China Map Application:
Go to this map and use it to answer these questions:
1. What is wrong with this map?
This map has the Provinces of China named as the countries from around the world.
2. What is the map trying to show you?
the map shows the populations of China's provinces as they compare to other countries.
3. What country does Henan have a comparable population to? What is the population of that country? (search)
Mexico. 93,700,000 was the population of the country.
4. What country does Xinjiang have a comparable population to? What is the population of that country? (search)
madagascars. 24,100,000 was the population of the country.
5. What country does Shanghai have a comparable population to? What is the population of that country? (search)
Cameroons. 16,300,000 was the population of the country
6. What country does Fujian have a comparable population to ? What is the population of that country? (search)
Algeria. 37,500,000 was the population of the country.
7. Would you say that more people live in the east or the west of China?
I would say they live more in the east of china.
Go to this table and use it to answer these questions:
8. What province has the greatest population, and how many people does it have?
Guangdong. 94,500,000 people in the country.
9. What percent of the population lives in the cities? (urbanization) What is the GDP?
63 % of the people live in cities. Urbanization is 63%. 527,199 is the GDP.
10. What connection can you make between the location of the province (east or west), size of population, the percent of urbanization, and the GDP for this province?
Due to Guandong's location near water,near the southeast of China,more people choose to work there,its location near water probably helped industry which results in a high GDP. This economic increase creates many jobs which possibly paused urbanization.
China Activity 2
China Fact Finding: Copy and paste the table below to your China page. Read the information at the link below (in the China Facts Tab) and provide the assigned amount of details under each category. National Geographic China
Geography (5 facts)
History (5 facts)
Industry (3 facts)
Politics (2 facts)
1.China is the fourth largest Country in the world.
2.China's geography is highly diverse, with hills, plains, and river deltas in the east and deserts, high plateaus, and mountains in the west.
3.Climate is equally varied, ranging from tropical in the south (Hainan) to subarctic in northeastern China (Manchuria).
4.China's geography causes an uneven population distribution.
5.94 percent live in the eastern third of the country.
1.The first half of the 20th century saw the fall of the last Chinese emperor, Japanese invasion, World War II, and civil war between Chinese Communist and Nationalist forces—ending with the retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan. The People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976 imposed state control on the economy.
2.Since 1979, China has reformed its economy and allowed competition, and today it has one of the world's highest rates of growth, averaging nearly 10 percent since the late 1970s.
3.Rapid industrial development has increased pollution—with China having four of the world's ten most polluted cities when it comes to air quality.
4.The largest producer and consumer of coal, the country is turning away from coal toward clean hydroelectric resources, such as the Three Gorges Dam
5.In 2003 China became only the third nation (after Russia and the U.S.) to launch a manned spaceflight.
1.Rapid industrial development has increased pollution.
2.The largest producer and consumer of coal, the country is turning away from coal toward clean hydroelectric resources, such as the Three Gorges Dam.
3.Since 1979, China has reformed its economy and allowed competition, and today it has one of the world's highest rates of growth, averaging nearly 10 percent since the late 1970s.
1.The country launched a lunar orbiter in 2007 with the possibility of a manned mission to the moon by 2020.
2.A devastating earthquake hit Sichuan province in May 2008, leaving some 87,000 people dead or missing, injuring hundreds of thousands, and causing millions of people to lose their homes.
Activity 4:
China's History:
Directions: Click here to answer the following questions.
Stone Age
1. What probably caused people in China to start farming? They began on a natural response to being crowded. The climate was beginning to change.
2. Where did people start settling down in cities? Why do you think this is so? The people started settling down near a river valley along the Yellow River in China. I think this is so because they are near water where it can be easier to farm.
3. Where did people in China learn how to make carts probably? People in China probably learned how to make carts in Central Asia from the people who live there.
Shang Dynasty
4. What was the Bronze Age? The Bronze Age was the time when the Chinese started to learn how to make out of tin a copper.
5. What two other civilizations did the Chinese writing resemble? Describe the Chinese writing of that time. The two other civilizations at this time were the Egyptians and the Asians. The writing is the same as it is today only in an earlier verison.They wrote on bones and believed writing would tell the future.
6. What was used to keep records of payments between people? They used bones and tortoise shells to keep records of payments.
7. What type of ruler existed during this dynasty? During this Dynasty king ruled all over the land. Also as a result of one king the shang dynasty united many people.
8. Describe the social class system during this dynasty. Citizens divided into rich or poor classes.
9. Where did the people learn about chariots from? The people learned to make chariots from people in Central Asia.
10. How long did the Shang Dynasty last? The Shang Dynasty lasted about 700 years.
Chou Dynasty
11. How many kingdoms existed under the emperor? 200 little kingdoms.
12. Why were the leaders of the western dynasty forced into the east? They only ruled the western part of modern China. Then each kings was under the Chou Emperor.
