Chapter 11: East Asia Flashcards
(32 cards)
Countries of Region
China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan
How many administrative regions does China have?
3
When did Hong Kong get its independence and from who?
1977 and Britain
Physical Geography
- Deserts
- Mountains
- Plateaus
- Taklamakan
- Gobi
- Himalayas
- Plateau of Tibet
River Systems
Huang He(yellow river) Yangtze River
Why is Japan the most Earthquake prone area in the world?
also what is the Indian subcontinent doing?
because of the collision of the
- North American
- Eurasian
- Pacific
- Philippine Plate
(its pushing up and around)
Discuss monsoons
and the cycle of summer and winter
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)
what is the Yangtze river historically known for?
-it is historically a main trade route
What makes the water of the Yellow or Huang He River muddy?
it flows through the Loess Plateau
what are the environmental issues of the region?
desertification/severe soil erosion
(Loess Plateau)
Radioactive Problems-Japan
China-deforestation and severe pollution
What is the rainfall line?
15 inches of precipitation determines where you can live
-this line helps to determine where people live
Population patterns of China
-people mostly live in China Proper or the East Coast
west is largely uninhabited
Population patterns of Japan
-plains and coast inhabitated
Discuss population and gender in China
- population is growing slowly
- 1979 strict population planning occurred
Why is there a gender imbalance in china?
- sex selective abortions
- strong preference for males
Population Pyramids
China-more balanced population pyramid
-Japan-has large aging population
What is the Japanese Megalopolis known as?
the Tokyo Corridor
Tokyo…Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto…Nagoya
What are the population densities like?
high
What are some of the places in the Chinese megalopolis?
Shanghai and Jiangsu-105 million
Guangdong and Hong Kong
Religions in Region
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Daoism and Confucianism
Largest language?
Mandarin
What is unique about the languages of the region?
- they are mutually unintelligible
- people can communicate through writing
Geopolitics of the Region
- 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
What were the opium wars
- 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
