26-28 Asia Flashcards
Over 50 active volcanoes
Japan
Area of earthquakes and volcanoes
Ring of fire
Seawave caused by an earthquake
Tsunami
Violent storm (hurricane)
Typhoon
Country that dominates the geography of East Asia
People’s Republic of China
Over how many million square miles
3.5
Japan is a; or a
Archipelago; chain of islands
What are most of Japan’s archipelagoes forms from
Volcanoes
Largest Japanese island
Honshu
Republic of China official name
Taiwan
Portuguese colony
Macao
Former British colony turned over to China in 1997
Hong Kong
Only large lowland area where majority of the population lives
East China
In western China what act as barriers
The Himalayas in Tian Shan
What is the highest plateau
Plateau of Xixang (Tibet)
There is a large area of
Grazing land
What is the yellow River’s name
Huang He River
Why is the yellow River yellow
Because of loess a yellowish-brown topsoil
What is another name for the yellow River
China’s sorrow
Why is it called China’s sorrow
Floods killed thousands
What is Asia’s longest river
Yangtze River
The area around the Yangtze River is
China’s rice bowl
What is the world’s longest artificial waterway
The grand Canal
Is the longest structure ever built
Great wall of China
China has the most minerals because
It has the most land area
What are China’s resources (minerals)
Coal, petroleum, Tin, tungsten, bauxite
What are Korea’s resources
Iron ore, gold, and copper
What is the leading industrial country of East Asia where mineral resources are scarce
Japan
What percent of land is used for farming in China
11%
What percent of land is forest in China
12%
Food for silkworms
Mulberry tree
Farmers make good use of every inch of land because farmland is scarce where
Japan
What industry is important to all countries but especially to China and Japan
Fishing
25% of the worlds population
East Asia
China’s population is approximately
1.3 billion
There are many groups but 94% are
Han
Much of the area is
Barren and mountainous
Most people live in
River valleys and on coastal Plains
Live on one sixth of land (East side)
China
What percent of the population lives in these cities
53%
How many cities; how many people
171; over 1 million people
15 million
Shanghai
11 million
Beijing
3/4% of the population lives in cities or on the island of Honshu
Japan
Honshu is
Coastal Corridor
Tokaido means
Megalopolis or a supercity
Largest urban center in the Corredor area is around
Tokyo – Yokohama(27 mill)
Two thirds of the population live in the cities
Koreas
Two thirds of people live in
South Korea
16 million people
Seoul
Three fourths of people live in the cities
Taiwan
25% of people live in Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Culture hearth center
China
ruling house
Dynasty
First dynasty
Shang dynasty
Approval of deities
Mandate of heaven
Establish the Chinese empire
Qin dynasty
Made the Empire larger
Tang Dynasty
Small tribal communities
Clans
Family – feudal society
Yamato
Military ruler
Shogun
Professional soldiers
Samurai
Both societies had limited western contact until
The 1900s
Japanese society was destroyed but since has become an economic power
During world war two
China’s nationalist revolution
1911
From Dr. son yat-sen to Chiang Kai-shek
Defeated by communist forces under Mao Tse-tung
People’s Republic of China
1949
Who fled to Taiwan or the Republic of China
Nationalists
Chinese is
Tonal
There are many dialects but what is most widely spoken
Manderin
Writing was based on
Ideograms – pictorial
Japan has how many different writing systems which makes it difficult to learn
Three
Teachings of Buddha
Buddhism
Traditional Japanese religion
Shinto
The loss of feet of China’s best known teacher
Confucianism
(Korea) belief in leader who can communicate with spirits
Shamanism
High literacy rates
Education
Up-to-date medical facilities
Health
Life expectancy for women
70 years old
Life expectancy for men
65 years old
Method of preparing field
Terracing
Most agricultural nation
China
What percent of the population works in agriculture
40%
Members share work and products
Communes
Most farms are family businesses
Japan
Grows all the what it needs
Rice and vegetables
Are world leaders
Japan, China, and South Korea
Cooperatives members work together
Japan
South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore – new economic powers
Four tigers
Most industrial nation of East Asia since World War II
Japan
Japan Economic miracle depends on trade – especially what
Raw materials
Japan’s largest trading partner
United States
Using outdated equipment
China
Smaller businesses larger workforce cheap labor
Taiwan
Mongolia most industries are
Livestock, farms, and forests
Strong United States ties
South Korea
Major means of transportation
Rivers
Much of East Asian trade depends on the
Merchant Marine – ships used in trade
Japan – high-speed trains
Bullet trains
Locally animal drawn carts – other countries
Buses
Everywhere
Bicycles
Modern
Japan
Other countries are
Improving
Has cause pollution
Industrialization
Acid rain, toxic waste, and
CSC’s
Heavy industry
Lung disease
Driftnets, whaling
Japan
Disasters associated with the ring of fire
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Japan has some of the world strictest
Pollution laws
