Unit 1 Project East Asia by Raymond Babich

Place (Place)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 16:09:53 UTC

East Asian map. The countries included are Mongolia, China, North and South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. I believe that because most counties are near or surrounded by water, so fishing may be a big source of food.

Location (Location)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-06 16:14:21 UTC

East Asia is located in the Northern and Eastern hemisphere. Also, it's center's location is longitude 38.7945952 N, 106.53483789999996 E.

Location cont. (Location)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-06 16:17:01 UTC

East Asia is located to the South of Russia. It is also located East of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Finally, East Asia is North of India, Nepal, and Thailand.

Climate (Place)

Aaron2017 — 2014-10-06 16:19:10 UTC

Seven climate regions

1. Tropical wet

"Seasons don't change in Tropical Wet, so there is only 1 season." It receives sunlight and rain all year round.

2. Subarctic

"Subarctic climate has 2 seasons. The winter is much longer and extremely cold, with the cool to mild summer lasting only 2-3 months. The summer is sometimes only 1 month long."

3. Semiarid

"Seasons don't change in Tropical Wet, so there is only 1 season. As our Earth revolves around the sun the equator always receives direct sunlight and warmth throughout the entire year."

4. Arid

"Temperatures usually stay high (above 70) throughout the year, but cool down for a few months, so there are really only 2 seasons here: summer and winter. However, the winter season is not a cold winter. Summer season lasts longer, since Humid Subtropical areas are somewhat near the equator."

5. Humid subtropical

6. Humid continental

"Humid Continental climate is one of the few climates with 4 different season. Warm and humid summer, cool and dry autumn (fall), cold and harsh winter, and a warm and wet spring makes living in Humid Continental a unique experience of weather that will keep you guessing. "

7. Highland

"There are no seasons in Highland climate. Any seasonal differences would only be felt at low elevations, near the bottom of a mountain. "

These explanations are from Climate Types for Kids

LandForms of China (Place)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 16:21:37 UTC

-China takes up most of East Asia's land,and mountains and plateaus make up most China's landscape.

-The Himalayas extend along the border of China and Nepal.

- The Plateau of Tibet is a huge highland area that lies in western China, north of the Himalaya Mountains.

This is from a slide show from slideshare.net

Social Regions (Regions)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-06 16:33:26 UTC

The social class structure of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam are based on the "four catagories of the people" that were developed in ancient China (c. 1046-256 BCE). Mongolia uses a different system called the segmentary society. Taiwan has a similar system to the four catagories but name them differentally. They also have five catagories instead of four.

Economic Regions (Regions)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-06 16:33:37 UTC

Some economics rely on exports. These goods can be sold for money, which may go to funding a building that obtain money for the economy over time, which may be used for other things. Another thing may be that when people buy things in traditional festivals, the money from taxes at festivals can be made for something like a school, which may increase population, which increase money for taxes. I know all this by looking at the logic of economies, and how the government.

Political Regions (Regions)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-06 16:33:56 UTC

For political regions, East Asia includes 6 countries. China mostly takes up East Asia, with a land mass of 9,569,901. The other countries have the land mass of only 364,485, for Japan, 1,553,556 for Mongolia, 120,408 North Korea, and 96,920 for South Korea. Because of China's large size, I believe that it has a much stronger economy, army, and resource export rate.

Japan's Landscape (Place)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 16:38:03 UTC

- Japan Mt. Fuji (12,388 ft) is actully a volcano that has not erupted since 1707.

- Erupting volcanoes piled up masses of lava and ash, forming new mountains.

- Earthquakes also shaped the islands of Japan by forced some parts of the country to rise and other parts to sink.

- Japan is an archipelago.

I believe that Japan's landscape is very consistant because throughout Japan their are active and dormant volcanos and some spot are higher than others.

This is from a slide show on slideshare.net.

The Korea's Landscape (Place)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 16:56:28 UTC

- The Korean Peninsula extends south into the Yellow Sea between China and Japan.

- Since 1953, Korea has been divided into two separate countries, North Korean and South Korea.

-A peninsula is a piece of land nearly surrounded by water.

Food of China (Place)

Aaron2017 — 2014-10-06 16:59:26 UTC

china-family-adventure.com

The Chinese New Year (Region)

Aaron2017 — 2014-10-06 17:09:43 UTC

A girl holding a snake

A girl holds a snake every year at the Chinese New Year Festival to honor the Year of the Snake.

Exports of Japan (Movement)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 19:29:27 UTC

Japan exports:

1. Mangas ( Pokemon and Naruto)

2. Fish

3. Anime ( Manga but is an animated form)

4.Video games ( Pokemon, Mario, and Legend of Zelda)

5. Cars

6. Machinary

7. Medical equiptment

8. Iron and steel

9. plastic

10. Minerals

I think that Japan must have really good mining system is they can produce a lot of ores and minerals. Also they must have good artisans to be so popular in the anime business.

Numbers 5 through 10 were from an article called Japan's Top 10 Export

China's Exports (Movement)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 19:39:24 UTC

1. electrical equipment

2. machinery

3. Knit clothing

4. non-knit clothing

5. furniture

6. medical equipment

7. plastic

8. cars

9. iron and steel

10. footwear

I believe that China has a lot of low payment human made export, such as knit clothing. m

This information is from China's Top 10 Exports.

