Download G11

Warm Up: Starting with the river
on the left, please name each river
Then tell me the names of the two
deserts
G11A,B
The student will explain the impact of
location, climate, physical characteristics,
distribution of natural resources, and
population distribution on Southern and
Eastern Asia
INDIA
• India has many types of climate.
• Snow and ice in the northern mountains
• Hot dry plains in the central plateau
• Steamy tropical weather along the southern coast
• Large desert borders Pakistan
• Part of the Ganges Plain is humid and almost tropical
• India’s climate is shaped by seasonal winds known as
monsoons.
• Monsoon winds can be good for rain but also destructive
causing floods
INDIA ~WHERE DO
PEOPLE LIVE?
• Most Indians live in major river valleys
• People are moving from rural areas to cities in large numbers
searching for work and better opportunities.
• Rivers provide transportation, trade routes, water for irrigation,
and water to supply the people in the cities.
• Rivers have become easiest means of disposing of human,
animal, and industrial waste.
• Large cities have problems with over-crowding and air and
water pollution.
CHINA
• China has nearly every type of climate
• High mountains in the south cut China off from India and
the moisture that might come from the Indian Ocean
• The Gobi and Taklimakan desert regions in central China
are harsh and dry.
• Along the Huang He River is most heavily populated
area. (Beijing) ~ known as the industrial region
• Farming = most common occupation for Chinese in
southeastern part of China
• Southeastern section has the Yangtze River which
flows to Shanghai, China’s largest port.
• This region = site of the Three Gorges Dam- a
hydroelectric project designed to bring electricity to
China’s rural areas.
• China’s rapid industrialization has meant that many
Chinese workers have left their rural homes to find
work in the overcrowded cities.
JAPAN
• An island nation on far eastern edge of East Asia
• Climate affected by ocean currents
• Warmer parts of country are able to have longer growing
seasons for farmers
• People living in the north rely more on fishing
• Japan experiences monsoon rains and even tropical
hurricanes called typhoons.
• 80% covered with mountains
• Japanese created farmland in mountains by creating
terraces, putting in irrigation channels, and using
different fertilizers and farming techniques
NORTH KOREA
• North Korea shares a border with China
• Short summers and long, cold winters (like the northeastern
corner of China)
• Land is mountainous
• Less populated than South Korea
• Less successful agriculturally due to the mountains
• NK earns money from the mining of coal and other minerals
like copper and iron
• Most people live along western half of the country where the
mountains slope down to the sea and farming is more
successful.
SOUTH KOREA
• Has fewer mountains and milder climate due to warm
winds from the ocean
• Farming more widely practiced here than in mountainous
north
• Population greater than that of North Korea
• 25% of people live in or around the capital, Seoul
• These people have advantages (markets, jobs, and
education) that are harder to find in rural areas
• Cold winters and warm summers- SK climate is milder
than that of NK because of ocean winds
VIETNAM
• Vietnam- further to the southeast- warmer and tropical climate
• Climate & geography join to create rich farm-lands where 90%
of the world’s rice is grown
HOW DOES WHERE YOU LIVE
AFFECT HOW YOU LIVE?
• Distribution of natural resources plays a major part in
determining what sorts of work people do and how comfortably
they are able to live.
• Rich farmland= one of the most valuable natural resources
• All southern and eastern Asian countries depend on
agriculture to feed growing populations.
• India and China have large areas of rich farmland ~ but
LARGE populations
• India, China, North Korea and South Korea have good
supplies of coal which is an important fuel and energy source.
• coal burning = major cause of air pollution
India
China
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Describe
Location
What are the
natural
resources?
Describe the
climate
What are the
natural
hazards of
the country?
• Google: CIA World Fact book
• Use the webpage to help you fill in the chart as well
as CRCT page 140