East and SE Asia Review

1. East and SE Asia Review NCHS

2. Southeast and East Asia: STUDY GUIDE • Know your vocabulary!

3. East Asia Physical Geography • Huang He River: Also known as… Yellow River • Why? Loess • Nicknamed :China’s Sorrow- b/c of flooding.

4. Chang Jiang River: Also known as… Yangtze • Longest river in China…_3rd in the world. • Heaviest river traffic in world.

5. Three Gorges Dam • Built on what river? Yangtze • Positive aspects – controls floods, hydroelectricity, expand trade, improved transportation • Negative aspects –destroys historical artifacts and areas, people are displaced, costs $$$, environmental issues

6. East Asia Physical Geography • What landform do the major rivers of China begin on? Tibetan Plateau • Most populated region in the world – North China Plain • What river helps form this landform? Huang He • Why does Japan have limited arable land? Mountainous

7. East Asia Physical Geography • What landform do the major rivers of China begin on? Tibetan Plateau • Most populated region in the world – North China Plain • What river helps form this landform? Huang He • Why does Japan have limited arable land? Mountainous

8. East Asia Physical Geography • Where do most people in Japan live? Coast • Landform the Koreas are on: Korean peninsula • Much of this region is located on the Pacific Ring of fire leading to many volcanoes & Earthquakes.

9. China Revealed: • The population is largest in the world. 1.3 billion • Martial Arts (Kung Fu) was originally created as a means of: defense • What do the Chinese call their country as they believe it is at the center of the world? Middle Kingdom • What city is the political heart of China? Beijing • What is the Forbidden City? Where the Emperors used to live for five centuries, center of government and rule

10. China Notes: • Major contribution of Shang Dynasty: Writing • Dynasty that controlled through Legalist Rule: Qin • Who was the terra cotta army built for & what dynasty is it part of? Qin Dynasty- Shi Huangdi • What dynasty blended Confucianism with Legalist rule? Han

11. China Notes: • How did the Han Dynasty develop trade? Silk Road • Which dynasty began the Great Wall? Qin • Which dynasty completed the Great Wall? Ming • The last dynasty: Qing

12. China Notes • The separation of China to be controlled by various European powers was: Spheres of Influences • The leader of the Communist Party in China: Mao Zedong • What year did he gain control of China? 1949

13. China Notes • The plan to increase agriculture and industry that lead to massive famine was: Great Leap Forward • Mao’s plans to get rid of intellectuals, art, etc., often using the Red Guard: Cultural Revolution • After Mao’s death, the plan for China included: De-Maoization-advances in agriculture, industry, science, defense

14. China Notes • Massacre of college students marching for democracy was: Tiananmen Square • What are the human rights issues today in China? Executes 100s yearly, torture, intolerance of ethnic minorities, destruction of the Buddhist culture, persecution of monks who follow the Dalai Lama

15. China Notes • Where is the gap in China’s economy? Between Rich and poor and between rural and urban • China’s economy: World’s _fastest growing • Worlds -2nd economy- largest behind… US

16. Population Problems • Why does China have a one child policy? So it can feed its people • What are the reasons you can have more than 1 child? If parents are both minorities or if both parents are only children or live in the rural areas • What are some of the bad effects of the policy? Uneven distribution of boys to girls will lead to difficulty finding suitable mate for marriage, obesity and spoiling of only children(little Emperors)what to do with the single aging population, increase prostitution, rapes and kidnapping

17. China’s Lost Girls • What happens if someone has more than one child? Pay a large penalty • What is going to happen when many of these kids reach marrying age? No matches for them • Spoiled only children are called: Little Emperors

18. Korea Notes: • After WWII, who managed North and South Korea? North Korea was managed by China and USSR; South Korea was managed by UN and US • Why did the Korean War begin? North Korea invaded SK • What is the buffer zone that divides N. and S. Korea? DMZ/demilitarized zone 38th parallel

19. Korea Notes: • Today, Why type of government do each of them have? NK- Communist SK- Democracy • Today, who are the leaders? NK-Kim Jung Il SK- Lee MyungBak • Economy of ___NK__: Little industry, lost trading partners in 90s due to fall of communism, poor infrastructure, controlled by gov’t • Economy of ___SK___: 11th largest in world, Free market, lot of exporting & industry.

20. Inside North Korea: • Kim Jong IL rules as a God King • Who controls the news papers and TV: Govt. • In 1910 Korea was colonized by: Japan • What percent of kids are malnourished? 40 (Stunted Generation) • Why do people end up at concentration camps (Work Camps)? Speaking badly about the government

21. Japan Revealed • Largest metropolitan area in the world: Tokyo Yokohama • Shinto is celebrated at festivals. • Buddhism is used in times crisis like death or illness.

22. Japan Notes • Literacy rate: 99 • Official religions: Buddhism and Shinto • Know characteristics of Shinto. Everything has a soul. Kami. Exceptional people, nature • What are problems caused by having an urban majority? Overcrowded cities, congested roads, air pollution, acid rain, juvenile delinquency

23. Japan Notes • Feudal Japan: Know importance of Shoguns(military ruler), Daimyos (landowner), & Samurai(Sword soldier). • Area Japan attacked leading U.S. into WWII: Pearl Harbor Hawaii • Two cities U.S. dropped bomb on: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

24. Japan Notes • Effects of the bombs: 225,000 killed Japan lost territory and was placed under international control • Type of government today: parliamentary with a constitutional monarchy • 3rd largest economy in world. • What are the main things Japan exports? Cars, electronics, computers

25. Japanese Education System • 250 school days a year • Main focus is: academics • How is high school different in Japan? Test based on abilities, class change is done by teachers, lunch is served by kids, no sports • How do students prepare for the entrance exams? Cram schools • Why is there so much pressure to do well in school? Your job depends on how well you do

26. Southeast Asia • 3rd largest democracy in the world: Indonesia • Country with largest Muslim population: Indonesia • Country with highest PCGDP in region b/c economy is based on service & industry: Singapore • Main religion of region: Buddhism

27. Southeast Asia • Country governed by a military dictatorship: Burma (Myanmar) • Country that was once ruled by Communism but is democratic today: Cambodia • Khmer Rouge Government killed 1.5 million people in Cambodia through executions, starvation, & hardships.

28. Southeast Asia • Military dictator of Cambodia: Pol Pot • Communist country that 80% of people do not have a religion: Vietnam • Country that used to be a U.S. territory, majority Roman Catholic, and is a republic: Philippines