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Lesson 69:
Political Features of East Asia
To give you an idea of the size and location of East Asia, look at our lesson on Geographical
Regions of Asia
(LLB=Lesson 54)
. There are six countries located in East Asia. They are China,
Japan, NorthKorea, SouthKorea, Taiwan, andMongolia.
In size, China is the dominant country in East Asia. China is so large that the only region it does
not border inAsia is Southwest Asia. It stretches almost 2,500miles in length and inwidth.There are
14 countries that share borderswithChina.
ACTIVITY 1:
Let’s take a tour aroundEast Asia.Use your classroom atlas to learnwhere the countries are located.
For Part A1, use the grid coordinates in the chart to locate andwrite the names of the countries in the
blanks on your regional map on the next page. For Part A2, after you have located and labeled each
country, find its borders and trace themwith colored pencils or crayons.
For Part B, use the grid coordinates to locate andwrite the names of the capitals for each country
in the blanks on your regional map on the next page.
Part A1
Part B1
GridCoordinates
Country
GridCoordinates
Capita
l
B/G,3/4
China
F,3
Beijing
D/E,2
Mongolia
E,2
UlanBator
G/H,3
NorthKorea
G,3
Pyongyang
H,3
SouthKorea
H,3
Seoul
G,5
Taiwan
G,4
Taipei
H/I,2/3
Japan
I,3
Tokyo
ACTIVITY 2:
Use your classroom atlas and the grid coordinates to locate and write the names of the bordering
countries and cities in the blanks on your regional map on the next page. The names of bordering
countries are shaded in light green.The names of other cities are not shaded in.
Russian
FederationA-I/1
KazakhstanB,2
KyrgyzstanA,3
Tajikistan A,3
Afghanistan A,3
Pakistan A/B,3/4
India B,4
Nepal C,4
Bhutan C,4
Myanmar D,4/5
Laos E,5
Vietnam E,5
*Tibet B/C,3/4
HongKong F,5
Shanghai G,4
Osaka I,3
*Note:Tibetwasan independent countryuntil theChinesecommunist government took it over in1950.
Most of the Tibet Plateau is over 10,000 feet above sea level. Because of its high elevation, Tibet is
also known as the “roof of theworld.”
East Asia
