East and SE Asia ReviewNCHS

Southeast and East Asia: STUDY GUIDE

Know your vocabulary!

East Asia Physical Geography

Huang He River: Also known as… Yellow River

Why? Loess Nicknamed :China’s

Sorrow- b/c of flooding.

Chang Jiang River: Also known as… Yangtze

Longest river in China…_3rd in the world.

Heaviest river traffic in world.

Three Gorges Dam Built on what river? Yangtze Positive aspects – controls floods,

hydroelectricity, expand trade, improved transportation

Negative aspects –destroys historical artifacts and areas, people are displaced, costs $$$, environmental issues

East Asia Physical Geography

What landform do the major rivers of China begin on? Tibetan Plateau

Most populated region in the world – North China Plain

What river helps form this landform? Huang He

Why does Japan have limited arable land? Mountainous

East Asia Physical Geography

What landform do the major rivers of China begin on? Tibetan Plateau

Most populated region in the world – North China Plain

What river helps form this landform? Huang He

Why does Japan have limited arable land? Mountainous

East Asia Physical Geography

Where do most people in Japan live? Coast

Landform the Koreas are on: Korean peninsula

Much of this region is located on the Pacific Ring of fire leading to many volcanoes & Earthquakes.

China Revealed: The population is largest in the world. 1.3 billion Martial Arts (Kung Fu) was originally created as

a means of: defense What do the Chinese call their country as they

believe it is at the center of the world? Middle Kingdom

What city is the political heart of China? Beijing What is the Forbidden City? Where the

Emperors used to live for five centuries, center of government and rule

 

China Notes: Major contribution of Shang Dynasty:

Writing Dynasty that controlled through

Legalist Rule: Qin Who was the terra cotta army built for

& what dynasty is it part of? Qin Dynasty- Shi Huangdi

What dynasty blended Confucianism with Legalist rule? Han

China Notes: How did the Han Dynasty develop

trade? Silk Road Which dynasty began the Great Wall?

Qin Which dynasty completed the Great

Wall? Ming The last dynasty: Qing

China Notes The separation of China to be

controlled by various European powers was: Spheres of Influences

The leader of the Communist Party in China: Mao Zedong

What year did he gain control of China? 1949

China Notes The plan to increase agriculture and

industry that lead to massive famine was: Great Leap Forward

Mao’s plans to get rid of intellectuals, art, etc., often using the Red Guard: Cultural Revolution

After Mao’s death, the plan for China included: De-Maoization-advances in agriculture, industry, science, defense

China Notes Massacre of college students marching

for democracy was: Tiananmen Square What are the human rights issues

today in China? Executes 100s yearly, torture, intolerance of ethnic minorities, destruction of the Buddhist culture, persecution of monks who follow the Dalai Lama

 

China Notes Where is the gap in China’s economy?

Between Rich and poor and between rural and urban

China’s economy: World’s _fastest growing

Worlds -2nd economy- largest behind… US

 

Population Problems

Why does China have a one child policy? So it can feed its people

What are the reasons you can have more than 1 child? If parents are both minorities or if both parents are only children or live in the rural areas

What are some of the bad effects of the policy? Uneven distribution of boys to girls will lead to difficulty finding suitable mate for marriage, obesity and spoiling of only children(little Emperors)what to do with the single aging population, increase prostitution, rapes and kidnapping

China’s Lost Girls

What happens if someone has more than one child? Pay a large penalty

What is going to happen when many of these kids reach marrying age? No matches for them

Spoiled only children are called: Little Emperors

Korea Notes:

After WWII, who managed North and South Korea? North Korea was managed by China and USSR; South Korea was managed by UN and US

Why did the Korean War begin? North Korea invaded SK

What is the buffer zone that divides N. and S. Korea? DMZ/demilitarized zone 38th parallel

Korea Notes: Today, Why type of government do each of

them have? NK- Communist SK- Democracy

Today, who are the leaders? NK-Kim Jung Il SK- Lee Myung Bak

Economy of ___NK__: Little industry, lost trading partners in 90s due to fall of communism, poor infrastructure, controlled by gov’t

Economy of ___SK___: 11th largest in world, Free market, lot of exporting & industry.

Inside North Korea:

Kim Jong IL rules as a God King Who controls the news papers and TV:

Govt. In 1910 Korea was colonized by: Japan What percent of kids are

malnourished? 40 (Stunted Generation) Why do people end up at concentration

camps (Work Camps)? Speaking badly about the government

Japan Revealed

Largest metropolitan area in the world: Tokyo Yokohama

Shinto is celebrated at festivals. Buddhism is used in times crisis like

death or illness.

Japan Notes

Literacy rate: 99 Official religions: Buddhism and Shinto Know characteristics of Shinto.

Everything has a soul. Kami. Exceptional people, nature

What are problems caused by having an urban majority? Overcrowded cities, congested roads, air pollution, acid rain, juvenile delinquency

Japan Notes

Feudal Japan: Know importance of Shoguns(military ruler), Daimyos (landowner), & Samurai(Sword soldier).

Area Japan attacked leading U.S. into WWII: Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Two cities U.S. dropped bomb on: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japan Notes Effects of the bombs: 225,000 killed

Japan lost territory and was placed under international control

Type of government today: parliamentary with a constitutional monarchy

3rd largest economy in world. What are the main things Japan exports?

Cars, electronics, computers  

Japanese Education System

250 school days a year Main focus is: academics How is high school different in Japan? Test

based on abilities, class change is done by teachers, lunch is served by kids, no sports

How do students prepare for the entrance exams? Cram schools

Why is there so much pressure to do well in school? Your job depends on how well you do

Southeast Asia

3rd largest democracy in the world: Indonesia

Country with largest Muslim population: Indonesia

Country with highest PCGDP in region b/c economy is based on service & industry: Singapore

Main religion of region: Buddhism

Southeast Asia Country governed by a military

dictatorship: Burma (Myanmar) Country that was once ruled by

Communism but is democratic today: Cambodia

Khmer Rouge Government killed 1.5 million people in Cambodia through executions, starvation, & hardships.

Southeast Asia Military dictator of Cambodia: Pol Pot Communist country that 80% of people

do not have a religion: Vietnam Country that used to be a U.S. territory,

majority Roman Catholic, and is a republic: Philippines