Asia Test Flashcards
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Earths Process
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- Earth is broken into 7 major tectonic plates
- Always moving in different directions
- When 2 plates come together it makes a mountain
- When two plates shift against each other it creates an earthquake on the border
2
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Japan Island’s
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Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
3
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Topographic Map
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-Shows elevation
- Smaller the circle higher the elevation
- Specific
4
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Physical Map
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- Shows elevation
- Uses colors to show elevation
- General
5
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Population Distribution
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- Where people live
- Japan’s population is distributed along the coast because it is flat
6
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Population Density
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- Avg number of people per square mile
7
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Dense
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- Crowded
8
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Sparse
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- More spread out
9
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Japan’s Land
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- 80% of Japan is mountains while 11% is arable
10
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Physiologic Population Densty
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- Recalculate regular population density using only arable land
11
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Government
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- A is a system that sets up and enforces a society laws
- Countries, Schools, Teams, Businesses, Regions
12
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Democaracy
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- Everyone has a vote/say
- Came from Greece in 5th Century BC
- Direct Democracy - everyone has a vote - Ancient Greece, Smaller cities, and Naive American tribes
- Representative Democracy - People vote for someone to do the things they want
13
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Coup
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- Overthrow
- Military Coup
- Rise to power in a vacuum
- Paranoid
14
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Human Footprint
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- Negative environmental impact by humans
- Higher population means worse Human Footprint
15
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Etiquette
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- Customary Code
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Arable
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- Livable, Farm able Land
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Constituent
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- A person who votes or says something in a democaracy
18
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DMZ
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- Blue building is the Joint Security Area
- 2.5 Miles wide
- 160 miles long
- 38th Parallel
19
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Ways to get into power
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- Coup
- Elected in a democracy and dismissed the government
- Born into it (heir)
20
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Light Map
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- How much power is used
- How limited it is
21
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Traits of a dictator
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- False promises
- False hope
- Manipulative
- Charismatic/charming
-Rise to power in a vacuum -
(crisis/depression…people are vulnerable and want stability) - Self-serving, narcissistic
- Psychopath
- Power-hungry
- People starve (Stalin, Mao)
- Take all the wealth and resources
- Protected/surrounded by military
- Overthrew previous ruler (coup)
- Kill/hurt/jail anyone who disagrees
- Paranoid
22
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Life under a dictator
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*No voice, no voting
*If speak out against dictator- severe consequences
* ‘Walls have ears’
*Often times– communist economic system
*No freedom of speech / press / religion (dictator is the highest entity)
*Isolated (hermit kingdom)
*Food/tv/electricity rationing- lights at night
*Pro-dictator Propaganda
*Public punishments
*Military everywhere
*Funeral - Kim Jong Il – citizen response
23
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North vs South Korea
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- Clothing - All the woman in North Korea were wearing the same thing but in South Korea they are wearing different things
- Military - North you must be in the military while they have millions but in South Korea it is a choice and they have half of North Korea
- Travel - North Korea only operates very few flights while South Korea operates hundreds.
- Education - North Korean students sometimes perform for visitors and are very limited on what they can know, while South Korean students can learn about what they would like
- Transportation - North Korea has old subways which are very limited even to residents while South Korea has new modern bullet trains open to everyone
24
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Japan Urban Issues: Health
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- 2 - 3 pounds of trash daily - Pay a fine if you don’t recycle and have 44 different categories of recycling
- Acid rain which is harmful to plants, animals, and humans - Established monitoring stations
- Toxic chemicals in the ocean - Illegal to dump waste into the ocean
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Japan Urban Issues: Housing
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- Only 170 feet houses - Multi purpose rooms, foldable appliances, and small appliances
- No places to put deceased remains - cremate
- Land for building homes is scarce but the population density is high - Build smaller homes and utilize apartments
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Japan Urban Issues: Land Use
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- Not enough space for wanted building - build tall and skinny building and build underground
- Many natural disasters - Use flexible towers
- Not enough arable land to farm on- build terraces on the side of mountains
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Japan Urban Issues: Transportation
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- Commute time to work is 1.5 hours every day - Bullet trains
- Traffic Jams and parking problems, Cannot own a car unless you have proof you have somewhere to park it - Car vending machines and under and above ground parking garages
- Lots of people at public transportation - Efficient transportation and subway pushers
28
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Lion King quotes
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- “Stick with me and you will never be hungry again” Scar to Hyena’s - False Promises
- “See me for the wonder I am” Scar to Hyena’s - Loves Himself
- ‘It’s the lionesses job to do the hunting” Scar to Hyena’s - Minipulation
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Korea’s
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- 1910: Japan colonized Korea
- 1945: WWII ends and Japans loses control of Korea and they split
- 1947: Cold War started
- 1950: North Korea invaded South Korea
- 1953: Armistice agreement was signed and DMZ was made on the 38th Parallel
- 1991: Cold War ended
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Land Forms
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- People settle on the flatter land forms because it is easier to do things such as building and growing crops
