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Warm Up. Do you believe people living in the United States have a good quality of life (are happy with the way they are living)? Why or why not? How do you believe we can improve quality of life in the United States?. China. Population : 1.351 billion (2012) World Bank. China.
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Warm Up • Do you believe people living in the United States have a good quality of life (are happy with the way they are living)? Why or why not? • How do you believe we can improve quality of life in the United States?
China • Population: 1.351 billion (2012)World Bank
China • Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
China • Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
China • Natural Resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
India • Population: 1.237 billion (2012)World Bank
India • Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
India • Terrain: upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
India • Natural Resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
While you are reading… • For each section: • Underline/Highlight what you believe are the MOST important facts (do not underline the entire reading). • Write down opinion/thoughts that you think of while you are reading on the sides. • Write down questions that you think of while you are reading on the sides. **After you finish reading each section, share your highlighting/thoughts/questions with your group.**
Project • After Reading… • Fill out the project worksheet. You may complete this in your group. • After you finished answering all of the questions, pick a product to make from the list provided. • On the back of the worksheet you will find a rubric to show you how you will be graded. • This worksheet MUST be attached to your final project.