China in Depth
Evan Opgenorth, Hour 3
China's Geography
- Bordered by North Korea and Vietnam
- Area is 9.6 million kilometers squared
- 3rd largest country in total area behind Russia and Canada
- 11 of 17 tallest mountain peaks are located on China's western boarders
- Has 50,000 rivers
- Lots of natural resources like zince, tungsten, and graphite
- Generally hot summers and cold winters
- 9,010 miles of coastline
- 94% of people live in the east part of China
- China includes plateaus, plains, basins, foothills, and mountians
China's Culture
- One of the world's oldest cultures
- Government: Communest state; Chief of State is President XI Jinping
- Religion: multi-religion counrty since ancient times; only 15% are atheists
- Language: 40,000 different characters; 7 different official languages
- Social Organization: 90% are Han (ethnic Chinese); parents want kids to be hightly successsful
- Economic Systems: GDP per capita is $9,800; labor force is highest in world at 767.6 million people
- Customs and Traditions: Spring Festival marks beginning of the lunar new year; have many festivals or celebrations of the gods and/or godesses
- Arts and Literature: baskeball and table tennis are 2 main sports; ealiest Chinese Literature goes back to 618 A.D.
DBQs
What 2 countries put together are approximately equal China's population of chimps?
a. Burma and Laos
b. Vietnam and Bangladesh
c. Thailand and China
d. Cambodia and Burma
What 2 countries have the lowest population of chimps?
a. China and Cambodia
b. Thailand and Vietnam
c. Bangladest and Thailand
d. Laos and Bangladesh
Venn Diagram
A = China
- 1st in world population
- 92.2% literacy rate
- Top brand in country is China Mobile
- GDP per capita is $9,800
- 14,500 km of coastline
- Communist state
- Oct. 1, 1949, Independence
- Pop. below poverty line 13.4%
- Labor force 767.6 million people
- 1.1 billion mobile telephone lines in use
C= United States of America
- 3rd in world population
- 99% litertacy rate
- Top brand in country is Apple
- GDP per capita is $49,800
- 19,924 km of coastline
- Constitution based- fedural republic
- July 4, 1776, Independece
- Pop. below poverty line 15.1%
- Labor force 155 million people
- 310 million mobile telephone lines in use
B= What they have in common
- Diverse climates
- Northern Hemisphere
- Nuclear weapons
- Wold superpowers
- Sent into space