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Agenda. Geography Notes Review Test Scores and do revisions Discuss Fieldtrip possible date; May 12 th. Geography of Korea. Geography of Korea. North - Volcanic and Mountainous South - Mountainous with flood plains Peninsula –positives and negatives of both continental and island regions

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  1. Agenda • Geography Notes • Review Test Scores and do revisions • Discuss Fieldtrip possible date; May 12th

  2. Geography of Korea

  3. Geography of Korea • North - Volcanic and Mountainous • South - Mountainous with flood plains • Peninsula –positives and negatives of both continental and island regions • Northwest – Amnok/Yalu River separates Korea from China • Northeast - Tumen River separates Korea from China and Russia • West - Yellow Sea • South - East China Sea • East - East Sea (Sea of Japan)

  4. Baekdu-san or Paekdu-san • White-headed Mountain • Korean ancestral origins – founding god came from this lake • one of the three “spirited” mountains contained in the foundation of Korea • Tengun – Heaven Lake • 9000 Feet • Frequent border disputes with China

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  6. Tengun – Heaven Lake

  7. Demographics • combined population: 73 million • (North Korea: 23 million, South Korea: 50 million) • homogeneous ethnic group • foreigners living in South Korea: over 1 million • minority population of ethnic Chinese; 440,000 live in South Korea • ethnic Chinese and Japanese are also found in North Korea

  8. Traditional Dress and Instruments

  9. Geography of Korea • Visual Slides • Identify the following places on your blank map: • Tumen River • Yalu River • Baekdusan • North Korea • South Korea • DMZ • 38th Parallel • Pyongyang • Seoul • Pusan • East Sea • East China Sea • Russia • China • Japan

  10. N.K.

  11. S.K.

  12. NOT FO YOU!

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