Operationalizing Political Analysis in the East Asia Pacific Region
East Asia & Pacific World
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Transcript of East Asia & Pacific World
East Asia & Pacific World
Unit 4
Chapters 30-34
Pages 632 - 741
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Chapter 30
Look through the chapter.
Answer the questions on Pg. 4 in packet.
Remember: Vocabulary and maps
Pg. 2-3 & 5-9
China
Chapter 31
Pg. 650 - 679
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Government History• Emperors
• Spheres of Influence – West influenced economics and trade
• Nationalists - Chiang Kai-shek 1920s– Didn’t allow Communists
• The Long March – Communist exit• World War II – Nationals + Communists Japan
• People’s Republic of China – Communists
– Mao Zedong
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People’s Republic of China
• Collective Farms
• Great Leap Forward– Communes
• Great Cultural Revolution– Smash the 4 “Olds”
• Thought, ideology, habits & customs
– Another failure
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Mao’s Death
• People’s Republic Continued– 4 Modernizations– 5th?– Tiananmen Square
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4 Regions in China
• Map Pg. 660– Northwest– Southwest– Northeast– Southeast
• What makes each region unique?
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Culture
Ethnic Groups• 8% Minority• 92% Han Descendents
Religions: Atheism• Practice
– Confucianism– Taoism (Daoism)– Buddhism
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Rights v. Privileges Pg. 670
Violations– Women– Religious minorities– Tibet
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People & Culture
• Have Kids
• Have 2 Kids
• Have 1 Kid
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Japan & the Koreas
Chapter 32
Pages 680 - 699
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JapanPhysical Geography
– Archipelago• Peaks are a great underwater mountain
range
– 13% of land is arable
– Ring of Fire – Tectonic activity• 170 volcanoes / 75 Active
Climate– Similar to east coast of US – varies N to S
– Monsoons & Typhoons
– Long growing season-ocean current temps
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Japan
Human Geography– Homogeneous – “uniform”
• Give a strong national unity & identity• Isolated
– Religion – Shinto• Worship forces of nature & spirits of dead
ancestors• Zen Gardens Pg. 685• Confucianism – respect for wisdom of older
people and obedience to leaders
– Large middle class
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Government
Forced re-opening– Advantages to foreigners
• Unfair treaties
– Meiji Reforms• “Selective borrowing”
Lack of resources– Iron ore & petroleum needed for industry
Government
WWII
• Japan sided with Nazi Germany– When Nazis occupied, so did Japan
• Pearl Harbor Hawaii
• Atomic bombs– American Occupation 1945 – 1952– Removed military dictatorship
Economy since WWII
• Grew Fast!– Obtained materials through trade taking it
– Quality goods
• Reasons for success– Educated work force
– Work ethic
– Trade Networks – in the middle
– Government role in business• Tariffs
• Quotas
Pacific World & Antarctica
Chapter 34
Pages 716 - 739
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Australian History
Aborigines– Crossed land bridge
Great Britain Colony– James Cook landed in 1770– Prison?
Settlement patterns– Coastal– Cities
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Australian EconomyAborigines Use
– Lived the outback
– Few possessions
– Only take what is needed from the land
European Use– Wanted
– Gold found in outback
– Gold rush!!
Today– Minerals exported
– Stations – wool exported
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New Zealand
Made up of Volcanic Islands
North Island
South Island
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Pg. 726Explain the differences between the two islands.
Pacific Islands
Chain of underwater Mountains– Volcanic– Atolls
Economics– Farming– Fishing– Subsistence– Tourism
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Antarctica
Conditions– < 2” of precipitation per year– Crevasses– Pack ice– Convergence zone
Claim– Antarctic Treaty
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Topographic Maps – Pg. 732