South Korea's Exports (Movement)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-06 19:46:33 UTC

1. electronic equipment

2. cars

3. Machinery

4. minerals

5. medical equipment

6. boats

7. plastic

8. organic chemicals

9. iron and steel

10. iron or steel products

I think that South Korea is good in creating metal or eltronic equipment, such as cars

This information came from Top 10 exports of South Korea.

Mongolia's Landscape (Place)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-06 21:53:31 UTC

-From North to South, Mongolia can be divided into four sections, mountain-forest steppe, mountain steppe, semi-desert, and desert.

-The lowest spot in Mongolia is Huhk lake, which is at 569 meters above sea level, and the highest point is Huiten peak in the Mongolian Altai mountain range in the western section of Mongolia, which is 4,374 meters above sea level.

-A steppe is a long plain without any trees.

I think that Mongolia has a very diverse landscape and geography because it has four different sections divoted to a different type of land.

This information was taken from "Mongolian Ways."

Movement of Ideas (Movement)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-07 00:07:31 UTC

East Asia uses tradition and a good amount of technology to move ideas and information around. People also travel to spend news to other parts of East Asia. There are many more ways to transport ideas and information from place to place. I think that because of these diverse ways of transporting ideas, East Asia is better then most places, which rely on internet and electricity, so a blackout would kill all communication, while East Asia would still have means of communication.

The "Four Catagories of the People"(Regions)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-07 00:22:07 UTC

Each of the categories run in the same order: scholars, peasants and farmers, artisans and craftsman, and merchants and traders.

China- Shi, Nong, Gong, Shang

Japan-Shi, Nō, Kō, Shō

Korea-Sa, Nong, Gong, Sang

Vietnam-Si, Nong, Cong, Thuong

Taiwan's Social System (Region)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-07 00:32:10 UTC

Taiwan's social system is divided into five categories. They are:

Upper-Middle Class

Middle Class

Lower-Middle Class

Lower Class

Working Class

Segmentary Society (Region)

Elisabeth2017 — 2014-10-07 00:34:57 UTC

Mongolia's social stucture is based on a segmentary society, including:

Families, Clans, Tribes, and Confederation.

Taiwan Exports (Movement)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 16:43:34 UTC

1. electronics

2. machinery

3. mineral fuels

4. medical equipment

5. plastic

6. organic chemicals

7. iron or steel

8. cars

9. iron and steel products

10. copper

I believe that Taiwan has a lot of ores for exports, such as copper.

This is from an article called Taiwan's 10 Top Exports.

Human environment interaction for Chinese people (Human-Environment Interaction)

Yudai2017 — 2014-10-07 16:45:49 UTC

The ancient Chinese people irrigated the land to help their crops, and they fished for food. They also modified their environment by building the Great Wall. Now, in modern China, China is basically abusing it's environment. It is releasing over 30% of the world's emissions. Also, if local officials don't like a new law, it can ignore it, which doesn't help the climate. I believe that if China doesn't respect it's environment, the whole environment would collapse, and millions of species will go extinct.

This is from The Economist China and the environment

Taiwan's flag (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:13:09 UTC

North Korea's Flag (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:15:02 UTC

South Korea's Flag (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:15:49 UTC

China's Flag (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:16:59 UTC

Japan's Flag (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:19:47 UTC

Mongolia's Flag (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:21:21 UTC

The reason I put the flags is because the flag of a country is its definition

North Korea's Exports (Movement)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-07 17:35:49 UTC

1. compressed coal

2. iron ore

3. Woman's coats

4. Men's suits

5. mollusks

6. pig iron

7. women's suits

8. zinc

9. sports wear

10. lead

I think that Korea must have a lot of resources below the surface because they export a lot of iron and other materials. They must also be really talented in creating men's and women's aparell.

This is from a website called Observatory of Economic Complexity.

Human Environment Interaction (Human-Environment Interaction) This is for Japan

Aaron2017 — 2014-10-07 17:37:41 UTC

They built houses that could withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters. The ancient Japanese built weak houses that could be destroyed by any natural disasters, but the people were always ready to rebuild the houses. They also fished a lot because of their surroundings. They were surrounded with water, and they made good use of it. This is also because that livestock wasn't introduced until recently to Japan. Still, fish is one of their main exports. I think that because of their olden ways of living, they now are updated with the world, and in fact they are one of the world's leading tech

experts.

Map of Japan (Location)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-08 16:16:40 UTC

Map of Korea (Location)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-08 16:21:06 UTC

Japanese food (Region)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-08 16:25:02 UTC

Japanese tradition

Mongolia's Exports (Movement)

Raymond2017 — 2014-10-08 16:38:54 UTC

1.coal briquittes

2.copper ore

3.iron ore

4.crude petroleum

5.gold

6.animal fur

7.feldspar

8.zinc ore

9.molybdenum

10.knit sweaters

I believe that Mongolia must have very good mining systems and advanced technology to be able to reach some of the metals that they export. They also must have a good amount of animals and sheep is they can export animals furs and knit sweaters.

This is from Observation of Economic Complexity.

China Map (Location)

Aaron2017 — 2014-10-08 16:44:29 UTC