1. Unit 10 terms

2. Ring of Fire Chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim
Area of plate movement and subduction (oceanic plate moves under the continental plate)
Lots of volcanic activity and earthquakes
Tsunamis-huge wave caused
By earthquake under the ocean
Floor

3. Globalization
Growing trade and interdependence; nations become dependent on each other for goods and services

4. Jakota Triangle Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Economic prosperity during the 1980’s
Competition led to problems in the 1990’s

5. Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Growing competition
JAKOTA TRIANGLE – JApan south KOrea & TAiwan

6. Sweatshops Places where people work long hours Little pay
Bad conditions
Often very few government regulation to help workers

7. Krakatoa Small island in the Pacific 1883 volcanic eruption
Sound could be heard 3,000 miles away
Killed 36,000 in Java and Sumatra

8. Indochina
Term used to refer to French colony of Loas, Cambodia and Vietnam
Vietnam defeated the French by 1954

9. Vietnam War
1957 to 1973
U.S. got involved to stop communist North Vietnam from taking over South Vietnam
50,000 U.S. soldiers and millions of Vietnamese died
U.S. withdrew in 1973
Vietnam became one country/communist

10. Other Terms to Study: Aborigines Micronesia Melanesia Polynesia
Australia (smallest continent)
Bikini Atoll
Low islands
High Islands
Great Barrier Reef
Archipelago
outback

11. Divided Island of Timor
Conflict; legacy of colonialism
Netherlands ruled Western Timor and Portugal Eastern Timor
1975; East declared independence; West wanted to be part of Indonesia
1999; pro-militia groups reacted with violence when East Timor wanted independence.