Highlights of China. The Great Wall. Climate, Land and Vegetation. Inventions. People. Writing

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1 CHINA HIGHLIGHTS

2 Highlights of China. The Great Wall Climate, Land and Vegetation Inventions Writing People

3 LAND

4 Pacific Rim of Fire

5 China s Provinces Satellite View of China

6 China vs. the U. S. in Size China United States China Size 3.7 million square miles 3.6 million square miles Miles ,000 1,500 2,000 Main physical barrier Himalayas Rockies United States Main River Yangtze / East - West Mississippi / North South Population East Coast East Coast SOURCE: Topic 5: The Awakening Giant by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

7 Vegetation and Climate

8 Climate There are 4 seasons. China has a variety of plant life.

9 The Gobi Desert More Land Bamboo Land Forests

10 Ch i n a s Cl i ma t e Z o n e s

11 P r e c i p i t a t i o n i n Ch i n a

12 Ag r i c u l t u r a l R e g i o n s i n Ch i n a

13 Ar a b l e L a n d

14 Br o wn Ch i n a v s. Gr e e n Ch i n a Pasture and Oasis Double-crop rice SOURCE: Topic 5: The Awakening Giant by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

15 So u t h Ch i n a

16 THE PEOPLE

17 China as % of World Population

18 T o p 1 0 P o p u l a t e d China India US Indonesia Brazil Russia Pakistan Bangladesh Japan Nigeria Na t i India o n s China US Pakistan Indonesia Nigeria Bangladesh Brazil Congo Ethiopia

19 The Population of China thousands

20 P o p u l a t i o n De n si t y

21 Male/Female Birth Population

22 Main Chinese Nationalities Total Population with No Education

23 Invention and Culture

24 China and Religion Although Communism discourage Religion, There are several in China: Christianity Islam Taoism Confucianism Confucianism- is both a system of thought and a religion. The system of thought focuses on Discipline and moral conduct

25 Inventions Yo-Yo Papermaking Abacus Silk Gunpowder Compass Wheelbarrow

26 The Great Wall of China

27 North China Plain

28 Economics and Politics

29 Fuels, Power, Minerals, & Metals in China

30 The Polluted Yellow River!

31 Total Carbon Emissions [in millions of tons]

32 The Gobi Desert More Land Bamboo Land Forests

33 Land Mount Everest Rivers Hills & Mountains Mount Everest continues to rise. Now slicing nearly six miles (ten kilometers) into the sky, the Himalaya became the highest mountain range on Earth. How fast is the great peak growing? In 1994 researchers placed a global positioning satellite (GPS) device on the South Col, a plateau below the summit. Readings suggest that Everest grows inches (about four millimeters) each year.

34 The Yangtze River, called Chang Jiang in Chinese, is the longest river in China and becomes well-known by its Three Gorges scenery.

35 More than 25 years ago, in 1974, Chinese farmers were digging a well in central China when they discovered an important archaeological site. They discovered fragments from the burial grounds of a Chinese emperor, Shi Huangdi (Shee-hwang-dee). His name is also spelled Shihuangdi. The Terra Cotta Army More Army

36 Starting from about the fifth century BC, we begin to find examples of writings on bamboo strips. Writing Chinese is written with characters known as hànzi There are tens of thousands of Chinese characters, many of which are archaic or obscure. Knowledge of about 5,000 characters is sufficient to read modern standard written Chinese competently. This takes at least 5 years of full-time study to acquire.

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