Happy Earth Day yall East and South East
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Happy Earth Day, y’all!
East and South East Asia Physical Geography What do the following have in common? Parachute, kite, umbrella, paper, wheelbarrow, fishing reel, playing cards, and fireworks?
East Asia Map: Chapter 29 Page 613 What 6 countries are included in this region? -China -Mongolia -Taiwan -North Korea -South Korea -Japan Bonus Q: Which countries are the most developed?
China 4 th largest country in the world
Capital • Beijing • “Forbidden City” Pagoda -religious structure represents Buddhism
Wooden five-story pagoda of Hōryū-ji in Japan, built in the 7 th century, one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world *Garden = peaceful = whisper *Tiered tower= religious structure *Some pagodas = tombs
Great Shwedagon Pagoda located in Yangon, Myanmar. The whole structure is coated with 60 tons of pure gold
The Bombardier Pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Landforms: Mountains and Plateaus Map Page 620 What is the process that forms this rugged terrain collision of tectonic plates. Results of these natural barriers: -limit movement -increase isolation
Highest Elevation *Borders Nepal & China • Mt. Everest
Lowest Elevation • Turfan Depression (Turpan Depression) • 505 ft below sea level / 20, 000 sq miles
Qinling Mountains Separates North China from South China Climate map : Pg 626
Kunlun Mountains Source of two great rivers: Yellow River and Yangtze
Tibetan Plateau -Known as the “roof of the world” -sparsely populated
Deserts • Gobi: North China & SE Mongolia -larger than Texas and California combined! • Taklimakan: Between Tian Shan & Kunlun Mts.
Peninsulas • Because of peninsula’s China has a long coastline that has allowed major port cities Shanghai -largest city -located at the mouth of the Yangtze
Hong Kong • British Colony until 1997
Hainan Island off Southern Coast of China
Huang He River AKA: Yellow River -silt “China’s Sorrow” -terrible floods
Yangtze River *AKA: Chang Jiang river • China’s Longest River • World’s 3 rd Longest
Xi Jiang (West) River Flows eastward & forms an estuary
Three Gorges Dam World’s largest dam / 600 ft high / spans 1 mile Pages 628 -629 + effects: Control flooding Provide electric power Easier to ship goods - effects: Expensive $$$ Relocation of people History lost Environmental concerns http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 z 9 K 82 ZVd. MA
The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China • • • Construction began in 400’s B. C. Built mostly between 1369 -1644 Approximately 4, 000 miles long 25’ high / 25’ wide at base / 15’ wide at top Watchtowers 100 -200 yards apart / 40’ high Foundations made of granite Sides made of stone and brick Top paved with brick Filled inner walls with dirt http: //app. discoveryeducation. com/player/view? ass et. Guid=58 fbc 3 b 3 -571 a-43 b 9 -a 8 e 4 -8 c 391 ce 9371 e
Tomb of Emperor Shi Huangdi https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Rs. UE-Ztc. UFg
Climate A tropical storm that occurs in western Pacific —similar to a hurricane is called a… TYPHOON Compare climates of E. Asia & N. America Page 626
Ethnic Groups • More than 50 groups • Han is most popular with 94% of population
Population! 1/5 of the World’s Population…DENSE
Population Control • Measures to control began in 1950’s • One-child policy 1 st applied in 1979 • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=H 4 O WJlya. Ht 0 http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=in. A 36 YRV 0 Y http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ARd xu. C 412 z. M http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=EXQXMQnqxg
JAPAN -enormous economic power Dense population Page 630 -631 -60% of people live on 3% of land -clustered along the narrow flat coastal plains
South East Asia • What 11 countries are included in this region?
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations NAFTA is to North America as ASEAN is to South East Asia
SOUTH EAST ASIA Mainland Islands 2 important peninsulas: Indochina Malay -serves as a land bridge between mainland islands
Mekong River -begins in China and ends in Vietnam -natural boundary between Myanmar and Laos and between Laos and Thailand -people rely on Mekong for farming and fishing http: //www. vimeo. com/11817894
Irrawaddy River Source in Himalayas Forms a Delta Creates an Estuary
• A chain or a group of islands is called an _____. archipelago • Check out how an island is formed: Image on page 690
` • _______ chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific rim. Ring of Fire See map on page 662.
Singapore: Smallest nation of SE Asia Microstate “Economic Tiger” -countries with strong economic growth Singapore wished to be independent b/c most of the people of Malaysia were Muslim, while the people of Singapore were mainly Chinese and Buddhists.
Indonesia = World’s 4 th largest population Jakarta (On Java Island) = Capital of Indonesia World’s largest population of Muslims Impact of industrialization of the city!
Industrialization Sweatshops Outsourcing
Vietnam War - A Struggle of Ideals A Stage of the Cold War
Cambodia Khmer Rouge = Political Party The Killing Fields Pol Pot = Leader of Khmer Rouge http: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=EM 1 c 1 hz_3 s 8 http: //www. youtube. c om/watch? v=Lv. Uqv. Oh 2 Sfg&feature=relmfu Created Agrarian Society Genocide = Ethnic cleansing
- Day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4
- I am happy you are happy
- Wind is horizontal movement of air
- Day 1 day 2 day 817
- Imaginary lines of the earth
- Sad:happy-bored
- Happy sad hungry
- Hungry sad
- Happy feet underlay
- Lesson 8 middle east and south asia
- Old south vs new south streetcar named desire
- East is east and west is west
- Proverbs 31:28-29 esv
- Happy godmothers day gif
- Happy mothers day chinese
- Happy day intro
- Happy aboriginal day
- Saint valentine's day
- Who wrote o happy day
- Happy sad poems
- Happy ashley day
- Happy day s30
- Happy hymns
- Happy 77
- Happy mothers day turkey
- Yet another day
- Happy saint valentine
- Happy days market
- Southeast region states capitals and abbreviations
- Orthopaedic services east london
- Maps.google.comps
- Jppso southeast
- North south east west in our calm objective opinion
- 50 nifty united states
- The southeast asian ministers of education organization
- North south east west leadership styles
- South east regional hospital
- Setfht
- North east south west
- South east strategic partnership for migration
- North, south east west leadership styles
- Southeast linux fest
- Map key