAND

26. GOVERNMENT - ECONOMY On a sheet of notebook paper FULL PAGE SIZE CREATE A CHART (NEAT – USE A RULER) 6 COLUMNS, 6 ROWS COLUMN HEADINGS (ABOVE COLUMNS): COUNTRY, GOVERNMENT TYPE, ECONOMY TYPE, WORK FORCE STRUCTURE, PER CAPITA GDP, INTERESTING FACT ROW LABELS (IN COUNTRY COLUMN): CHINA, TAIWAN, MONGOLIA, JAPAN, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA WHILE VISITING/VIEWING CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, FILL IN CORRECT INFORMATION AS WE HAVE A DISCUSSION

27. CHINA ECONOMY MIXED FREE MARKET-TRADITIONAL-COMMAND EXPORTS! CHEAP LABOR PROFIT-DRIVEN NO CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE OR ENVIRONMENT POOR QUALITY CONTROL

28. CHINA ECONOMY

29. SILK ROAD ANCIENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTE CULTURAL BRIDGE CHINA TO MEDITERRANEAN (LINKED WITH EUROPE AND ROMAN EMPIRE)

30. TAIWAN ECONOMY STRONG TECHNOLOGY-BASED INDUSTRIES 75% SERVICES APEC – ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATIVE (21 PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES)

31. DEVELOPMENT USING THE CHART YOU CREATED RANK THE 6 COUNTRIES IN THE REGION BY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT 1 = HIGHEST, 6 = LOWEST

32. ASIAN TIGERS HONG KONG SINGAPORE SOUTH KOREA TAIWAN

33. DEVELOPMENT NORTH KOREA VS SOUTH KOREA

34. RELIGION - CHINA COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALLY ATHEIST CONSTITUTION – FREEDOM OF RELIGION ONLY OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED REGISTERED REGULATED GROUPS PERSECUTED AND REPRESSED: FALUN GONG MUSLIM UIGHURS TIBETAN BUDDHISTS

35. RELIGION - CHINA BUDDHISM CONFUCIANISM (PHILOSOPHY) PEACE HARMONY TAOISM ISLAM CHRISTIANITY (CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT)

36. RELIGION JAPAN - BUDDHISM, SHINTOISM TAIWAN - BUDDHISM, TAOISM, CHRISTIANITY MONGOLIA – BUDDHISM SOUTH KOREA – BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY NORTH KOREA – OFFICIALLY ATHEIST, BUDDHISM, CONFUCIANISM, KOREAN SHAMANISM

37. POPULATION CHINA MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN WORLD ONE CHILD POLICY POPULATION CONCENTRATED IN EAST–WHY?

38. CHINA POPULATION http://www.china-europe- usa.com/level_4_data/hum/011_7.htm http://www.china-europe- usa.com/level_4_data/hum/011_7.htm

39. RURAL CHINA TRADITIONAL ECONOMY SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

40. TERRACE FARMING CHINA

44. RURAL JAPAN

45. TERRACE FARMING JAPAN

48. URBANIZATION CHINA JAPAN

49. URBAN POPULATION CHINA 50% JAPAN 67% NORTH KOREA 60% SOUTH KOREA 83% MONGOLIA 65% TAIWAN 78% UNITED STATES 82%

50. SLUMS

51. JAKOTA high population density high level of urbanization rapid growth in manufacturing dependence on imported raw materials JAPAN SOUTH KOREA TAIWAN

52. NORTH KOREA BRUTAL ECONOMY NON-EXISTENT

53. NORTH KOREA FAMINE

54. KIM JONG UN INSANE COMMUNIST DICTATOR

55. KIM JONG UN

56. CHINA POPULATION DENSITY

57. CHINA - ONE CHILD POLICY SINCE 1979

58. ONE CHILD POLICY FORCED ABORTION SELECTIVE ABORTION FEMALE INFANTICIDE FEMALE BABY ABANDONMENT TOO MANY MEN INCREASED CRIME

59. ONE CHILD POLICY

60. POPULATION JAPAN CONCENTRATED ON COAST NEGATIVE POPULATION GROWTH AGING

61. POPULATION MONGOLIA EXTREMELY SPARSE – WHY??? HARSH CLIMATE AND TERRAIN, LANDLOCKED ½ TOTAL POPULATION IN CAPITAL CITY RURAL NOMADIC HERDERS

62. SHOGUN - SAMURAI VIRTUES/CODE OF ETHICS FORTITUDE, PERSEVERENCE, COURAGE, CONVICTION, FAITH IN ONE’S SELF, CHARACTER, CARE, DISCRETION, POLITENESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE, HONOR, HONESTY, MODERATION, TEMPERANCE, SELF-CONTROL, BENEVOLENCE, CHARITY, MERCY, HOPE THESE AFFECT JAPANESE BUSINESS TODAY

63. TAIWAN 1949 COMMUNISTS TOOK OVER CHINA ANTI-COMMUNIST NATIONALISTS (ELECTED CHINESE LEADERS) FLED TO TAIWAN AND TOOK OVER OPPRESSION 1992 FREE TRUE TAIWAN GOVERNMENT ELECTED

64. TIBET TAKEN OVER BY CHINA 1951 DALAI LAMA INTO EXILE 1959 MONASTARIES DESTROYED POPULATION DILUTED

65. TIBET CEASELESSLY PUSHING FOR INDEPENDENCE

66. KOREAN WAR 1950 NORTH KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA CHINA SUPPORTED THE NORTH U.S. SUPPORTED THE SOUTH ARMISTICE 1953 DMZ – DEMILITARIZED ZONE

67. WHY SO MANY GUARDS FROM THE NORTH? THE PHONE ENDANGERED SPECIES

68. CHINA-TIANANMEN SQUARE COLLEGE STUDENT DEMONSTRATION FOR FREEDOM, RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY APRIL – JUNE 1989 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play er_detailpage&v=XJBnHMpHGRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play er_detailpage&v=XJBnHMpHGRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9A51jN1 9zw&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9A51jN1 9zw&feature=player_detailpage

69. CHINA