GEOG 2RW3 Lecture 4: Test 4 review - East Asia & South Asia
18 Mar 2019
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Geographical extent: the (south) eastern quarter of the eurasian continent, countries (& terr), area: ~9. 6 m km2, 6th largest, population: ~1. 6 b, 2nd largest, china: 1376 m. Imperial emperors and feudal lords; castle towns: military leaders and their warriors: tokugawa iemitsu (1623-1652) imposed an isolationist policy. Imperial decline: china & japan in the 19th century. Internal crises: external pressure: colonial power, revolution & war, china: revolution ending the qing dynasty, china: communist revolution. Japan: war with china, war with the u. s: economy: economic change/growth, prior to wwii: non-industrial, agrarian, and less developed, today: industrialization and becoming more developed, economy: industrialization in japan, japanese industrialization dates from the late 19th c. Industrialization & exports: low-cost manufacturing, >10% economic growth per year, second largest economy, rise of a domestic middle class, economy: the contrasting koreas, korean conflict (>70 years, south korea: industrialization (an asian tiger)
