Exam 3 Review

Thu, Apr 21

Review:

• Trans-Pacific Partnership Debate
• Exam 3 on Tue
• Course Evaluations !!

Presentation:

• Exam 3
  • Study for map test covering Asia: Asia Exam 3 Blank
  • Study for short answer or essay questions on the following topics:
    • Russian Oligarchy
      • Vladimir Putin
      • Roman Abramovich (EVRAZ)
    • Litvienenko Controversy and Polonium poisoning
    • Oil Prices and Russia’s economy
    • Population Growth
    • Population Pyramids
    • India’s growing middle class
    • Guest Speaker Amy King
    • China’s unprecedented 30-year economic expansion
    • Key events in 20th Century China
      • Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist Party
      • Great Leap Forward
      • Cultural Revolution
      • One Child Policy
      • Tiananmen Square
      • Open Door Policy under Deng Xioping
      • Special Economic Zones
    • Natural Hazards and the Ring of Fire
    • 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
      • Supply Chain Disruption
    • Japan’s Lost Decades (Stock Market Decline)
    • Trans-Pacific Partnership Debate

Assignment:

• Study for Exam 3

Lesson 18: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

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Tue, Apr 19

Review:

• China
• Japan
• Review for Exam 3 on Thu, Apr 21
• Exam 3 on Tue, Apr 26

Presentation:

• Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Debate
• 6 Groups representing various stances (in the US) on TPP:
  • Pro TPP
    • Obama Administration
    • US Coalition for TPP (Industry)
  • Anti TPP
    • Sierra Club (Environmentalists)
    • AFL-CIO (Labor Unions)
    • Trump Campaign (anti-China)
  • Neutral: Moderators
• Format
  • Debate Preparation (30 min)
    • groups research position, key arguments, talking points
    • moderators work on set of debate questions
  • Opening Statements – 2 min per group (10 min)
  • Moderator questions and answers (20 min)
  • Closing Statements – 2 min per group (10 min)
  • Up or Down vote

Assignment:

• Prepare questions for Exam 3 Review

Lesson 17: Natural Disasters and Lost Decades in Japan

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Apr 14, 2016

Review:

• China Rising
• Schedule Revision
  • Today: China and Japan
  • Tuesday: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Debate
• China – Historical References
• • 1949 Mao Tse-tung’s Chinese Communist Party (CCP) takes power.
    • Kuo-min Tang (KMT), led by Chiang Kai-shek, retreats to Taiwan
  • 1958-1959 Great Leap Forward
    • Industrialization campaign
    • Widespread famine kills up to 30 million
  • 1966-1970 Cultural Revolution
    • Red Guards purge “revisionism” (Soviet) and “capitalism” (American) ideals
  • 1978-1987 One Child Policy
    • Population Pyramid
  • 1989 Tiananmen Square
    • Timeline
    • Tank Man
  • 1978- 1992 Deng Xioping
  • • Architect of new policy combining Socialism with Market Economics
    • Open Door policy allowed Foreign Direct Investment
    • Special Economic Zones were designated
    • Investment from Chinese immigrants living in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and originally from South/Southeast Coastal China (many relocated during Cultural Revolution)
    • Rapid GDP growth
    • FDI 1980-2013
    • Map of FDI activity

• More China Materials
  • Watch Understanding the Rise of China (TED video)
  • Read  The Rise of China and the Future of the West (Foreign Affairs PDF)

Presentation:

Natural Disasters – National Geographic, Wikipedia

Ring of Fire:

• 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan (National Geographic video)

Supply Chain Impacts:

• NY Times Article
• Harvard Business School
• Supply Chain Digest

Japan’s Lost Decade(s):

Assignment:

• Read about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP):
  • Office of the US Trade Representative
  • The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Accord Explained – The New York Times
  • Twelve countries reach an agreement on trans-Pacific trade _ The Economist
  • Trans-Pacific Trade Deal a Setback for China – WSJ
  • Fact-checking the campaigns for and against the TPP trade deal – The Washington Post
• Prepare to debate the TPP on Tuesday

Lesson 16: Rise of China

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Tue, Apr 12

Review:

• India and Guest Speaker – Amy King
• Course Evaluations Now Available – Please Help Me Improve
• Schedule for the home stretch
  • Apr 11 – Rise of China
  • Apr 13 – Understanding China
  • Apr 18 – Japan
  • Apr 20 – Review for Exam 3
  • Apr 25 – Exam 3
  • Apr 27 – Exam 3 Results and Final Exam Review
  • Finals Week

Presentation:

• Geography of East Asia

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• China Rising – The Dramatic Rise (Part 1)

Assignment:

• China Rising – Power and People (Part 2)
• China Rising – The Fire Inside (Part 3)
• China Rising – Made in China (Part 4)

Lesson 15: Life in India

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Thu, Apr 7

Review:

• Population Growth in India

Presentation:

• Guest Speaker
  • Amy King presenting “Secrets of the East”

Assignment:

• Optional: watch India’s Daughter (video)  [warning, sensitive content]

Lesson 14: Population Growth in India

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Tue, Apr 5

Review:

• Russia
• Central Asia Geography
• Survey for Wesley B.

Presentation:

• South Asia Geography:

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• Population Growth
• • World Population in 2015: Global Population and the changing shape of world demographics (Economist video)
  • Population Pyramids

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  • India Rising (PBS video)

Assignment:

• Read Population Growth (Economist article)
• Guest Speaker: Amy King on India (Thu, Apr 7)

Lesson 13: Oil and Oligarchy in Russia

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Tue, Mar 29

Review:

• Exam 2 Results

Presentation:

• Russia and Central Asia Geography
• Russia
  • Russian Oligarch Roman Abromovich (Forbes)
  • How Cheap Oil is Squeezing Russia’s Economy (Bloomberg article)
  • The Polonium Plot (CBC video)

Assignment:

• Read Mapping Russia’s Strategy (Geopolitical Futures article by George Friedman)
• Read A Hollow Superpower (Economist article)
• Optional: Putin’s Way (Frontline video) – legitimate or propaganda?
• Optional: Poisoned by Polonium (Independent documentary)