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FrontPage: What do you know about China right now?
The Last Word: Map due Monday
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FrontPage: Find new seat – Turn in your map
The Last Word: Finish reading questions for tomorrow
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Overview and Geography of China
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Introduction to China
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China – General Facts
Official Name – People’s Republic of China (PRC)– Communist state – President Xi
Jinping Most are Han ethnicity
(Chinese) – 91% Most populous nation
– 1.3 billion people (over 20% of the world’s population
– Most live in the eastern 1/3rd of the country
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China – General Facts
Religions – officially atheist– Daoists, Buddhists, Muslims, Christians do
practice Official language – Mandarin
– Many different dialects are spoken Currency - yuan
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The Chinese Population
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General Geography Land area – slightly smaller than the US
– World’s 4th largest nation in sq. miles Mountains/plateaus cover western 2/3rds of
the nation Plains, hills and deltas cover eastern 1/3rd of
the nation
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Main Regions The “Heartland”
(North and South)
The Northeast– Manchuria
(Inner) Mongolia Xizang XinJiang
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The “Heartland”
Name for eastern portion of China– Divided into northern
and southern areas– Most of the population
located here– Agriculture and industry
largest in the south
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The Northeast Once known as Manchuria;
– Home to the Manchus, who conquered China in the 1600’s
Area rich in resources, but sparsely populated
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(Inner) Mongolia
Part of this area is separate nation, part is controlled by China
The part controlled by China is “semi-autonomous”
Gobi desert located in this area – harsh climate with hot winters and cold summers
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The Gobi Desert
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XizangAlso known as Tibet
Located in the Himalayas
China took over this area in 1950; ever since, the Dalai Lama has tried to gain freedom for Tibet
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XinjiangHome to many non-Chinese people, including Muslim Uighurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz.
Important oil-producing region
Once isolated, now linked by railroads
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Major Rivers Huang He (Yellow River) Chang (Yangzi River)
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Huang He (Yellow)
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Huang He (Yellow)Travels thousands of miles before
emptying into the Yellow Sea Yellow River; home to the earliest
civilization in the area– Loess – the yellow-brown soil that is
carried by winds across the North China plain into the river
Earned the name, “River of Sorrow” because of its frequent floods that cause much destruction
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Chang (Yangzi) Longest river in China (3900 miles) Carries much of China’s trade;
– Shanghai located at the mouth of the Chang
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Three Gorges Dam
Very controversial project…
Pro: provides electricity
Con: Forced relocation of millions of people
An attempt to harness the water for electricity…
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