East Asia
Pages 608 - 673
Unit Time Line
Monday 3-19, preview
Tuesday & Wednesday 3-20 &21, China
Thursday 3-22, Mongolia and Taiwan
Friday 3-23, The Koreas
Monday & Tuesday 3-26 & 27 STAAR Testing Good Luck
Wednesday 3-28, Japan
Thursday 3-29, Automobile Activity and Review
Friday 3-30, Unit Exam
Wednesday 3-28, Chapter s 28 & 29 DUE
Wednesday 3-28, Political and Physical Maps DUE
Japan
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Physical Geography
History
Culture/Religion
Economics
Physical Features of Japan
Island nation.
Mountainous terrain.
Located in the “Ring of Fire”
earthquakes and volcanoes
What process causes the earthquakes and volcanoes?
Shifting Tectonic Plates
Climate is humid continental and humid subtropical
Natural Resources:
Coal, tungsten, lead, gold and silver.
Commercial fishing and hydro-electric power.
Imports natural resources to make products.
Japan’s cities are near the seas and are low in elevation. Building sea
walls in a way to protect the costal communities from tsunamis.
History
Japanese flag is the sun representing Amaterasu, the sun
goddess.
Original inhabitants from Mainland Asia and the South
Pacific.
Before 300 A.D. Japan was not unified. Clans ruled
territories.
Yamato clan gained power in the 5th C.
1192 power struggle between two powerful clans
Emperor creates position of Shogun
army general with power of a military
dictator.
Shoguns ruled and appointed governors (daimyos).
Shoguns ruled for 700 years.
1500 s trade with Portugal started.
1853 US Navy arrives and Japan can no longer
remain isolated.
1868 the Emperor becomes head of government
and the last Shogun resigns.
Japanese Empire stretched throughout the South
Pacific.
December 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
U.S. joins WWII and defeats Japan in 1945 after
dropping atomic bombs on Japan.
Culture and People
Japanese Settlement and Agricultural Patterns
Japan’s Agriculture Lands
Largely limited to country’s coastal plains & interior
basins
Rice, fruit, and vegetable cultivation
Settlement Patterns
3 largest metropolitan areas: Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya
Population density: 870 per square miles
Mostly crowded in mainland industrial belt
Japan’s Urban-Agricultural Dilemma
Japanese cities located in agricultural lowlands
Restricted living space in urban areas
National importance of rice self-sufficiency
Living Standards and Social Conditions in
Japan
High standard of living, though a little lower than
U.S.
Low unemployment, health care provided; low crime
rates
Literacy high, infant mortality low, life-spans long
JAPAN’S AGE DISTRIBUTION
PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION
AGE GROUP
1990
2025
0-14 Years
15-24 Years
25-64 Years
65+ Years
18.4%
15.4%
54.5%
11.7%
14.9%
11.6%
49.6%
23.9%
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100%
100%
SOURCE: UNITED NATIONS WORLD POPULATION
PROSPECTS 1990 (NEW YORK: UNITED NATIONS, 1991)
Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis,
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Language
Linguistic and Ethnic Diversity in East Asia
Language and National Identity in Japan
Japanese is not related to any other language
Minority Groups in Japan
Several Japanese dialects (most distinct on Ryukyu Islands)
Koreans, Chinese, and South Asians in Japan; face
discrimination
Other immigrants came to Japan beginning in 1980s; but their
status is uncertain
Chinese, southern Asians in construction
Philippines immigrants in entertainment
200,000 Brazilians of Japanese ancestry
Religion/Philosophy
Shinto
Closely bound to Japanese nationality
Beliefs about harmony of nature and its
connection to human existence
A place- and nature-centered religion
Shintoism
Globalization & Diversity:
Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
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Economics
500 a.d. most economic activity was?
Agricultural.
U.S. Occupation and Nation Building
Possibly the only effective nation building attempt .
During occupation the U.S. introduced political and
economic reform.
As Japan developed economically the government was
very active in assisting companies develop and prosper.
This kind of economy that is supported by the
government but not controlled by the government tends
to be closer to socialism than free enterprise.
Japan is highly industrial and urban.
Imports most materials used in industry.
1950s led to an economic boom for Japan.
Economic tiger. Products shifted from clothing to
electronics and tech.
1980s and 1990s the economic power house called
Jakota Triangle was doing very well.
Mid 1990s banks went bankrupt and started a
panic. All three countries slid into a recession..
The International Monetary Fund helped the East
Asian countries to avoid a global economic
downturn.
The outcome of the economic crisisreform for wages
child-labor laws
ending sweatshop practices
1990s brought economic slump.
Why?
Debt management and investor panic.
Current Events
China and Japan share fishing industry in the Sea of
Japan.
Whaling –
In 2000 Japan continued to whale for
“scientific purposes”.
In response the US has banned Japanese
ships from fishing in US waters.
Nuclear Disaster?
Result of the Tsunami
Review
What has Japan done to adapt to its environment to
protect itself from the threat of tsunamis?
Japan has engineered sea walls to protect its
costal communities.
Why does the international community want to stop
Japan from whaling?
To conserve the number of whales left.
What caused the nuclear power plant disaster in Japan?
tsunami.
What did the US do to influence Japanese to cease
whaling?
Recommended a ban on Japanese fishing in US
waters.
Japan is located along the “Ring of Fire”. What natural
disaster can be expected there?
Volcanoes and earthquakes.
500 A.D. most economic activity was?
Agricultural.
The economy in Japan is closer to __________ than
free enterprise or communism.
Socialism.
Shintoism is similar to what other philosophy?
Confucianism.
Define a contributing factor that led to the economic
downturn in Japan in the 1990s.
Debt management and investor panic.
Define some outcomes of the economic crisisreform for wages
child-labor laws
ending sweatshop practices
Why is Japan concerned about export bans of
natural resources from China?
Japan depends on material from China to
use in industry.