World Cultures Portfolio/Korea

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World Cultures Korean Report about Physical Map

Nuvola apps package network.pngWorld Cultures Korea Unit

Intro/Basics - Africa - Middle East - South Asia - China - Japan - Korea - Latin America

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Portfolio

World Cultures Portfolio

Africa: HDI Graph Reflections - Decolonization Report
Middle East: Population Density Report - Essay: A Peaceful Vacation
South Asia: Rainfall Report - South Asia Comparisons Graph - Postcards
China: Sphere of Influences Report - Mao Button Journal
Japan: Natural Resources Report - Japanese Violence Journal
Korea: Physical Map Report
Latin America: Landforms Report
Worldwide: T-Shirt Trade Report

Korean Physical Map
Textbook Korean Physical Map

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May change/be updated - still in progress - may still contain inaccuracies

The rocky mountains of Korea have attracted the following of many believers.

The mountains are higher in Northern Korea then in South Korea. Only the north has mountains over 4,500 feet (Textbook). These are in the north-eastern section of the country. Less tall mountains surround them. Mountains form primarily in two ways. For example in India, the contentents smash into larger continents. Also, mountains can be formed via volcanoes. Sometimes, however, it can be both. The Encarta tectonic map appears to show a fault line between Korea and China. This points to tectonic activity. However, volcanoes might have played a role in addition.

Mountains cover about 80% of North Korea. This severely limits the amount of farmland. The CIA World Factbook 2006 reports that North Korean arable (farm able) land only makes up 22.4% of the country. South Korea has even less at only 16.58% (USA CIA). This severely limits agriculture, the "gateway" good to industrialization and global trade. Without it, Koreans must import much of their food, or be very efficient at farming what they have. In order to trade for food, they must export something. South Korea has found a lot (explain more)

However, North Korea currently can not find stuff to trade with the west. Its regime thinks only of itself and North Koreans worship their leader. The cities exist eerily quiet and the streets have no cars. But the monuments stand massively and tall. Huge buildings stand empty, and much goes to waste. But most North Koreans starve to death, live in prison camps, or prepare for war.

Korea shows the difference communism can make (expand)

Like all of the other locations around the world, life in Korea depends on geography. Geography On one side an advanced society, on the other, a derelict communist state. Perhaps, more then all, it shows what a difference politics can have in the world.

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