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What we know about China:

What we know about China:. Bejing – 2008 Olympics Industries “Made in China” “Indo” China Communist – government Population Fortune cookies, rice, eat cats and dogs? Speak Chinese Great wall and silk road Pingpong , gymnastics, fighters Dynasties (Ming). What do we want to know?.

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What we know about China:

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  1. What we know about China: • Bejing – 2008 Olympics • Industries • “Made in China” • “Indo” China • Communist– government • Population • Fortune cookies, rice, eat cats and dogs? • Speak Chinese • Great wall and silk road • Pingpong, gymnastics, fighters • Dynasties (Ming)

  2. What do we want to know? • Pandas • Music • Fireworks/celebrations • Myths • Exports • Dragons • Culture • Language • Religions • Sports

  3. CHINA

  4. INTRODUCTION

  5. Basics • Largest population – 1.3 BILLION • 20% of the world’s people • 90% of people live in 1/6 of the land. • 3rd Largest in land mass • 3.7 Million Sq. Miles • Behind Russia, Canada • 60% of all workers = farmers • World’s oldest LIVING civilization

  6. Zhonggou • Ancient name for China • Means “middle” & “kingdom” • Still common name today • Two SEPARATE GOV’Ts • Split in a 1949 after civil war between the Communists led by Mao Zedong and the Nationalists led by Chiang Kaishek • Mao and the Communists defeated the Nationalists • The Nationalists fled to….. • Taiwan • Taiwan is known as the Republic of China today • Mao set up the… • PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (Communist) • Includes Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau

  7. China & Taiwan (Same Country / Two Separate Governments)

  8. DIVERSE LAND MOUNTAINS • Tien Shan • Western China • Altai • Far northern China • Himalayas • Southwest China

  9. DIVERSE LAND DESERTS • Taklimakan (TaklaMakan) • Gobi • Both are cold and windy deserts

  10. DIVERSE LAND STEPPE • Very little rain • Treeless grassland, SHORT grass • Northern China near Gobi Desert • Grazing land for sheep and ponies • Sparsely populated

  11. DIVERSE LAND PLAINS • Manchurian Plain • North China Plain • Furthest east

  12. DIVERSE LAND RIVERS • Many begin in western mountains, flow eastward toward China’s east coast. • Fertile soil surrounds river and 90% of China’s population lives here.

  13. Yangtze (Chang Jiang R) • 3rd Longest in world behind • Nile, Amazon) • 4,000 Miles • Longest in Central China • Also, known as the “rice bowl”

  14. Yellow • Huang He • Longest in Northern China • 3,000 Miles • Carries yellowish topsoil known as loess • Floods, cause great destruction • 1931 flood may have killed up to four million people • Nickname = “China’s Sorrow” • Three Gorges Dam built on river • Supplies 10% of China’s energy • 300 million live downstream from dam

  15. Grand Canal • Longest artificial waterway • Runs 1,114 miles from Beijing to Hangzhou.

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