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CHINA
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Geography/Climate
- Extremely diverse climate/tropical in south,
subarctic in north - Mostly mountainous, high plateaus, deserts in
west - Suffers through Earthquakes because it partly
lies on the Ring of Fire
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FAULT
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Tian Shan Mountains
Himalayas, Kunlun Shan, Atlai
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Plateau of Tibet
Video
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Rivers
- Rivers Yangtze, Yellow, Xi
- Yellow Chinas Sorrow, killed hundreds of
thousands, caused a lot of damage
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DIKES
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Three Gorges Dam
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Deserts
Gobi
Taklimakan
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COMMUNIST STATE
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Economy
- Since 1949 has been a communist state
- Government controlled every aspect of the state
- Discovered that the communist system caused many
problems that China was falling behind other
countries in technology manufacturing - Recently government leaders have been making
changes to improve the economy
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FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
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Economy
- As a result of changes, Chinas economy has
boomed - The value of goods services has increased 4x
from 1978-1999 - China was eager to learn new business methods so
they encouraged other countries to invest in
their economy
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INVEST
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Shared Investments
- Many companies in China are jointly owned with
foreign business men - Are able to pay Chinese workers a lot less
there is hundreds of millions of new possible
customers - Many American businesses have moved to China
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CONSUMER GOODS
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ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS
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Easter Bunny Captured
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Economical Damages
- Growing Industry has dramatically hurt the
environment/coal burning pollutes the
air/factories dump poisonous chemicals into the
river - Pollution has caused a great increase in lung
disease/1/4 of all deaths in China
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Hong Kong Macau
- Hong Kong was controlled by Britain until 1997
- Macau was controlled by Potugal until 1999
- Both cities are centers of manufacturing, trade,
and finance
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CHINA/history
- Civilization is more than 4,000 years old
- Was ruled by dynasties until the early 1900s
- Dynasties would hold power until it was
overthrown - Through the rule of dynasties, China built a
highly developed culture and conquered many
neighboring lands
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GREAT WALL
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Silk Road
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Confucius
- Taught people to be polite, honest, brave, wise
- Children were to obey their parents
- Everyone was to respect the elderly obey the
countrys rules - Confucius thoughts shaped China until early 1900s
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Confucianism
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Confucius Tomb
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Laozi/Daoism
- Laozi came around during Confucius time
- His Daoism teachings stated that people should
live simply and in harmony with nature - Laozis beliefs attracted writers artists
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Daoism
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Chinese Inventions
- Famous Chinese inventions silk, clock, compass,
printed books, gunpowder, fireworks, paper
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History
- Foreign influence increased in China in the
1700s 1800s - United Kingdom other nations used military
force to force China to trade - Europeans wanted fine Chinese goods such as tea,
silk, pottery
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Communist China
- In 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen led an uprising that
overthrew the last emperor - China became a republic until disorder allowed
for the Nationalist and Communist parties to take
control - After WWII, Nationalist Communist fought for
power - Communists won set up power
- Nationalist fled to the neighboring island of
Taiwan where they set up a rival governenment
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
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Chiang Kai-Shek
MAO ZEDONG
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Communist China
- Under communism, farms were organized into large
government owned farms - Women were forced to join the industrial
workforce - There were some economic benefits such as
improved agriculture and dams - Many govt programs went severely wrong and
individual freedoms were completely lost - Many who opposed Communism were killed
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Deng Xiaoping
- After Mao died in 76, Deng Xiaoping took China
in a different direction - Deng opened up the economy to western ideas
- However, government continued to deny individual
freedoms and acted harshly against anyone who
criticized the government
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Tiananmen Square
- In 1989, students gathered to protest and demand
democracy - Tanks rolled in and killed thousands and arrested
many more - Many countries criticized Chinas human rights
and refused to trade until better treatment of
citizens
