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East Asia
7th Grade UBD - Unit 4 - East AsiaSlide2
Preview
Location and Landforms
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East Asia’s landforms vary from country to country. China has long influenced the cultures of other East Asian countries.
Climate and Resources
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Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis affect the people of East Asia.
People and Their Environment
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The people of East Asia belong to diverse ethnic groups and speak hundreds of languages.Slide3
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Reach Into Your Background
Think about all the different products you use in a day. What natural resources were needed to make these items? Does a country have to have natural resources in order to manufacture things? (5 minutes)Slide5
Partner Activity
Work with a neighbor and compare your answer with theirs. What things are the same and what things are different?
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Key Ideas- Location and Landforms
East Asia is a large and diverse region.
For many centuries, Chinese civilization greatly influenced the people of these regions.
China is a huge country with varied landforms but limited farmland. Areas along rivers are densely populated.Slide7
What is East Asia?
East Asia has high mountains, rugged plateaus, and wide deserts.
Isolated behind these barriers, East Asian people long ago developed their own societies.Slide8
What is East Asia?
Today, East Asia includes five countries- China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan.
Japan, North Korea, and South Korea are among the smallest nations.Slide9
Key Term
Archipelago
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A chain of islands.Slide10
National Geographic
Video- How Volcanoes Form IslandsSlide11
It’s a Fact
Mongolia is the least densely populated country on earth.
Population density is four people per square mile.
Livestock outnumber people twelve to one.Slide12
It’s a Fact
Only one percent of Mongolia is farmable.
Mongolia was named after the thirteenth-century people who created the largest land empire in history: from East Asia to Western Europe. Slide13
Shared Experience
East Asia nations differ from one another in size, economic development, living standards and forms of government. Yet they share some features.
Today, nationalism is a strong force in most regions. Most nations in these regions are experiencing rapid economic growth.
Japan and China are both economic superpowers.Slide14
Highlands and Plains
Much of East Asia is mountainous.
The mountainous areas of East Asia are thinly populated.
Most Chinese are crowded into river valleys and costal plains.Slide15
Natural Forces
Natural forces often threaten both the islands and coasts of East Asia.
Powerful tsunamis destroy property and take lives along the coast.
The “Ring of Fire” also puts this area at risk to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.Slide16
Life on the Fault Line
The countries of East Asia have learned to adapt to the earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
They have strict building codes and some of the best warning systems in the world.
However, this is not always enough to prevent all disasters from happening.Slide17
Key Term
Tsunami
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A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor.Slide18
Key Term
Ring of Fire
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An area around the Pacific Ocean known for frequent earthquakes and volcanoes.Slide19
Key Term
Earthquake
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The shaking that results from the movement of rocks beneath the Earth's surface.Slide20
Questions
What are the nations of East Asia?
What natural forces act upon the land and people of East Asia? How do you think they affect the lives of the people?Slide21
Answers
What are the nations of East Asia?
The nations of East Asia are Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and China.
What natural forces act upon the land and people of East Asia? How do you think they affect the lives of the people?
Tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquakes occur in East Asia. People understand that disasters will occur, but it is difficult to prepare for them. When they do happen, people experience great upheaval.Slide22
Key Ideas- Climate and Resources
Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis affect the people of East Asia.
Climates vary across the regions, depending on the nearness to the sea and elevation. The climates of North China and South China differ.
East Asia has many resources, but they are not evenly distributed.Slide23
North China
North China has a humid continental climate of warm summers and cold winters.
Farmers grow such crops as millet, wheat, and sorghum. Rice and other crops requiring irrigation are not grown.Slide24
Arid China
Arid China has limited farmable land.
Some people farm at lower elevations.
Nomads graze sheep, goats, and yaks on grasslands.
Arid China is thinly populated.Slide25
Key Term
Arid China
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Thinly populated climate zone in China. Gets less than twenty inches of rain fall each year.Slide26
South China
South China has a humid subtropical climate of hot, humid summers and cool, damp winters.
South China is greener and more hilly.Slide27
South China
Farmers grow rice and corn with the help of animals like the water buffaloes.
Forty percent of Chinese live along the Yangzi River in South China.Slide28
Key Term
Humid China
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Densely populated climate that gets at least twenty inches of rain a year.Slide29
Customs
Feng
Shui
is the Chinese art of improving one’s surroundings to enhance well-being.Feng Shui is popular in America. People hire Feng Shui experts to arrange rooms so that the best of luck in ensured.Slide30
Rich Recourses
East Asia has mineral and energy resources, but they are unevenly distributed. China is rich in minerals. Korea has some natural resources. Japan has few.
Most nations use water as an energy resource. China has built hydroelectric plants along its great rivers and smaller waterways. Japan, too, has used its rivers to develop hydroelectric power.Slide31
Forest Resources
Forests once covered much of East Asia. Today, large parts of China have few trees.
The Chinese government has set up programs to replant forests.
In Japan the government controls timber cutting and requires replanting of trees.Slide32
Deforestation
Video Deforestation - What is the real impact? Slide33
Questions
Why do fewer people live in Arid China than in Humid China?Slide34
Answers
Why do fewer people live in Arid China than in Humid China?
The region of Arid China has a less developed infrastructure, a rugged terrain, and is very dry. Humid China is a densely populated because it has a developed infrastructure and a good climate for growing food.Slide35
Eyewitness To History
Reading Handout- Eyewitness to History 9Slide36
Key Ideas- People and Their Environment
East Asia has many ethnic groups and languages.
The Chinese are mostly Han, but many national minorities also live in China.
China has used harsh methods to control population growth.Slide37
The People of East Asia
Many ethnic groups live in East Asia. Each nation usually has one major ethnic group and many smaller ones.
China has the greatest ethnic diversity. It has more than 50 national minorities.
Despite China’s diversity, more than 90 percent of the Chinese belong to a single group. They are Han Chinese.Slide38
Key Term
Han
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China’s predominant ethnic group. More than 90 percent of Chinese are Han.Slide39
Key Term
Homogeneous Society
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One in which the people belong to the same ethnic group, speak the same language, and share the same culture.Slide40
Languages and Dialects
East Asia has many languages. East Asia alone has three major languages. (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese)
The Chinese writing system has played an important role in uniting all of East Asia.Slide41
Population Pressures
East Asia has a population of 1.7 billion people.
China is the world’s most populated nation.
Population is expected to decline over the next ten years since people are starting to have smaller families.Slide42
China
The Chinese are concerned with population growth because the huge population puts great pressure on the country’s resources.
These days, a typical Chinese family includes a married man and woman with one child. Slide43
Questions
To what ethnic group do most Chinese belong?
Why does China want to limit population growth?Slide44
Answers
To what ethnic group do most Chinese belong?
Most Chinese belong to the Han group.
Why does China want to limit population growth?
The Chinese are concerned with population growth because the huge population puts great pressure on the country’s resources.Slide45
Independent Activity
What has been the “muddiest” point so far in this lesson? That is, what topic remains the least clear to you? (4 minutes)Slide46
Partner Activity
Work with a neighbor and compare your muddiest point with theirs. Compare what things are the same and what things are different? (3 minutes)