Transcript Asia - Gainesville Middle School 7th Grade Social Studies

Asia
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Ganges River runs through India and
Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal (Mother
Ganges)
Ganges is sacred in Indian culture
Chemical, industrial, fertilizer, human,
animal waste are polluting the Ganges
India’s use this river in everyday life
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Ganges Action Plan 1985 to help clean up
the river
G.A.P. developed sewer and water
treatment plants to clean up the Ganges
Growing population is too much for the
clean-up to be effective
China’s longest river (Yangtze River) is
almost 4,000 miles long
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Yangtze water is pumped out to
surrounding areas for drinking, irrigation,
and industrial uses
Sewage is pumped into the river daily
(chemical and industrial waste and
agricultural run-off)
Yangtze plant and animal life is
disappearing
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Nitrogen and phosphates from chemicals
lead to growth of “blue-green algae”
(increases oxygen)
Contaminated fish are eaten by Chinese
people
China is build water treatment plants and
sanitary landfills
Three Gorges Dam is being built for
hydroelectric power, but will have an effect
on the environment
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Three Gorges is effecting plant and animal
life
The dam was built in an earthquake zone
of China
India and China’s air quality is poor in
urban (city) areas
Overpopulation in urban areas is causing
heavy air pollution
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Automobile emissions, industrial smoke,
chemical dumping is causing pollution,
human and animal waste, burning of fuels
Acid rain (sulfur dioxide), brown clouds
(carbon monoxide), reduced rainfall, and
increased temperatures are effects of air
pollution in India and China
Economic and population growth of
caused these issues to get worse
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Respiratory (lung, bronchial, and trachea)
disease have been human effects from
this pollution
Heart disease is an effect
2008 Olympics forced China to implement
rules/regulations to clean-up air quality
Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection
Bureau was designed to improve air
pollution
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India’s climate is diverse (snow and ice in
the Himalayas, hot dry plains in the
plateau areas, tropical along the
coastlines)
The Deccan Plateau is in the center of the
country where most people rely on
agriculture and farming
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South and SE Asia experience a monsoon
season each year (seasonal wind and rain)
Monsoons help the fertile land for farming
China has a cold climate in the SW
mountain region, semi-arid desert (Gobi
and Taklimakan), and tropical in the SE
part of the country
Many people farm along the soil rich river
valleys
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Japan is an island nation with a monsoon
and typhoon season (cool in the north and
tropical in the south)
North Korea will have mild summers and
cold winters
South Korea will have an overall mild and
temperate climate all year
Vietnam is primarily tropical and grows
90% of the worlds rice
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The Hindu Kush, Himalayas and
Karakoram ranges separate India from the
rest of the mainland of Asia
The Indus and Ganges River valleys are
very important in sustaining life in India
Rivers provide trade routes,
transportation, and irrigation…but
overpopulation in Indian cities is causing
the water resources to become scarce
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China is located between the Himalayan
south and the Gobi desert in the north
Tibetan Plateau is located in the south of
China
Most people in the desert areas are
nomadic herders
Most populated regions are along the
major rivers in the east
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Beijing is one of China’s industrial centers
Shanghai is a major port (trading) city in
China
North Korea mines copper and coal in the
mountain regions..along with
hydroelectricity
South Korea has great farmland w/ 25%
of people living around the capital (Seoul)
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80% of Japan is covered with mountains
Japan has to import much of their food for
the large population
There are many earthquakes and
volcanoes in Japan (Ring of Fire)
Japanese are big into fishing
Japan has a very developed industrial
economy
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Farmland is a major natural resource in
southern and eastern Asia
India, China, N and S Korea all mine coal
N and S Korea have lead and zinc that
they mine
Japan must depend of trading of their
products to import items needed for
survival
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Mohandas Gandhi had nationalism (belief
that people should be loyal to those whom
they share similar history, customs, and
culture) for his country
The British colonized India for their access
to trade routes and for resources (fine
cotton, spices, salt)
Indians began to fight to end British
colonialism around 1885
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Indian National Congress and Muslim
League were formed to oppose colonialism
in a self-governing and democratic fashion
similar to western-ideals of government
Indians were forced fight in WWI for the
British and still given little rights as
citizens
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Indians began to protest the war and were
arrested under the Rowlatt Act
Indians were also shot and fired on at
Amritsar for protesting (400 killed)
Gandhi began to teach and protest British
laws and refuse following these laws due
to unjust treatment
Gandhi used civil disobedience to show
the world of the unjust British laws and
ruling
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Gandhi encourage boycotts of British
goods and working for the British
industries
1935 British began to give back power to
Indians under the Government of India
Act, but India refused under the offer to
help fight in WWII (Muslim League did
help)
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After WWII India became independent
India would be divided between Muslims
(East and West Pakistan) and India
(Hindu)
1947 official British ruled ended in India
due to religious nationalism in the region
Gandhi also fought for apartheid in South
Africa, which led to his protest of the caste
system in India
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Gandhi would become known as Mahatma
(Great Soul)
Gandhi would use non-violence (Satyagraha) to
oppose unjust laws and to encourage peace and
equality after British colonialism ended
Gandhi protested by fasting, long marches,
boycotts (salt)
Gandhi’s protested British colonialism, ending of
the caste system, and peace b/t Hindu and
Muslim
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USA was concerned with the “domino
theory”…the spread of Communism to
surround countries in Asia from China’s
influence
Korea was one of the first in this concern
USA was also upset about the Yalta
Agreement being violated by the Soviet
Union concerning Communism in
surrounding countries of Europe and Asia
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The Cold War began…no fighting
Korea was divided into Communist North
and free/Democratic South
War between the two countries broke out
with an armistice (cease fire) ending the
war and the two countries remaining their
previous government
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French colonized in Indochina (Vietnam)
Ho Chi Minh was a general in Vietnamese
nationalistic army to fight for
independence from the European
colonialists
He started the Vietminh League to fight
and oppose colonialism..and in 1954 the
French left Vietnam
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USA was concerned at the Geneva
Conference that Ho Chi Minh was a
Communist leader
Vietnam became a Communist north and
USA led south
USA would become involved in a war to
try to stop the Communist north from
controlling the entire country
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Vietnam was deadly war because of its
guerilla warfare fighting style
Vietnam war was extreme along the DMZ
(de-militarized zone) 17th parallel
There was much debate over the USA
involvement in this war