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Tiananmen Square Protest, 1989
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HUMAN RIGHTS
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Tibet/Dalai Lama
- Government took control of Tibet, a Buddhist
kingdom, in 1950 - Tibet tried to rebel 9 years later and was
crushed - The Dalai Lama now lives in exile in India and
US - Lama travels the world seeking support
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EXILE
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Chinese Culture
- China is known for its traditional arts
- pottery, jade, jewelry, decorated silk,
sculpture, and architecture - first to develop porcelain
- Chinese enjoy fish, crab, and shrimp dishes
- Most of their food is made with a lot of pepper
- Typical Chinese meal includes vegetables w/ bits
of meat or seafood, soup, rice or noodles - Stir Fry Is cooked quickly in small amounts of
oil
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Stir Fry
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People of China
- 92 belong to Han ethnic group
- 8 belong to 55 other ethnic groups
- 1/5 of the worlds population
- 1.3 billionpopulation
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PAGODAS
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Calligraphy
- No alphabet in China
- It is a system where symbols represent concepts
- Should know at least 3,000 character to be able
to understand newspapers - 6,000 characters are essential in every day use
- Dictionary could have 40,000-50,000 characters
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Kentucky SUV
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Taiwan
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Geography
- Island 100 miles off southeast coast of China
- Mild winters hot, rainy summers
- central ridge of steep forested mountains
- east mountains descend to rocky coastline
- west fertile flat plain/home to 90 of people
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Economy
- One of worlds most prosperous economies
- Most of the wealth comes from technology
industries, manufacturing, trade - Factories make computers, calculators, radios,
televisions, telephones - Have placed some factories in other Asian
nations, ex Thailand
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HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
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Economy
- Taiwan China has improved economic ties since
early 90s - Solid agricultural economy farmers grow rice on
terraces built on sides of mountains - Grow enough food to supply for own people and
export
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Terraced Rice Fields
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History
- Used to be part of the Chinese Empire
- 1895, Japan took control after defeating China in
war - Japan developed economy but treated people very
poorly - Taiwan was returned to China after WWII
- 1949, Chang Kai-Shek of Nationalist fled China
brought 1 m. refugees
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History
- Kai-Shek and followers were escaping communism
- Nationalist planned to go back and take China but
never did - Nationalist controlled Taiwan until early 1990s
established a 1 party system - Is now a democracy and locals are allowed to
participate in govt. - Never declared independence, China still claims
as a province, threatens to use force if they
ever did
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Taipei
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People
- 75 of people live in urban areas
- 22.5 m. population
- Chinese culture affects the customs and
architecture of Taiwan
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Mongolia
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Geography
- Size of Alaska, landlocked
- Known as the land of the Blue Sky
- Rugged mountains high plateaus in the west and
central regions - Country is covered with steppes
- Extreme climateshot summers, cold winters
- Capital Ulaanbaator
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Gobi
Gobi
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Steppes
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Ulaanbaatar
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People
- 60 of people live in urban areas some are
nomadic - Herder/nomads live in yurts
- Mongolians live on farms
- 2.4 m. population
- Main religion is Buddhism, even though it is
discouraged
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Nomads
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Economy
- Many Mongolians tend to sheep, goats, cattle, and
camels - Important industries depend on animal products
- Factories use wool to make textiles and clothing
- Factories use hides to make leather and shoes
- Farmers grow wheat and grain
- economy based on agriculture and breeding
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History
- Gained fame in the 13th century under Genghis
Khan, they conquered 80 of Eurasia, stretched
from China to Eastern Europe - Gained fame as fierce fighters
- Revered for their skill and knowledge of raising
and riding horses - After Khans death, empire was divided into
several Mongol states, but broke apart in 14th
century
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Genghis Khan
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Mongols
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Empire
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History
- Mongols eventually retired back to their steppe
homeland and became under the control of the
chinese - Mongolia won independence in 1921 with soviet
backing - Communist regime was installed in in 1924
- Became democratic in the early 1990s through
lessening of power from communist - Parliamentary democracy
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Naadam Festival
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Yurt
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