Travel &

AdventureEastern AsiaEastern Asia

1st Issue – June 2014,

Cervantes kids

Contents

Southeastern Asia:

�China, by Wissal, Mar

and Teresa�Mongolia, by Jaime,

Alex and Rubén�Japan, by Marta,

External references and sources:

Map of Asia_PoliticalAsian Subregions

Simple English Wikipedia

National Geographic kids

�Japan, by Marta,

Paula and alicia

�South Korea, by Fátima and Lydia

WesternAsia Southern

Asia

EasternAsia

SoutheasternAsia

China

Intro to the Country

FAST FACTS• The official name is people’s

republic of China. Their languagesare Standard Chinese and Mandarin.

• They have a money called Yuan (or renminbi).And the population is(or renminbi).And the population is1,355,692,576.The form of goverment is a communist stateand the area is 3,705,405 squaremiles(9,596,960 squarekilometers).

• Finally the major mountainsranges is the Himalaya and themajor rivers are the Yangtze and the Yellow.

Geography

GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY

• It Stretches 5,000 kilometers from east towest and 5,500 kilometersfrom north to south.

• China is a large country and its territory includes

• China is a large country and its territory includesmountains, high plateaus, sandy deserts, and dense forests.

• China is made up of mountains, the tallestmountain on Earth, Mount Everest, sits on theborder between China and Nepal.

Nature

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• There are many habitatsin China. They are home to hundreds of speciesof animals and plants. China's forest can dissapear becausedissapear becausepeople cut trees.

• The giant panda lives in the mountains of southwest China and nowhere else on Earth.They eat bamboo and usually live near theseplants.

History

HISTORYHISTORYHISTORYHISTORY• China is one of the world's

oldest civilizations, butnow is "modern" nation. In the last 20 years, China has changed faster thanthe other countries in theworld.world.

• Chinese history is dividedinto dynasties. Eachdynasty had an emperor. The first empire was theQin dynasty and began in 221 B.C. The last emperorstopped in 1912, and China became a republic.

People and culture

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CULTURECULTURECULTURECULTURE

• It has a population of 1.3 billion people. China has more people than anymore people than anyother country on Earth. About a third of thepopulation lives in cities. The rest of the peoplelive in the country.

• They believe in Confucionism and Taoism.

Mongolia

•OFFICIAL NAME:

Mongolia

•FORM OF

GOVERNMENT:

Parliamentary

•CAPITAL: Ulaanbaatar

•POPULATION: 2,854,780

•LANGUAGES: Khalkha

Mongol (official), Turkic,

Intro to the Country

Mongol (official), Turkic,

Russian

•MONEY: Togrog/Tugrik

•AREA: 604,200 square

miles (1.5 million square

kilometers)

•MAJOR MOUNTAIN

RANGES: Altai, Khangai

and Khentii

•MAJOR RIVERS: Orkhon

Geography

MONGOLIA

GEOGRAPHY• It is bordered

by Russia to the north and China to the south.

• The country is very dry and very dry and receives only about four inches of rainfall per year.

• Mongolia is 435 miles (700 kilometers) from the Yellow Sea.

Nature

NATURE• The Gobi desert is expanding. Every

year there are about 1,400 square

miles of new desert.

• Bactrian camels are native to

•selenge

•valley

•Arvaikheer

• Bactrian camels are native to

Mongolia. They have two humps and

are smaller than the Arabian camel.

• The Mongolian horse is small but

strong and can live in the hot

temperatures of Mongolian.

• Wildlife is threatened in Mongolia.

The rare snow leopard is endangered,

but lives in nature reserves

•otgontenger

•Zunchar

History

• The Mongol Empire started with Genghis Khan and

his sons. They conquered much of Asia and Europe

during the 13th century.

HISTORY

• Marco Polo, his father, and an uncle were the first

Europeans to cross the Gobi in about A.D. 1275.

• The northern region became independent from China

in 1921 with Russia’s help. The southern portion of

Mongolia a is part of China.

• Mongolia became a communist country in 1924, but

in 1990 multiparty elections were held by the people.

People and culture

• HOUSES: Many Mongolians

continue to live in tents. They

are called yurts, or gers. Today

gers often have electricity,

PEOPLE & CULTURE

gers often have electricity,

satellite dishes, and solar panels.

• FESTIVALS: Mongolia’s largest

festival, Naadam, is celebrated in

summer. It is about sports,

games, and food. Children

participate in some of the sports,

including horse races.

Japan

FAST FACTS

• OFFICIAL NAME: Japan

• FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy with

• parliamentary government

Intro to the Country

• parliamentary government

• CAPITAL: Tokyo

• POPULATION: 127,463,611

• OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Japanese

• MONEY: Japanese yen

• AREA: 145,883 square miles (377,835 square kilometers)

• MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Japanese Alps

• MAJOR RIVERS: Biwa, Inawashiro, Kasumigaura

Geography

GEOGRAPHY

• Japan is an archipelago on the eastern part of Asia.

• There are four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.

• Almost four-fifths of Japan is covered with mountains. TheThe

• Japanese Alps run down the center of the largest island,

• Honshu.

• Japan can be a dangerous place. More than a thousand earthquakes hit Japan every year. Japan also has about 200 volcanoes, 60 of which are active.

NATURE

• The Japanese people love nature very much.

• They think that natural things like mountains,

Nature

things like mountains, waterfalls, and forests have their own spirits.

• They are trying to stop pollution, but is very difficult

• The seas around Japan very rich in fish and other sea life.

History

People and culture

South Korea

• OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Korea

• FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic

• CAPITAL:Seoul

48,846,823

Intro to the Country

• POPULATION: 48,846,823

• OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:Korean

• AREA: 37,901 sq mi (98,190 sq km)

• MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: TaebaekMountains,SobaekMountains.

• MAJOR RIVERS: Han, Kum, Naktong

• Korea is a peninsula located in the eastern part of the Asian continent.

• Today, the country is divided into South and North Korea, but for the people it is a single nation that cannot be divided.

Geography

North Korea, but for the people it is a single nation that cannot be divided.

• South Korea has many mountains, but they are small compared with others around the world.

• On South Korea's Jeju Island there are tropical jungles that are always green.

• The peninsula is also surrounded by about 3,000 volcanic islands.

Nature

• South Korea is a small country, with a lot of people.

• There are twenty national parks, but the only areas of true wilderness are the mountain forests.

• There were tigers in the

• Korean peninsula, but • Korean peninsula, but

• today there are none left.

• People killed them because

• they wanted their bones

• to use them in traditional

• medicines.

• People have been living in Korea for at least 10,000 years.

• Korea has a very

difficult history.

History

difficult history.

• There were many

wars; they had

fights with

China and Japan.

• There are a lot of people in South Korea. There are 485 persons per every square kilometer of land. Koreans practise Confucianism (a Chinese philosophy that teaches respect

People and culture

teaches respect and morality).

• Sometimes they organize fairsfor a week or more.