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GEOGRAPHY OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

GEOGRAPHY OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. CHINA. Location led to belief that China was the center of the world Landforms i. Limited contact with other civilizations ii. Gobi Desert, Mongolian and Tibetan plateaus, Himalaya Mountains, Pacific Ocean

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GEOGRAPHY OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

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  1. GEOGRAPHY OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

  2. CHINA • Location led to belief that China was the center of the world • Landforms i. Limited contact with other civilizations ii. Gobi Desert, Mongolian and Tibetan plateaus, Himalaya Mountains, Pacific Ocean iii. Limited living space (about ½ the size of the US) iv. Terrace farming- small, flat fields built into the sides of hills and mountains

  3. REGIONS OF CHINA • The Heartland- North (Industry) and South (Farming) China • The Northeast- once known as Manchuria • Mongolia- harsh climate- hot summer, frigid winter • Xinjiang- oil producing region • Xizang- Tibet- mountains- barren/treeless

  4. RIVERS • Yellow (Huang He) River- North China 1. Name comes from loess 2. “River of Sorrows”- frequent floods cause destruction- 1931- 4 million died of starvation when flooding wiped out crops

  5. RIVERS ii. Yangtze (Chang) River- South China 1. Used for trade 2. Shanghai is on the banks of the river 3. Government has damned the river to create hydroelectric energy iii. Hong (Red) River- South China 1. Tens of thousands live at the delta 2. Ample water, good soil, favorable climate

  6. PEOPLE • Han – 95%- ethnic Chinese • Minorities- Tibetans, Mongols, Tajiks • Languages- Mandarin 1. Many dialects across China

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