1. Happy Earth Day, y’all!

2. East and South East Asia Physical Geography What do the following have in common? Parachute, kite, umbrella, paper, wheelbarrow, fishing reel, playing cards, and fireworks?

3. East Asia East Asia Map: Chapter 29 Page 613
What 6 countries are included in this region?
-China
-Mongolia
-Taiwan
-North Korea
-South Korea
-Japan
Bonus Q: Which countries are the most developed?

4. 4th largest country in the world
China
4th largest country in the world

5. Capital Beijing “Forbidden City” Pagoda
-religious structure represents Buddhism

6. *Garden = peaceful = whisper
*Tiered tower= religious structure
*Some pagodas = tombs
Wooden five-story pagoda of Hōryū-ji in Japan, built in the 7th century, one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world

7. Great Shwedagon Pagoda located in Yangon, Myanmar.
The whole structure is coated with 60 tons of pure gold

8. The Bombardier Pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

9. Landforms: Mountains and Plateaus Map Page 620
What is the process that forms this rugged terrain
collision of tectonic plates.
Results of these natural barriers:
-limit movement
-increase isolation

10. Highest Elevation
*Borders Nepal & China
Mt. Everest

11. Lowest Elevation Turfan Depression (Turpan Depression)
505 ft below sea level / 20,000 sq miles

12. Qinling Mountains Separates North China from South China
Climate map : Pg 626

13. Kunlun Mountains
Source of two great rivers: Yellow River and Yangtze

14. Tibetan Plateau
-Known as the “roof of the world” -sparsely populated

15. Deserts Gobi: North China & SE Mongolia
-larger than Texas and California combined!
Taklimakan: Between Tian Shan & Kunlun Mts.

16. Peninsulas
Because of peninsula’s China has a long coastline that has allowed major port cities
Shanghai -
-largest city
-located at the mouth of the Yangtze

17. Hong Kong
British Colony until 1997

18. Hainan Island off Southern Coast of China

19. Huang He River AKA: Yellow River -silt “China’s Sorrow”
-terrible floods

20. Yangtze River *AKA: Chang Jiang river China’s Longest River
World’s 3rd Longest

21. Flows eastward & forms an estuary
Xi Jiang (West) River
Flows eastward & forms an estuary

22. Three Gorges Dam World’s largest dam / 600 ft high / spans 1 mile
Pages
+ effects:
Control flooding
Provide electric power
Easier to ship goods
effects:
Expensive $$$
Relocation of people
History lost
Environmental concerns

23. The Great Wall of China

24. The Great Wall of China Construction began in 400’s B.C.
Built mostly between
Approximately 4,000 miles long
25’ high / 25’ wide at base / 15’ wide at top
Watchtowers yards apart / 40’ high
Foundations made of granite
Sides made of stone and brick
Top paved with brick
Filled inner walls with dirt

25. Tomb of Emperor Shi Huangdi

26. Compare climates of E. Asia & N. America
A tropical storm that occurs in western Pacific—similar to a hurricane is called a…
TYPHOON
Compare climates of E. Asia & N. America
Page 626

27. Ethnic Groups More than 50 groups
Han is most popular with 94% of population

28. 1/5 of the World’s Population…DENSE

29. Population Control Measures to control began in 1950’s
One-child policy 1st applied in 1979

30. JAPAN -enormous economic power Dense population Page 630-631
-60% of people live on 3% of land
-clustered along the narrow flat coastal plains

31. South East Asia
What 11 countries are included in this region?

32. Association of South East Asian Nations
ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations
NAFTA is to North America as ASEAN is to South East Asia

33. SOUTH EAST ASIA Mainland and Islands 2 important peninsulas: Indochina
Malay
-serves as a land bridge
between mainland and
islands

34. Mekong River -begins in China and ends in Vietnam
-natural boundary between Myanmar and Laos and between Laos and Thailand
-people rely on Mekong for farming and fishing

35. Irrawaddy River
Source in Himalayas
Forms a Delta
Creates an Estuary

36. A chain or a group of islands is called an _________.
archipelago
Check out how an island is formed:
Image on page 690

37. ` _____________ chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific rim.
Ring of Fire
See map on page 662.

38. “Economic Tiger” -countries with strong economic growth
Singapore: Smallest nation of SE Asia Microstate
“Economic Tiger” -countries with strong economic growth
Singapore wished to be independent b/c most of the people of Malaysia were Muslim, while the people of Singapore were mainly Chinese and Buddhists.

39. Impact of industrialization of the city!
Indonesia = World’s 4th largest population
Jakarta (On Java Island) = Capital of Indonesia
World’s largest population of Muslims
Impact of industrialization of the city!

40. Industrialization
Sweatshops
Outsourcing

41. Vietnam War -
A Stage of the Cold War
A Struggle of Ideals

42. Genocide = Ethnic cleansing
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge = Political Party
The Killing Fields
Pol Pot = Leader of Khmer Rouge
Genocide = Ethnic cleansing
Created
Agrarian
Society