East Asia: Human Geography

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East Asia Human Geography
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We will cover the

• Brief History,
• Economics, Religion, Ethnicity,
• And human resources of each of these countries
• 1) China
• 2) Mongolia and Taiwan
• 3) The Koreas
• 4) Japan

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China

• Is the worlds most populated country with 1.4
  Billion people
• Very deep history

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Brief History

• Chinas history is broken into sections called
  Dynasties
• Dynasty series of rulers from the same family
• - There are 3 major dynasties

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1) Shang Dynasty

• 1st dynasty of China, started in 1700bc and ruled
  for 600yrs
• Over thrown by the Zhou dynasty

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2) Qin Dynasty

• Gave China its name Qin is said like (Chihn)
• United many smaller states into China
• Emperor Shi Huangdi first started the Great
  Wall of China
• lasted 2,000 years

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3) Han Dynasty

• Important because they pushed the empire into
  central Asia
• Expanded the boundaries of China

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More History

• 19th Century China entered the Spheres of
  Influence
• Spheres of Influence area of the world
  controlled by Britain, France, Germany, Russia
  and Japan.
• China had weak military and European countries
  carved up parts of china

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Chinese get mad

• Chinese people get mad and revolt Boxer
  Rebellion 1900
• Boxer Rebellion Chinese militants attack and
  kill Europeans and Chinese Christians and were
  put down by a multinational force of 20,000
  people.
• - Dynasties end in 1911

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Economics

• 60 of Chinese people work on the farm.
• However only 13 of China is farmable due to
  terrain

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• China is a Communist country but is unique
  because it allows for private enterprise
• Industrial growth has occurred due to the
  government allowing people to sell and buy goods.
• Especially in the Northeast part of China due to
  an abundant amount of resources.
• Shanghai- leads China in manufacturing
  due to resources

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Government

• China is a Communist form of government however
  it allows for free enterprise
• Free Enterprise buying and selling of private
  goods

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2 major political parties

• After the boxer rebellion 2 main parties would
  come to power
• 1) The Nationalist Party- ran by Sun Yat-Sen
• 2) Communist Party- ran by Mao Zedong
• The nationalist party and the Communist party
  fought for control of China, the Communist party
  will win control

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Religion and Ethnic Groups

• China is the worlds oldest civilization and
  holds deep culture and religions
• 3 major religions

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1) Confucianism

• Confucius was a Chinese philosopher (551bc to
  479bc)
• - believed 3 things
• A) People should respect their ancestry and
  the past
• B) Children obey their parents, adults obey
  the emperor
• C) Importance of education in a well ran
  society

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2) Taoism

• believes in 2 things
• A) Importance of preserving and restoring
  harmony in the individual and the universe
• B) Government should leave people alone and do
  as little as possible

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3) Buddhism

• Came to China from India
• Grew to a major religion by 300ad and was
  influenced by Confucius and Taoism
• A) Rebirth and the end of the rebirth cycle
  (re-incarnation)

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Important Ideas

• Population in china at one point got out of
  control. 1.2 billion People
• The government said families could only have 1
  child, but now this does not occur
• This was stopped due the fact 60 of Chinese
  families do their own farming