East and Southeast Asia Flashcards
China’s population distribution
Most of population on yellow river
East
Plain and Peninsulas
West
Rugged and dry
South
Islands and tropics
Supporting generalizations
look over sheet
Three Gorges Dam pros
- use blasted rock to make the dam and highways
- can supply all power needed for a city 4x LA
- cleaner power than coal
- More buisness, so more popular city
Three Gorges Dam cons
- tons of dust from blasting rock
- lose quality farming land
- How will they stop a silt build-up?
- getting rid of ancient artifacts
- millions of people have to move
Terraces
Wet Rice terraces
- prevent erosion
- a level paved area or platform next to another
Confucianism
code of ethics, centers around family, loyalty, duty, and education
Cultural Revolution
Mao tried to get rid of his enemies. Thought education was the problem. Schools and universities were closed. Many old people and scholars were attacked.
China pre/post Mao.
Pre- China did not know Europe wanted to control all trade in China
Post- Deng Xiaoping tried to modernize china and he wanted to move the country towards a market economy.
Tiananmen Sq
Pro-democracy protests took place in Beijing. Army troops and tanks crushed peaceful protests, killing or injuring hundreds of people
Great Leap forward
Supposed to speed up industrialization. No bc it delayed the countries economic process
DMZ
Strip of land along N.Korea and S.Korea. No military can go in there and no fighting in the zone
Trade surplus
exports over imports
Trade deficit
imports over exports
Economic Tigers
Cheap labor, HIgh technology, Agressive exports
Taiwan, Hong Kong, S.Korea,Singapore
Break of Bulk Point
(Singapore). Transfer from one form to another (ship to Train)
containerization- saves time and money
Special Economic Zones
“open cities” to promote foreign investment
joined WTO that allowed china to make free trades with other countries
China’s state capitalism
market system under gov control
communist dictatorship- marker economy
SE Asia Economies
- Laos and Cambodia is very poor and underdeveloped
- Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, S.Korea,Singapore are economic tigers
why haven’t there been any protests in China, after the Tiananmen sq
People scared to stand up against government
Why is N.K’s totalitarianism so strong?
People afraid of leader and worship him like a god.Also nothing gets in or out
North Korean Spring
People are smuggling in foreign films and movies to shoe the people other lifestyles. Also, people are fighting stupid laws
Myanmar’s gov
Military gov. shuts down all pro-democracy people (minority groups and mountain people)
