GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING, CHINA IS LARGER THAN THE UNITED STATES.

1. GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING, CHINA IS LARGER THAN THE UNITED STATES.

2. CHINA IS A COMMUNIST COUNTRY.

3. ALL FAMILIES IN CHINA ARE LIMITED TO ONE CHILD.

4. GENERALLY SPEAKING, PARENTS HOPE TO HAVE BABY GIRLS, NOT BOYS.

5. CHINA’S OFFICAL RELIGION IS BUDDHISM.

6. MEN IN CHINA LOOKING TO GET MARRIED ARE VERY LUCKY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE WOMEN, SO THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF FINDING THE WOMAN OF THEIR DREAMS.

7. FOOD SUPPLY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR CHINA THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY.

8. MANY MODERN COUNTRIES GAINED THEIR INDEPENDENCE THROUGH REVOLUTION. CHINA’S REVOLUTION TOOK PLACE IN THE MID 1800S.

9. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA WAS BUILT TO KEEP UNHAPPY PEASANTS FROM LEAVING CHINA, WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LABOR SHORTAGE AND HUGE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE WALL WAS BUILT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN, NOT OUT, JUST LIKE THE BERLIN WALL.

11. workers peasants bourgeoisie LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY Patriotic capitalists • stars are evenly spread and all point back to the larger star

12. FATCS & FIGURES • CONTINENT? - Asia • POPULATION? - 1,330,044,605 • GOV’T? – Communist (capital is Beijing) • RELIGIONS? – Taoist, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim (officially atheist) • HOW OLD? – Oldest civilization in the world

14. GEOGRAPHY WEST EAST Borders the Pacific Ocean Fertile river valleys and plains Good place for life to flourish, unlike the west • Rugged, forbidding terrain • Himalayas close the SW part of the country

15. MOUNTAINS Mts. Cover 1/3 of the country, mostly in the west

16. RIVERS 3 main rivers drain the eastern basin: • Huang He (Yellow River) • Chang Jiang (Yangtze) • Xi Jiang

17. CLIMATE • Very diverse climate ranging from tropical in the south to subarctic in the north • Melting snow and monsoon seasons provide fertile farming areas

18. CHINESE NEW YEAR • Calendar dates back many centuries and is based on the moon and the sun • Calendar is cyclical (12 cycles, complete cycles are 60 years made of shorter cycles of 12 years) • Year can be named 3 ways: • Animal (rat, dragon, monkey…) • Traditional name (Wu Zi) • Number (2008 = 4705)

19. ANIMALS OF THE CALENDAR • RAT, OX, TIGER, RABBIT, DRAGON, SNAKE, HORSE, GOAT, MONKEY, ROOSTER, DOG, BOAR 2011 is the year of the RABBIT

20. List 3-5 adjectives that describe you

21. Write 3-5 sentences that describe you. Consider personality traits, health, morals, likes/dislikes, attitude about health, family and friends…

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23. DYNASTIES G.O. ZHOU How? – When? – Son of Heaven –

24. ZHOU cont. Agricultural System – Technological Advances

25. WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

26. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT IS HAPPINESS? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT? WHAT MORALS/VALUES SHOULD WE LIVE BY?

27. CHINESE PHILOSOPHIES • During the late Zhou period scholars sought solutions to problems: • Political breakdown • Social disorders • Efforts led to new philosophies that focused on • life in this world • how this life should be lived (not great emphasis on the afterlife)

28. DAOISM BUDDHISM

29. CONFUCIANISM KONGUZI (Confucius) • Born in 551 B.C. • Taught that “social harmony” and “good gov’t” would return to China if people lived according to ethics – good conduct and moral judgment • Golden rule “Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you”

30. CONFUCIANISM cont. 5 RELATIONSHIPS • Confucius stressed the importance of moral behavior in 5 basic relationships

31. 5 RELATIONSHIPS 1 RULER & SUBJECT

32. 5 RELATIONSHIPS 2 Parent & Child

33. 5 RELATIONSHIPS 3 Husband & Wife

34. 5 RELATIONSHIPS 4 Old & Young

35. 5 RELATIONSHIPS 5 Friend & Friend

36. CONFUCIANISM cont. • He cared most about family relationships and a child’s respect for parents (filial piety) • Died in 479 B.C. • Analects – teachings were written down into this book • Greatly influenced Chinese society/politics until early 1900s

37. DAOISM LAOZI • Lived in the 500s b.c. • Stressed living in harmony with nature • Followers believed people should give up worldly ambitions and turn to nature and the dao

38. DAOISM cont. • Dao – universal force that guides all the things • Focus on nature greatly emphasized Chinese art

39. DAOISM cont. Yin and Yang • two opposing forces present in all nature (everything has both) • Yin – cool, dark, female • Yang – warm, light, male

40. BUDDHISM • Entered China during the end of the Han dynasty • Emphasis on personal salvation and nirvana was appealing • Widely accepted by the 400s A.D.

41. SOCIETY & CULTURE • During the Han Dynasty the ideas of Confucius influenced all aspects of personal and social life • The family became most important aspect of Chinese society

42. FAMILY • Every member knew their place and role • Hierarchy – organization based on separate levels of importance

43. FAMILY ORGANIZATION OLDEST MALE (father) Oldest Son Mother Oldest daughter

44. FAMILY RULES • Very strict rules governed the family • Nobody wanted to bring shame on the family name • Expected to pay respect to dead ancestors (ancestor worship)

46. CHINA IN THE 1800’sOPENED UP BY THE WEST

47. IMPERIALISM IN ASIA • Imperialism – policy of building an empire • During the 1800s many European countries wanted control of Asian territory for trade