1. EAST ASIA Ch 26.1

2. China= 80% of E. Asia (4 th largest in world), 1.3 bil ppl LAND & SEA

3. Korean Peninsula S of Manchurian Plain & Changbai Mtns. b/w Sea of Japan & Yellow Sea

4. Plate Tectonics: part of Ring of Fire 2008 EQ in China 2009 VE in Philippines

5. Tsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake, or any large displacement of water. Gets higher as approaches land Indonesia, 2004

6. Plateau of Tibet: highest plateau region, 15,000 ft (SW China)

7. Tarim Basin: vast wasteland, mostly desert & salt marshes

8. Huang He: aka Yellow River b/c of loess, “China’s Sorrow”  catastrophic floods

9. Yangtze River: longest in Asia (3 rd in world) ½ of China’s crops grown in YR basin

10. Xi River delta: fastest growing in China Guangzhou Hong Kong

11. Grand Canal: longest artificial waterway in world, began in 400 BCE!

12. Natural Resources China: widest variety, most oil and coal Mongolia/Koreas: coal Taiwan: minimal, used up

13. Southeast Asia Ch 29.1

14. Malay Pen. Indochina Pen.

15. Borneo

16. Indonesia: 13,500 islands (6,000 names, 1,000 inhabited)

17. East Timor: UN voted independence in 1999  finalized in 2002 10 year anniv. celebration ET & Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia

18. Java: most pop. island in world, 17/100 Indonesia’s active volcanoes - center of Indo. social, political, eco. Life - Jakarta (capital) here

19. Krakatau Anak Krakatau- 2007

20. Mt. Pinatubo Earthquakes began 7/90 Small eruptions 4/91 Magma eruptions 6/91 Climax 6/15/91

21. Mt. Pinatubo Mt. Pinatubo August, 1991…over SOUTH AMERICA Most powerful eruption of 20 th century Regular clouds Pinatubo aerosol clouds

22. Lots of fossil fuels (coal, oil, nat. gas) Vietnam, Brunei, & Indonesia have oil –Indo. Formerly a member of OPEC

23. Myanmar/Burma: military junta has not utilized resources 1988 protests in Rangoon Thein Sein, elected March 2011, first civilian president

24. Flora brings in big bucks Thailand: orchids Malaysia: rubber Philippines: hardwoods Indonesia: plywood

25. All nations, but Laos, are coastal/islands  FISHING IS HUGE!! Burma Cambodia