Chapter Objectives

After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:

1. Understand that levels of development vary from poor Cambodia to wealthy Japan.

2. Know that in Eastern Asia one third of the world's population lives on about one tenth of the world's land.

3. Know the Asian "tigers" and that they have almost completed the transition from the periphery to the core.

4. Outline the various ways that the European powers impacted the countries of Eastern Asia.

5. List the important climatic environments of Eastern Asia.

6. Discuss the management issues associated with the Mekong River.

7. Locate the Spratly Islands and explain their possible significance.

8. Describe the characteristics of the four main islands of Japan.

9. List the factors and conditions that contributed to the growth of Japanese manufacturing.

10. Describe the transformation of South Korea into one of the Asian tigers.

11. Differentiate economic development in China with economic development in Japan.

12. Discuss the changing roles of China within Eastern Asia.

13. Compare and contrast the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" of China.

14. Describe population control efforts and results in China.

15. Compare and contrast Mongolia and North Korea.

16. Understand Chinese and Japanese influences on Southeastern Asia.

17. Differentiate urbanization trends in most of Southeastern Asia from deurbanization policies in Vietnam.

18. Describe Singapore's successful economic development.

19. Explain the global significance of the rapid economic growth found in many areas of Eastern Asia.

20. Examine the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the future of Eastern Asia.

21. Understand why and how economic growth in parts of Eastern Asia has been interrupted in the late 1990s.

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