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**__ Geography __-How does geography influence human actions?**-It changes where the majority of population is as well as the major economic products, fish, metals and produce. Korea's geography limits the amount of farmable land. It is a peninsula in the Eastern mainland of Asia that lies between Japan and China. Yellow Sea is to the West. Korea Strait and Sea of Japan is in the East. Korea is split into two, North and South. South is slightly smaller than the north but has twice the population. Korea makes a cultural bridge between Japan and China. 100 B.C. Chinese spread to Korea. Chinese culture was spread from China to Korea to Japan. Location made Korea a battlefield for those who wanted control of the East Asia. In the 1950's Korea became a battlefield for the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Mostly of mountains and plains, long coastline.Mountains cover about 70 percent of the Korean peninsula. The T'aebaek Range runs from North to South. 25 percent of Koreans live in mountains or the mountain valleys. The North has more mountains. Most of the population lives on the coastal plains. There are three separate areas of plains North East, West and South. The West is a major farming region. Pyongyang is North Koreas capital ans Seoul is the capital of South Korea, both located on the Western coast. Korea has a 6,000 mile coastline, 3,000 islands and most Koreans are farmers. South Korea holds the worlds third largest fishing industry. Korea has hot summers and cold winters. North has harsher winters, meaning it can only harvest one crop a year. South is milder so it can harvest longer. South is less mountainous than the North. 60 percent of of land in the South is farmable compared to the 20 percent of the North. The North is mountainous and provides large amounts of coal, iron, lead, copper, and zinc. The people are very skilled and educated. Literacy rate of 95 percent, almost all attending elementary and most complete high school. It is a homogeneous society, meaning the people share a common ethnic and cultural backround, they speak there own language as well.
 * Why do people trade and migrate?**-People trade to obtain goods that they can not obtain themselves.
 * Do humans shape their environment or did the environment shape the culture?-**The environment shaped the culture, they had to move to better land.
 * Are some places better to live than others?-**The South West is more suitable for farming and the coastline provides easy access to fish.
 * How has Korea kept its own culture?-**Keeping old tradtions alive.

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