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

4

People’s Republic of China

• Collective Farms

• Great Leap Forward– Communes

• Great Cultural Revolution– Smash the 4 “Olds”

• Thought, ideology, habits & customs

– Another failure

5

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