1. East & Southeast Asia Geography

2. Physical Geography Mountain Ranges Many in the area Himalayas
Separate China from India
Kunlun Mountains
West China
Source of China’s two great rivers
Huang He (Yellow) and Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Kunlun Mountains

3. Landscape of East Asia among the roughest in the world.
Mountains restrict movement of people, goods and ideas
Few flat surfaces
Some exist
Plateau of Tibet (Xizang Plateau), Tarim Pendi Basin, Taklimakan desert (western China)
Link to online info about Taklimakan Desert
Gobi desert
One of largest in the world
In China and Mongolia
Covers more land than Texas and California combined!

4. Peninsulas and Islands
East coast of china has many peninsulas
Gives China long coastline = helps economically
Islands
Japan (group of Islands) and Taiwan (claimed by China but has declared it’s independence)
Developed with less outside influence due to physical isolation.
Skydiving near Mt. Fuji, Japan. (Volcanic Islands)

5. River systems Huang He (Yellow) -Named due to yellow
silt the river carries
Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Longest river in Asia - Major trade route since ancient times
Xi Jiang (West River)
Runs in South China

6. 3 Gorges Dam Dam across the Yangtze or Chang Jiang
Three Gorges Dam Short Film 3.30 minutes
Dam across the
Yangtze or Chang Jiang
3 Gorges Video

7. Natural resources Water resources Large energy resources
Rivers and seas
Large energy resources
Petroleum, coal, natural gas
Human resources
More MANPOWER
than anywhere else in the world!!

9. Climate Issues Many climate zones. Physical Geography Issues
Typhoons (Wind storms over water)
Ring of Fire
Earthquakes
Film concerning new buildings vs. earthquakes in Japan

10. Weather issues affect many things
Population distribution
Building codes
Look at Tsunamis
Film on Tsunamis in Japan

11. Why would people still live here
Push-pull factors
Push factors
Deadly climate, overcrowding
Pull factors
Warm climate, tropical areas, good jobs
Pacific Rim
Name given to the countries surrounding the Pacific ocean
An economic and social region

12. Population Distribution
Most people live along the water in Asia

13. EAST & Southeast Asia Human Geography
Early Chinese history
Dynasties – series of rulers from the same family
Shang – 1st Dynasty
Qin = Chihn = Chin Dynasty
“Built” the great wall
Han Dynasty
Expanded great wall to protect Silk Road
Terra Cotta Soldiers that were buried next to Emperor Chin Shi Huangdi’s gravesite to protect him in the afterlife.

14. Silk road (trade route) brings diffusion and acculturation
China opens up
Silk road (trade route) brings diffusion and acculturation
Original Silk Road
Other Silk Routes

15. Then Europeans come in to colonize Spheres of influence
Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Japan divide China up.
Boxer rebellion
Add info from clip as notes.
Image of a Chinese “Boxer”, 1900, from the National Archives and Records digital collection

16. Political Change in China
Mao Zedong led a Communist Revolution in China
Add info from clip as notes.

17. Confucianism Founded on ideas of _______________________________
Beliefs_________________________________________________

18. Taoism Founded on teachings _________________________
Beliefs__________________________________________

19. The Yin & Yang symbol is a Taoist emblem representing harmony between the male and female influences in the world.
Buddhism
Brought in from India
Remember from previous discussions. 

20. Economics
China is mostly a rural economy, in spite of its economic growth. ≈60% of China’s workers work on farms.

21. Industrial Economy China’s economy is GROWING
Industrial base is in the northeast.
Shanghai = center of Chinese manufacturing

22. After World war II , China and Japan emerged as manufacturing leaders
JAKOTA Triangle
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan make up the Jakota triangle.
The area has become part of a global economy
Nations become dependent on each economically

23. One problem the world looks down on in East Asian manufacturing is sweatshops

24. Industrialization is also having negative effects on the environment, and urban sprawl and poverty
Space utilization
Some Asian countries are running out of room!
How to fix it?
Build smaller Link to Capsule hotels in Japan
Build up, not out.
Landfill – especially Japan
Layering garbage between layers of dirt to reclaim land.

25. Tiananmen Square
late 1980’s Chinese students protested against China’s Communist govt. , gunned down by their own army