1. EAST ASIA Ch 26.1

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

3. Mongolia= most sparse, <1% of China’s pop. Yurt

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

6. Archipelago= chain of islands (Japan, Phil.)

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

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

9. Mount Fuji Tallest volc. in Japan, on Honshu (now dormant) Important spiritual symbol  good luck if see in dream

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

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

12. Gobi Desert: S. Mong/N China; lots of dust storms, COLD

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

15. Yangtze River: longest in Asia (3 rd in world) Only habitat for Yangtze River Dolphin ½ of China’s crops grown in YR basin

16. Major transportation route: mouth @ Shanghai

17. Three Gorges Dam

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

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

20. Feng Shui: harmonizing buildings/structures w/ environment (real estate, grave sites, interior design

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

22. China: 10% arable (but still most in size) Taiwan/SK: 25% Mongolia: 1% China: “rice bowl” in south, wheat in north

23. SK has to alter crops to match climate and preserve land: rice & barley

24. Japan & Mongolia are limited by mountains and deserts

25. Fishing: almost all are coastal  seafood exports; SK, China, Taiwan lead world China Taiwan

26. Southeast Asia Ch 29.1

27. Plates uplift crust, create volcanic islands, cordilleras, etc.

28. Malay Pen. Indochina Pen.

29. Borneo

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

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

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

33. Krakatau Anak Krakatau- 2007

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

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

38. Mekong River: starts in China, borders/flows thru 4 countries  resource conflicts

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

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

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

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