Over the last two centuries there have been four patterns to industrial location and development in China. In a broad sense (era not exact year) when were are these four periods and what are the patterns that they produced? Today, can we still find evidence on the landscape of any of the older periods' geographic patterns of industrial location? If so, give some examples. What is China's environmental policy for the next three decades? Do you find it much different then the official US government policy on green house gases? What is the pattern of rainfall variability in China and what does it seem to be associated with? Discuss the factors leading to the aridity of Inner Mongolia. Japan The questions below were drawn mainly from Japan the PowerPoint slides and the reading. Note that in developing a good answer to these questions you should also be able to illustrate your points with simple maps when appropriate. General Questions Karan Japan in the 21st Century Chap 2 & PowerPoint presentations – Why does Japan have so many earthquakes and volcanoes? What impacts do the off-shore currents have on Japan? How did the mountains in Japan effect the establishment of urban areas? Explain. How has the ocean effected the climate of Japan? Where are the heaviest snowfalls in Japan and why? What are the population concentration patterns in Japan? Be able to identify these on a map. are the lowest population densities and what might help explain this? When did Japan start populating Hokkaido? Who were they displacing and who were preventing from coming into this territory? Honshu's Kanto lowlands were historically among Japan's richest agricultural areas, what is it mainly used for today? What urban center is located here? Where is the area in Japan and why is it so important? “core” Japan When was the modern Japanese state started?
Over the last two centuries there have been four patterns to industrial location and development in China. In a broad sense (era not exact year) when were are these four periods and what are the patterns that they produced? Today, can we still find evidence on the landscape of any of the older periods' geographic patterns of industrial location? If so, give some examples. What is China's environmental policy for the next three decades? Do you find it much different then the official US government policy on green house gases? What is the pattern of rainfall variability in China and what does it seem to be associated with? Discuss the factors leading to the aridity of Inner Mongolia. Japan The questions below were drawn mainly from Japan the PowerPoint slides and the reading. Note that in developing a good answer to these questions you should also be able to illustrate your points with simple maps when appropriate. General Questions Karan Japan in the 21st Century – Chap 2 & PowerPoint presentations Why does Japan have so many earthquakes and volcanoes? What impacts do the off-shore currents have on Japan? How did the mountains in Japan effect the establishment of urban areas? Explain. How has the ocean effected the climate of Japan? Where are the heaviest snowfalls in Japan and why? What are the population concentration patterns in Japan? Be able to identify these on a map. are the lowest population densities and what might help explain this? When did Japan start populating Hokkaido? Who were they displacing and who were preventing from coming into this territory? Honshu's Kanto lowlands were historically among Japan's richest agricultural areas, what is it mainly used for today? What urban center is located here? Where is the “core” area in Japan and why is it so important? Japan When was the modern Japanese state started?
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