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Chapter 11: East Asia Flashcards

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1
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Countries of Region

A

China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan

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How many administrative regions does China have?

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3

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When did Hong Kong get its independence and from who?

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1977 and Britain

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Physical Geography

  • Deserts
  • Mountains
  • Plateaus
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  • Taklamakan
  • Gobi
  • Himalayas
  • Plateau of Tibet
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River Systems

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Huang He(yellow river)
Yangtze River
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Why is Japan the most Earthquake prone area in the world?

also what is the Indian subcontinent doing?

A

because of the collision of the

  • North American
  • Eurasian
  • Pacific
  • Philippine Plate

(its pushing up and around)

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Discuss monsoons

and the cycle of summer and winter

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Summer
Asian landmass heats up faster than the Pacific ocean thus sucking moisture off the Pacific Ocean(reason for rain in summer)

Winter
-in the summer dry air is sucked out over into the sea(reason for dryness in winter)

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what is the Yangtze river historically known for?

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-it is historically a main trade route

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What makes the water of the Yellow or Huang He River muddy?

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it flows through the Loess Plateau

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10
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what are the environmental issues of the region?

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desertification/severe soil erosion
(Loess Plateau)
Radioactive Problems-Japan

China-deforestation and severe pollution

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What is the rainfall line?

A

15 inches of precipitation determines where you can live

-this line helps to determine where people live

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Population patterns of China

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-people mostly live in China Proper or the East Coast

west is largely uninhabited

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Population patterns of Japan

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-plains and coast inhabitated

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Discuss population and gender in China

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  • population is growing slowly

- 1979 strict population planning occurred

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Why is there a gender imbalance in china?

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  • sex selective abortions

- strong preference for males

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Population Pyramids

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China-more balanced population pyramid

-Japan-has large aging population

17
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What is the Japanese Megalopolis known as?

A

the Tokyo Corridor

Tokyo…Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto…Nagoya

18
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What are the population densities like?

A

high

19
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What are some of the places in the Chinese megalopolis?

A

Shanghai and Jiangsu-105 million

Guangdong and Hong Kong

20
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Religions in Region

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  • Mahayana Buddhism

- Daoism and Confucianism

21
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Largest language?

A

Mandarin

22
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What is unique about the languages of the region?

A
  • they are mutually unintelligible

- people can communicate through writing

23
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Geopolitics of the Region

A
  • ongoing disputes in South China sea because several nations claim disputed islands
  • politics have largely been shaped by colonialism although most of region wasn’t colonized
24
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What were the opium wars

A
  • British buying too much Chinese goods and had debt and British navy made Chinese let them sell opium
  • wanted to sell opium because they were trying to buy Chinese silk
25
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Who had the largest sphere of influence in China and what nations were involved in region?

A

Britain

  • French
  • Germans
  • Russians
26
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Special Administrative Regions

A
  • Taiwan
  • Macao
  • Hong Kong
27
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What do all of the special regions have in common?

A

they don’t fit the Westphalia model

28
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What is economic growth like in this region?

free or directed

A

mostly directed

29
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What are the middle income earning countries?

A

Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan

30
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What are the region’s low earners?

A

China and North Korea

31
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What is the outlook for life expectancies?

A

overall high

32
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What are the main economic practices in the region?

ex.production

A
  • advanced manufacturing

- shipbuidling

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