13. Why were the first 300 years of the eastern dynasty good? The first 300 years of the Eastern Chou. Is called the spring and Autumn period because It was a good time for China.
14. How did iron cause conflict amongst the 200 kingdoms? Iron was used to make weapons allowed Kings to attack other Kings.
15. How many kingdoms survived after the emperor's end? What king was the only victor left in the end? Seven kingdoms were left. The king of Ch'in was the only king left.
Ch'in Dynasty
16. How did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti unite the people of China? Made them use the same letters to write with and used the same kind of weights to measure with.
17. How did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti make sure none of the lower kings revolted against him? he chose his own assistance and sent them out as governors and judges for each part of his empire.
18. What did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti order built to protect from Mongolian and Siberian invaders? he ordered the Great Wall of china to be built.
Han Dynasty
19. Who did Wu Ti remove from China? Kao Tsu's wife.
20. What trade route did Wu Ti develop? The Silk Road
21. What civilizations did the silk road connect? West Asia Egypt, and the Roman empire.
22. Describe university set up by Wu Ti. only men who were smart and hard working were allowed to attend the university. the government the paid for their expenses while they were at school.
23. How long was Pan Ch'ao gone exploring for? What did he learn about? he traveled for 28 years and learned about the Roman Empire.
24. Summarize the last paragraph.
Sui Dynasty
25. What did Wen Ti do to make the government better?
he wanted to decrase taxes for the poor conducted a census for tax information and wanted to give land to every man, who would pass it on to his sons at the age of 60.
26. How did Wen Ti choose his officials?
Wen Ti did what was done during the han Dynasty. he chose advisors from universities to find educated and fair men.
27. What was Wen Ti's greatest project?
Yang Ti constructed
28. What was Wen Ti's worst project?
Yang Ti tried to invade Korea, whuch was a mistake.
China's Culture
China's History
Education and Learning
Education and examinations are very important.
The Han Dynasty put great importance on passing exams for government office.
Food
"Don't waste food or parts of the animal or plant."
They dont waste food or plants because food is scarce. so much that people needed to start farming even during the Stone Age.
Language
Most people speak Chinese, although some other languages still survive.
China contains 56 ethnic groups. the majority of the groups is the Han ethnic group. Mandarin Chinese is the standard language of China today.
Kung Fu
Kung Fu is considered a form of self defense and exercise.
Festivals
During festivals families visit the shrines of ancestors for respect and help.
People believed that their family members who had died controlled their daily lives and futures.
Literature
The Chinese have an extensive record of history and folktales.
During the Shang Dynasty people started to keep records by writing information on bones.
Art
There are many statues and sculptures of animals and spiritual beings.
During the Shang Dynasty the dicovery of bronze caused people to create sculptures of deities and their ancestors.
Leisure
Mah Jong and Shanghai Solitaire are a couple of games played.
Ethnicities
Even thought there are 56 different ethnic groups, the majority of the population is of the Han ethnic group.
The Silk Road enabled people to interact and communicate, which united them more, resulting in people identifying with the Han culture. Also, trade makes money, money creates food, and food supports a bigger population.
China Map Application:
Go to this map and use it to answer these questions:
1. What is wrong with this map?
This map has the Provinces of China named as the countries from around the world.
2. What is the map trying to show you?
the map shows the populations of China's provinces as they compare to other countries.
3. What country does Henan have a comparable population to? What is the population of that country? (search)
Mexico. 93,700,000 was the population of the country.
4. What country does Xinjiang have a comparable population to? What is the population of that country? (search)
madagascars. 24,100,000 was the population of the country.
5. What country does Shanghai have a comparable population to? What is the population of that country? (search)
Cameroons. 16,300,000 was the population of the country
6. What country does Fujian have a comparable population to ? What is the population of that country? (search)
Algeria. 37,500,000 was the population of the country.
7. Would you say that more people live in the east or the west of China?
I would say they live more in the east of china.
Go to this table and use it to answer these questions:
8. What province has the greatest population, and how many people does it have?
Guangdong. 94,500,000 people in the country.
9. What percent of the population lives in the cities? (urbanization) What is the GDP?
63 % of the people live in cities. Urbanization is 63%. 527,199 is the GDP.
10. What connection can you make between the location of the province (east or west), size of population, the percent of urbanization, and the GDP for this province?
Due to Guandong's location near water,near the southeast of China,more people choose to work there,its location near water probably helped industry which results in a high GDP. This economic increase creates many jobs which possibly paused urbanization.
China Activity 2
China Fact Finding: Copy and paste the table below to your China page. Read the information at the link below (in the China Facts Tab) and provide the assigned amount of details under each category.
