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East Asia Intro

East Asia Intro. Physical Geography. Basic Pattern of Landforms High Mts & Plateaus W/S Alluvial plains E. Physical Geography Islands and Peninsulas. -Korean Peninsula -Hong Kong -Hainan (Island) -Taiwan. Physical Geography. General Pattern of Climates Similar to US.

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East Asia Intro

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  1. East Asia Intro

  2. Physical Geography • Basic Pattern of Landforms • High Mts & Plateaus W/S • Alluvial plains E

  3. Physical GeographyIslands and Peninsulas -Korean Peninsula -Hong Kong -Hainan (Island) -Taiwan

  4. Physical Geography • General Pattern of Climates • Similar to US

  5. Physical Geography • Some of the World’s largest river systems • Yangtze; Asia’s longest • Huang He (Yellow) • XI Jiang (West River) • Pearl River

  6. Physical Geography • Ring of Fire

  7. Natural Hazards Typhoon

  8. Natural Hazards Kanto Earthquake ; September 1 1923

  9. Natural Hazards • On 11 March 2011 a 9.0 magnitude Earthquake hit Japan • Killed thousands, displaced more than 320,000, washed away infrastructure, millions without running water.

  10. Natural Hazards 2011 Tsunami • The estimated direct cost of the damage is $125-235 Billion

  11. Economic Geography • Commercial Agriculture • Rice

  12. Economic Geography • Commercial Agriculture • Wheat

  13. Economic Geography • Aquaculture

  14. Economic Geography • Tea and Cotton in warmer south

  15. Economic Geography • China’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) • Areas allowed to operate in a capitalist economy and accept foreign investment and know how • Foreigners provide equipment and knowledge, China provides cheap labor costs

  16. Economic Geography • Japan – world’s 3rd largest economy; was surpassed by China in 2011

  17. Economic Geography • Japanese Auto Industry • Toyota is now world’s largest auto producer

  18. Economic Geography • Japan has one of the world’s largest fishing fleets • 15% of the Global catch

  19. Economic Geography • Japanese Electronics

  20. Economic Geography • Newly Industrialized countries = NIC’s = Four Dragons = Four Tigers • Hong Kong, S Korea, Singapore, Taiwan • A rapidly growing economy specializing in small electronic manufacturing and light industry

  21. Age Structure/Pop. Distribution

  22. Age Structure/Pop. Distribution • Some of the greatest Population Density in the World

  23. Age Structure/Pop. Distribution

  24. Age Structure/Pop. Distribution • China’s Population Pyramid

  25. Age Structure/Pop. Distribution • Japan Population Pyramid

  26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7tYwnqot6M

  27. Age Structure/Pop. Distribution

  28. History/Govt • North Korea -Chief of State/Supreme Leader-Kim Jong Un -economy suffering, people suffering -continues to test nuclear weapons

  29. History/Govt • CHINA • Leader = Xi Jinping (since March 2013) • Quickly abandoning command economy and becoming capitalists

  30. History/Govt • Japan • Chief of State: Emperor Akihito (since 1989) • Head of Gov’t: Prime Minister Shinzo ABE (Since Dec2012) -Anthem: “Kimigayo” (The Emperors Reign) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FFHC2D12Q&feature=related Prime Minister Nayoto kan Emperor Akihito

  31. History/Govt • N. Korea and S. Korea split after WWII (38th Parallel) • N. Korea communist • S. Korea democracy

  32. Conflict • Chinese environmental record • Industrialize first, environment second http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNgqPbBgnPU

  33. Conflict • North Korea’s nuclear ambitions

  34. Conflict • China’s Human Rights Records • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ai-wei-wei/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=bigimage&utm_source=bigimage#

  35. Conflict Three Gorges Dam

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