©CSCOPE 2008 Thursday 10-05-2012 On your desk:Ch 27 notes, pen/pencil Warm-up: Current Events: Take...

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Thursday 10-05-2012

On your desk:Ch 27 notes, pen/pencil

Warm-up: Current Events: Take notes on CNN student news.

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Physical Geography of Physical Geography of East AsiaEast Asia

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Major Geographic Characteristics

of East Asia World’s MOST POPULOUS REGION One of the world’s earliest culture

hearths Population concentrated in the East, in

river basins, coastal areas, and special economic zones

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Sub-regions of East Asia

CHINA PROPER- Eastern half; the core of China

XIZANG (TIBET)- Tall mountains and high plateaus; sparsely populated

XINJIANG- Vast desert basin and mountain rims; gateway to the Islam world

MONGOLIA- Mostly desert The JAKOTA TRIANGLE

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY LONGITUDINAL EXTENT (East to

West) Comparable to the U.S. LATITUDINAL RANGE (North to South):

Comparable to Northern Quebec to Central Caribbean

Bordered by oceans, high mountains, steppe country, and desert

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Rivers

Huang He - Yellow

Chiang Jiang- Yangstze

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Gobi

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Karst Landscape

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Eastern China

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Northern China: The Great Wall

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Tibet

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CLIMATE CLIMATE TYPES INCLUDE: B (Dry); C

(Humid temperate); D (Humid cold); and H (Unclassified Highlands)

Includes the largest area of highland climate in the world

Desert conditions prevail in the Northern and Western interior

Coastal, peninsular, and insular East Asia have more moderate climates than the interior regions

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Step terraces are designed to allow water to flow by gravity through all the fields, generally reentering a stream at a lower level.

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Rice Fields

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XIZANG (TIBET) A harsh physical environment Sparsely populated Came under Chinese control during the Manchu

Dynasty in 1720 Gained separate status in the late 19th Century China’s Communist regime took control in the 1950s Cornerstone of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, and

monasteries Now an autonomous region

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The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, is the ceremonial home of the 14th Dalai Lama, now in exile in India.

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Highland Pasture in Tibet

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XINJIANG Comprises one-sixth of China’s total land

area A region of high mountains and basins Chinese only account for 40% of the

population Muslims account for half of the population Has extensive reserves of oil and natural gas

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MONGOLIA Steppe and desert physical environment Sparsely populated with an estimated 2.5

million inhabitants Part of the Chinese empire from late1600s

until 1911 Functions as a buffer state between Russia

and China Economy is focused on herding and animal

products

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THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE

CHARACTERISTICS Small, Confined land area (Japan and Taiwan are

islands and the Koreas are on a Peninsula) Hazardous region- earthquakes, tsunamis and

typhoons Great cities and high-tech industry Enormous consumption of raw materials, but few

raw materials produced locally Global links and rapid development

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Homework: Study for Map Test!! Also prepare for a class debate/discussion:1. On a sheet of paper, make a T-chart: 2. Title: Effects of China’s 3 Gorges

Dam (positive/negative on either side of T)

3. Read p.628-630- take notes on T chart

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Objective: I can use a decision making process to consider advantages and disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam to evaluate the effectiveness of a solution.

Process:1. On a sheet of paper, make a T-chart: 2. Title: Effects of China’s 3 Gorges Dam

(positive/negative on either side of T)3. Read p.628-630- take notes on T chart4. Next class : On sticky note, make an overall decision

more positive or more negative—say WHY you chose your decision

5. Put sticky note on the continuum on front board.6. Be ready to defend your decision.

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