National Geographic China
2.China's geography is highly diverse, with hills, plains, and river deltas in the east and deserts, high plateaus, and mountains in the west.
3.Climate is equally varied, ranging from tropical in the south (Hainan) to subarctic in northeastern China (Manchuria).
4.China's geography causes an uneven population distribution.
5.94 percent live in the eastern third of the country.
2.Since 1979, China has reformed its economy and allowed competition, and today it has one of the world's highest rates of growth, averaging nearly 10 percent since the late 1970s.
3.Rapid industrial development has increased pollution—with China having four of the world's ten most polluted cities when it comes to air quality.
4.The largest producer and consumer of coal, the country is turning away from coal toward clean hydroelectric resources, such as the Three Gorges Dam
5.In 2003 China became only the third nation (after Russia and the U.S.) to launch a manned spaceflight.
2.The largest producer and consumer of coal, the country is turning away from coal toward clean hydroelectric resources, such as the Three Gorges Dam.
3.Since 1979, China has reformed its economy and allowed competition, and today it has one of the world's highest rates of growth, averaging nearly 10 percent since the late 1970s.
2.A devastating earthquake hit Sichuan province in May 2008, leaving some 87,000 people dead or missing, injuring hundreds of thousands, and causing millions of people to lose their homes.
Activity 4:
China's History:
Directions: Click here to answer the following questions.
Stone Age
1. What probably caused people in China to start farming?
They began on a natural response to being crowded. The climate was beginning to change.
2. Where did people start settling down in cities? Why do you think this is so?
The people started settling down near a river valley along the Yellow River in China. I think this is so because they are near water where it can be easier to farm.
3. Where did people in China learn how to make carts probably?
People in China probably learned how to make carts in Central Asia from the people who live there.
Shang Dynasty
4. What was the Bronze Age?
The Bronze Age was the time when the Chinese started to learn how to make out of tin a copper.
5. What two other civilizations did the Chinese writing resemble? Describe the Chinese writing of that time.
The two other civilizations at this time were the Egyptians and the Asians. The writing is the same as it is today only in an earlier verison. They wrote on bones and believed writing would tell the future.
6. What was used to keep records of payments between people?
They used bones and tortoise shells to keep records of payments.
7. What type of ruler existed during this dynasty?
During this Dynasty king ruled all over the land. Also as a result of one king the shang dynasty united many people.
8. Describe the social class system during this dynasty.
Citizens divided into rich or poor classes.
9. Where did the people learn about chariots from?
The people learned to make chariots from people in Central Asia.
10. How long did the Shang Dynasty last?
The Shang Dynasty lasted about 700 years.
Chou Dynasty
11. How many kingdoms existed under the emperor?
200 little kingdoms.
12. Why were the leaders of the western dynasty forced into the east?
They only ruled the western part of modern China. Then each kings was under the Chou Emperor.
13. Why were the first 300 years of the eastern dynasty good?
The first 300 years of the Eastern Chou. Is called the spring and Autumn period because It was a good time for China.
14. How did iron cause conflict amongst the 200 kingdoms?
Iron was used to make weapons allowed Kings to attack other Kings.
15. How many kingdoms survived after the emperor's end? What king was the only victor left in the end?
Seven kingdoms were left. The king of Ch'in was the only king left.
Ch'in Dynasty
16. How did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti unite the people of China?
Made them use the same letters to write with and used the same kind of weights to measure with.
17. How did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti make sure none of the lower kings revolted against him?
he chose his own assistance and sent them out as governors and judges for each part of his empire.
18. What did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti order built to protect from Mongolian and Siberian invaders?
he ordered the Great Wall of china to be built.
Han Dynasty
19. Who did Wu Ti remove from China?
Kao Tsu's wife.
20. What trade route did Wu Ti develop?
The Silk Road
21. What civilizations did the silk road connect?
West Asia Egypt, and the Roman empire.
22. Describe university set up by Wu Ti.
only men who were smart and hard working were allowed to attend the university. the government the paid for their expenses while they were at school.
23. How long was Pan Ch'ao gone exploring for? What did he learn about?
he traveled for 28 years and learned about the Roman Empire.
24. Summarize the last paragraph.
Sui Dynasty
25. What did Wen Ti do to make the government better?
he wanted to decrase taxes for the poor conducted a census for tax information and wanted to give land to every man, who would pass it on to his sons at the age of 60.
26. How did Wen Ti choose his officials?
Wen Ti did what was done during the han Dynasty. he chose advisors from universities to find educated and fair men.
27. What was Wen Ti's greatest project?
Yang Ti constructed
28. What was Wen Ti's worst project?
Yang Ti tried to invade Korea, whuch was a mistake.