GEOG 202 Lecture 20: Asia filling in the blanks
1 Dec 2016
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Maritime asia: east (korea and japan, southeast (insular, south (bay of bengal, course evaluation. Political divide: legacy of wwii ending, americans (south) soviet (north) Hard-line communist state: cult-like mini empire. Korean war: 1950s, still uneasy border, no formal peace treaty, mutual break of war. Seoul: largest and capital city, pusan is second city. East sea / sea of korea (a. k. a. Long-term contamination of ground water and pacific ocean. Built a wall to keep the contaminated water from mixing with uncontaminated water. Population: 127 million: 10 or 11 in world. Military power in europe: us relationship. Important part of us military front in pacific. Whaling: still nationally engage in this activity. Wwii legacy: lacked resource base at start of industrialization, had to out compete for these resources. Kuril islands: dispute with russia, never formal peace treaty, boundary tensions. Honshu: tokyo-yokohama [9m / 12. 5m = 35m, osaka kobe, kyoto (old capital, hiroshima (nuclear bomb past) Taipei (capital) western side of island.
