MUN/ GEO Asia
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- 3 major changes Euro brought to SoE
- financed building of roads and railroads
- Brunei natural resources
- oil and natural gas
- Intensive Farming
- farming that requires much labor
- Cyclone
- a violent, rotating windstorm
- Similar culture throughout China
- Han Dynasty brought unity through the provinces, written language and Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism
- Capital of North Korea
- P'yongyang
- Vietnam
- Former French colony at was at war with the U.S. in the 60's
- Break up of Korean penisula
- NoKo raided in 1950 after declaring communist and south held elections with US in 1953 cease fire agreement made w/ demilitarized zone
- Convergence Zones
- an area of severe storms where the frigid waters circulating around Antarctica meet the warmer water of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans
- Martial Law
- the law administered during a period of strict military control
- Atheism
- the belief that God does not exists
- Northwest region is center of China
- contains the capital, Beijing, earliest culture hearths, and site where empire spread
- Japan
- Land of the Rising Sun
- Crevasse
- deep crack in glacial ice
- Acupuncture
- ancient Chinese practice of inserting fine needles at specific body points to cure disease or ease pain
- In SoE low islands
- coral atolls ring around submerged volcano peaks
- Heterogeneity
- lack of similarity
- SoE migrants affect culture
- Mons, Khmers and others prosper, Indian merchants were attracted to trade.
- Autonomous Region
- political unit with limited self-government
- Buffer
- separates two hostile countries
- Militarism
- glorification of the military and readiness for war
- Paddy
- irrigated or flooded land on which rice is grown
- Living standard in Mongolia improve
- 1990's state owned buisnesses sold to public, stock exchange open for investors, industries, and urban increase in internet access
- Barbarian
- person without manners or civilized customs
- Artesian Well
- well that is drilled deep enough to tap a layer of porous material filled with groundwater
- Krill
- small, shriplike creatures; food for whales and fish
- Encourage reunification of NOKO and SOKO
- common history and culture that;s thousand years old
- Warlord
- local leader with a military following
- Proliferation
- an increase in the number of something
- Euro settlers change environment of Outback
- mining and sheep and cattle ranches
- location affect development or culture of SoE
- made one of worlds greatest geographic crossroads
- Abdicate
- to surrender one's office, throne, or authority
- Sphere of Influence
- area or country that is politically and economically dominated by, though not directly governed by, another country
- Geyser
- natural hot spring that shoots a column of water and steam into the air
- Tariff
- tax imposed by government on imported goods
- Provisional Government
- a temporary government pending permanent arrangements
- Aborigine
- one of the original inhabitants of Australia
- Concession
- exemptions from local law
- Lagoon
- shallow body of water separated from the sea by coral reefs or sandbars
- Population of New Zealand
- Maori and British
- In SoE high islands
- peaks of volcanoes
- Typhoon
- destructive tropical storm that forms over the Pacific Ocean
- Encourage agriculture in SoE region of China
- fertile soil and warm wet climate
- Marketing problems by American film companies in Japan
- retail sellers & customers may be loyal to Japanese brand, American companies face difficulties setting up distribution network and local sales teams might discourage competitors
- Resources on Antarctica
- coal, oil, gold, iron, and scientific information
- North Korea physical characteristics
- climate is short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters. mountainous and rugged with fast flowing rivers
- Prevalent ice on Antarctica
- ice sheets, glaciers, pack ice, and ice shelves
- Pack Ice
- floating sea ice formed by a mix of icebergs with other ice formed in super chilled ocean waters
- Homogeneous
- having similar nature; uniform in structure or quality
- Aborigines and the Outback
- feel obligated to protect outback and learned to take what needed to survive without destroying it
- Seimograph
- instrument that measures and records movement in the earth's crust
- Quota
- fixed quantity
- Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia recovered from war
- (v) prospered because of foreign investment (L and C) turned away from government controlled economy but not as much as V
- Natural resources on Pacific islands
- minerals
- SoE adopted influence
- Hindu myths and gods, but rejected caste system. Built palaces and temples or Buddhist monastaries
- Japan participation in WWII
- sided with Nazi party, Pearl Harbor 12/7/41, US dropped two atomic bombs 1945
- Governments violence in Tienanmen Square
- government firmly believed that people must be kept "in-line" enable to prosper economically
- Taiwan become economic power
- 1949 instituted land-reform program and modernization program
- Mao Zedong's rule brought overpopulation
