1. Chapter 26 Physical Section 1, Pages 645-650
East Asia Unit 9
Chapter 26
Physical
Section 1, Pages

2. Quiz Notes C.26, Sect. 1

3. China
South China Sea carries much of the world’s shipping traffic

4. China Gobi Desert: Frequent dust storms! China’s interior deserts
are at higher elevations and cooler.
Temp Range -40 F to
122 F.
Elevation 3,000-5,000Ft.
St. Cloud is 1,100 Feet

5. China Xinjiang Province is located in Western China.
Urumqi is the capital
of the province

6. China
Yangtze river is the longest river in all of Asia.

7. Japan Archipelago: A group of islands, usually formed by volcanoes
Examples are Japan,
Hawaii, and Aleutian islands
Honshu is Japan’s largest island

8. East Asia
Most of the mountainous islands in East Asia are a product of volcanic activity

9. Japan Mount Fuji is located on the Island of Honshu Look on page
639 at the rec-
source map.
Are resources dis-
tributed evenly?

10. Video Clips Discovery Channel! (good stuff) series of 1-5
10 minute clips, Story of changing and evolving China
2nd part, about 10 minutes:

11. Video Clips Gobi Desert clip National Geog. 3 min long
Grid like patterns in China?
Dam building 5 min.

12. Vids.
Great Wall of China