1. Bellringer
A tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific is called: a)cyclone b)hurricane c)typhoon d)tornado
Which is a desert in northern China & southeast Mongolia: a)Gobi b)Sahara c)Mohave d)Kalahari

2. Bellringer
A tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific is called: a)cyclone b)hurricaine c)typhoon d)tornado
Which is a desert in northern China & southeast Mongolia: a)Gobi b)Sahara c)Mohave d)Kalahari

3. Today-Objective:Human Environment Interaction in East Asia
Explore the benefits and problems of the Three Gorges Dam in China.
Understand the use of space in overcrowded urban Japan.
Review the countries
of East Asia
Review the
Landforms of East Asia
Examine a population
Pyramid & line graph on
China’s population
Pages

4. The Problem- Flooding has been a big problem in China
See:

5. How have the Chinese responded to their problem?
They have been building the Three Gorges Dam of the Chang Jiang River(sometimes called the Yangtze River)

6. Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest capacity hydroelectric power station.
The dam body was completed in 2006.
The Dam was functioning in 2012.

7. THREE GORGES DAM
DAM LOCATED ALONG CHANG JIANG RIVER TO CONTROL FLOODING

8. What are the positive effects?
The dam controls the flooding of the Chang Jiang River.
The dam generates huge amounts of electrical power.
The dam makes it easier for ships to reach the center of China. ( A series of locks will raise ocean-going ships.)

9. What are the negative effects?
Millions of people have been moved because of the dam.
The dam is costing far more than the Chinese government expected. First it was going to cost 11 billion but was 75 billion.
The giant reservoir (lake) created by the dam put hundreds of square miles under water. This includes the homes of many animals some which went extinct.

10. What do you think?
Is the Three River Gorges Dam worth the costs? Why or why not?
River Dolphins- very rare

11. Problem in Japan- Large Population & Little Space
Most of the cities of Japan are on the coast & near mountains. There is no space to grow.

12. Tokyo is the largest city
Japanese cities are some of the most densely populated areas in the world
Tokyo is the largest city
in Japan

13. Problem Japanese cities have become polluted.
PCBs (industrial pollutants) are
poisoning animals & people.
If PCBs are passed from the pollution in the factory to the fish in the ocean then what could it do to those who eat the fish?

14. PCB’S INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS THAT BUILD UP
IN ANIMAL TISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE DISEASE
AND BIRTH DEFECTS

15. How do a lot of people live in a small space?
Houses & rooms are smaller
Many live in apartments

16. Capsule Hotels in Japan provide tiny rooms for overnight guests
Lets look at a capsule Hotel in Tokyo:

17. Do you think you could learn to live in the small spaces that the Japanese live in? Why or why not?

18. Next- Review the countries of East Asia
Sea of
Japan
Yellow
Sea
East China
Sea
Pacific
Ocean
South China Sea

19. Landforms of East Asia What mountains Border China, India & Nepal?
Mongolia
Mongolia
What desert is
Here?
What Peninsula
Is this?
What mountains?
What mountains
Border China, India
& Nepal?
What island is
This?

20. Landforms of East Asia
Mongolia
Mongolia
Korean
Peninsula
Taiwan

21. Population of China
China Population Line Graph
What are the 2 largest age groups in China during 2006?
How many girls are there in China ages 0-4? Boys 0-4?
What do you think will happen to the population when those who are
0-4 reach their 30s?
What year did China reach a billion people?
How many people lived in China in 1963?
How many people lived in China in 2003?