Cartographer: East Asia
Physical Map
Landforms
Plateau of Tibet
North China Plateau
Mongolian Plateau
Manchurian Plain
Islands of Japan
- Hokkaido
- Honshu
- Shikoku
- Kyushu
Taklimakan Desert
Gobi Desert
Himalayas
Tien Shan
QinlingShandi Mountains
Mt. Everest
Mt. Fuji
Kunlun Mountains
Atlai Mountains
Water
Gulf of Tonkin
South China Sea
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Taiwan Strait
Korea Strait
Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Huang He
Chang Jiang
Xi Jiang
Mekong River
Yalu River
Grand Canal
Three Gorges Dam
Political Map
Countries and Regions
China
Inner Mongolia
Manchuria
Tibet
Macau
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Label the Major Water
Grand Canal
Cities
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kyoto
Sapporo
Taipei
Beijing
Guangzhou
Chongqing
Lhasa
Seoul
Pyongyang
DMZ (de-militarized zone)
- Color the disputed territories of China, Indicate the parties claiming the land
- Aksai Chin
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Islands in the South China Sea
- Senkaku Islands
- Color in the Asian Tigers. Make the Tiger Cub economies a lighter shade. (Bonus if you actually make them tiger print! Rawr!)
- Make a key!!!
Questions
(Answer on a separate sheet of paper-no squanching!!)
- How does China compare in size with the US?
- How does Japan compare?
- What are the three major river systems that run West to East in China?
- Describe each one.
- What religion/belief do most people practice/follow in East Asia? Why?
- Where is most of the population of China located? Why? (be more specific than “the coast”)
- How have the mountains in the west and the oceans in the east affected China?
- Describe the landscape of East Asia (p. 619).
- Why were the Mongols not able to take Japan?
- Japan is made of mountainous islands, how has this affected their development.
- What are three (3) positive effects of the Three Gorges Dam?
- What are three (3) negative effects of the Three Gorges Dam.
- Describe China’s Grand Canal.
- How has it helped/affected China?
- What is currently being done to the Grand Canal?
- What are some environmental concerns in China?
- How are they being dealt with?
- What are environmental concerns in Japan?
- How are they b
- eing dealt with?