- believed power lay in numbers and therefore could never be taken over by outsiders
- NOKO and SOKO difficult to reunite
- NOKO wants communist gov and SOKO (capitalist state) doesn't want to jeopardize free system of government
- Demilitarized Zone
- strip of land on which troops or weapons are not allowed
- Theocrat
- someone who claims to rule by religious or divine authority
- Eastern China
- various landscapes and climate, density population and economic activity
- Four Modernizations
- improve agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defense
- Major religious influences in SoE
- Hindu, Confucianism, and Islam from Indian merchants that brought religious leaders when SoE became prosperous
- Ice Shelf
- massive extension of glacial ice over the sea
- Exodus
- mass migration from a region
- Deng Xiaoping controls over population
- one couple, one child policy people that abide the policy received special awards like better housing and jobs or pay increases. People that did not faced fines, wage cuts, loss of jobs, and prospect of social dissaproval
- Myanmar problems
- lacks unity that brought warfare and insurgents = slow economy because of repressive military
- Papua New Guinea natural resources
- gold and copper ore
- Challenge to Indonesia and Phillipines
- (I) 13,000 islands w/ 250 languages (P) 7,100 islands w/ 70 languages overpopulation and poverty
- Insurgent
- person who rebels against his or her government
- Hong Kong and China relations uncertain
- China is communist government allowing some economic and political freedom. Hong Kong is afraid of communist intervention
- Light Industry
- production of small consumer goods such as clothing and appliances
- Japanese trade reopened in 1853
- Commodore Perry from US wit fleet of steam powered war ships
- Japan cut off trade in 1639
- fear of conquest
- Indigenous
- native to or living naturally in an area or environment
- Japanese unity
- language, religion and membership in mid class
- Japan builds empire
- so they would no longer be at the mercy of foreign nations
- Ice affects climate of Antarctica
- reflects sun back into space rather than absorbing it, making temperatures frigid
- Malaysia natural resources
- machinery,transport equipment, oil
- Japan 5 factors to rapid economic growth after 1945
- highly educated populace, skilled workers w/ productive attitude, government planning, modern factories, global trade patterns
- Outback
- remote, sparsely settled, arid , rural country, especially the central and western plains and plateaus of Australia
- Euro affect lives of Aborigines
- killed by disease or weapon
- ASEAN
- Association of South East Asian Nations
- Bullet Train
- high speed train
- Doi Moi
- the economic change begun by Vietnam in 1986
- Ideogram
- in written language, a character or symbol that represents an idea or thing
- China reaction to Taiwan Lee Teng-hui
- offended by suggestion of Taiwan, a small nation, could teach a large powerful nation how to govern
- Fifth Modernization
- demanded freedom to improve their life for individuals
- Japan occupied by
- US until 1952
- Koreans adapted Chinese culture
- modified Chinese written language and words as well as religion and philosophies
- Factors that cause Japan to have variety of climates
- Oyshio warms current while monsoons cool air, cold and dry in winter-warm and wet in summer
- China Yangzi river is important to SoE region
- major East to West transportation route bringing goods and people in and out of interior
- Double Cropping
- growing more than one crop a year on the same land
- Japan's high population density influences culture
- effects housing and family life
- Trust Territory
- dependant colony of territory supervised by another country by commission of the UN
- Contract System for farmers conflict with reduce population growth
- family benefits by growing more crops, fewer people means fewer workers and opportunity for profit
- Singapore natural resources
- rubber, wood, and petroleum products
- Silk Road encourage developement
- way stations developed around oases that later grew into large towns
- Western powers divided China into spheres of influence
- western powers competed so divided where political and economy control
- Influence New Zealand's economy
- Maori farmed and fished
- Downsize
- to fire an employee in order to reduce costs
- Japan's most important physical features
- islands, seas, mountains, and volcanoes
- Western China
- barren, rock, arid, sparse population, herding and farming economy
- Great Leap Forward (China)
- greatly increase productivity in a short amount of time
- China have less influence in SoE
- not interested in exporting culture, believed superior to everyone else
- South Korea physical characteristics
- surrounded by seas and gives subtropical climate, less mountainous than North and has wide, rolling plain. terrains and warmer climate makes it better for agriculture
- Groups of SoE great geographic crossroads
- India, China, SoW Asia and West
- Tibet affected by communist rule
- Tibet had a theocracy- designed a policy to destroy ancient culture and designate them an autonomous region
- Terrace
- level, narrow ledges