Unit 8: East Asia
Chapter 28: China and Mongolia
Lesson 1: Physical Geography of China
and Mongolia
I. Landforms
A. Gobi desert
B. Plateau of Tibet
II. Water Systems
A. Huang He (Yellow River)
i. Pros and cons
B. Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)
C. Three Gorges Dam
i. Pros
III. Climate, Biomes, and Resources
A. Mid-latitudes
B. North and East
C. Causes of seasonal weather
patterns
1. typhoons
Lesson 2: Human Geography of China
and Mongolia
I. History and Government
2. dynasties
A. Various dynasties
i. From where power came
B. Confucianism
C. Great Wall of China
China Today
D. Rise of Communism
E. Great Leap Forward
F. Modernization and capitalism
Taiwan and Mongolia
G. Tensions between China and
Taiwan
H. Mongolia’s path to democracy
II. Population Patterns
A. Largest ethnic group
B. Tibet
3. aborigines
C. Where most people live
D. Chinese response to urbanization
E. One Child Policy
III. Society and Culture Today
A. Dominate language
B. Variety of religions
Family and Status of Women
C. How Communism changed
families
IV. Economic Activities
A. Agriculture
4. communes
B. Agricultural reforms
C. Political reforms
5. dissidents
6. economic sanctions
Lesson 3: People and Their
Environment: China and Mongolia
I. Managing Resources
A. Three Gorges Dam
II. Human Impact
A. Pros and cons of the Three Gorges
Dam
III. Addressing the Issues
A. Pollution
B. Clean water
C. Cancer
D. Why regulatory efforts are slow
Chapter 29: Japan
Lesson 1: Physical Geography of Japan
I. Landforms
7. archipelago
A. Ring of Fire
III. Climate, Biomes, and Resources
Climate Regions and Biomes
A. Northern Japan
B. Southern Japan
Lesson 2: Human Geography of Japan
I. History and Government Japan
Through the Ages
A Changing Government
A. Building an empire
B. Post-WWII
II. Population Patterns
A. Response to extreme urbanization
III. Society and Culture Today
A. Shinto
B. Other religions
IV. Economic Activities
A. Type of economy
Chapter 30: North and South
Korea
Lesson 1: Physical Geography of North
and South Korea
I. Landforms
A. Where most people live and why
II. Climate, Biomes, and Resources
Climate Regions and Biomes
A. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Natural Resources
8. cooperatives
Lesson 2: Human Geography of North
and South Korea
I. History and Government
A. Buddhism
B. Confucianism
C. Various occupiers
Korea Divided
D. Post-WWII
E. Korean War
F. Difference in the two
governments
Korean Governments Today
G. North Korea
H. South Korea
I. 21st century relations
II. Society and Culture Today
Family and the Status of Women
A. Daily life in North Korea
B. Differences in lives of women
III. Economic Activities
A. North Korea’s industries
B. “Food problem”
C. South Korean industries