By June Leigh (1) (2) Contents Land and Water Climate and Vegetation Natural Resources Historic Tradition People and Culture Transformation Land and Water Huang He and the Yangzi River Yangzi and the Huang He rivers the two river that are ju st deep enough for a cargo shi p can pass through Lots of people live by the two rivers There is fertile yellow soil aro und Huang He River (3) (4) Chinas Landforms Desert takes up 2/3 of China The southwestern and the southern part of China is the home of the highest mountain The Himalayan Mountains in China includes Mt. Everest, the highest mountain (5) (6) This mountainous area is called Tibet Some people live in the mountains, the desert, or the highlands Most of the people crowd into the lowlands of China (7) (8) Climate and Vegetation Monsoons Climate is very hard There are Monsoons and Typhoons Monsoons are winds that blow across China in a certain time of the year and they make rainfalls and June drizzles (9) In winter moisture from the South China sea makes snow or rain Typhoons Definition: a violent storm that starts in the Pacific Ocean Effects: - typhoons damages a lot of and produces rain - winds blow as fast as 75 miles an hour or more (10) Plants in East Asia Many are strong enough to survive the seasonal changes, different temperatures, and the rainfall Bamboo, a good example, grows incredibly fast during wet seasons and can survive in the dry seasons by storing food in its big roots The opposite: shrubs and many flowers in China all die after the summer rain or because of the seasonal changes (11) Climate affecting Life Huang He, a very useful river, but also called the China Sorrow Monsoons make the water flow over the dams and to the banks; the farmers living by the banks drown and die The diet of the Chinese: in the South people eat more rice; in the North people eat more wheat (12) Natural Resources Resource in China A lot of natural resources mined for 2,000 years Minerals found are copper, tin, iron, coal, oil But they still need to trade with other countries because they dont have everything (13) The Dying Forests and Trees They dont care a lot about their forests Not replacing trees after they are cut down Need programs to plant new trees (14) Water Uses water power called hydroelectricity Fish for food The Pacific Ocean is a big food resource Also do sea farming, called aqua culture, growing fish and some other seafood (15) Farming They use just 10 percent of the land Double-cropping and triple-cropping is used to feed its huge population To use more land they make terraces on steep hillsides Also theyuse the sides of the roads and the railway line for planting (16) Historic Tradition Thought they had the best civilization because they invented paper, gun powder, silk weavings, magnetic compass, printing press clockwork, the spinning wheel, and the water wheel. The Great Wall of China began in 600B.C., and is one of the symbols in China Named their country Middle Kingdom by looking at the Great Wall of China In the old days China was governed by an emporor Their history described by different dynasties (17) The Spread of Culture Traditionally China was the best at making inventions and discoveries, but soon these ideas spread to Korea and Japan Korea and Japan started Buddhism following China This cultural diffusion made China uneasy (18) Westerners coming to East Asia China was not interested in the world outside, but others were interested in China This interest started by an Italian man named Marco Polo Marco Polo visited China, amazed by its culture, so told others about the amazing culture of China (19) Europeans wanted parts of China and their wealth Foreign countries entered China, but the people didnt have enough power to defend against the foreigners Controlled by foreign countries until 1899 when the United States made a rule that China will need to trade with all other countries New forces in China Many Chinese citizens blamed their emperor for the foreign influence In 1911 the time of emperors broke and a republic was set After World War II and the Japanese invasion, China started a civil war between two political groups: Nationalists and the Communists In 1949, China becomes a communist country (20) People and Culture Culture Weiqi (wy chee) is a Chinese game that many Chinese enjoy there is 2 player and 1 player gets 181 black stones, the other player gets 180 stones You need to surround the enemies rocks and capture them to win Chinese say that they can read the players mind while they were playing (21) Communism 1949, Communists began making new rules They ended land owning people had to live and work together on the same land The new rules didnt work, not very much food was made, so communists let farmers own land again (22) Population To decrease its population, rules were made Couples can have a baby starting at 20 years old Can have only one baby (23) Life for Women After communism women had a better life Could work outside of the home, choose their own husbands, and also get divorced (24) Old in the New days Old and ancient stuff affect their modern world Can see three-wheeled cabs, and small shops that sell traditional things Great respect for their own history (25) Hans in China 19 of 20 Chinese are Hans; the others are from 55 other small regions Hans mostly live in the Eastern part China Speak in the same language but in a different dialect (26) Transformation Chinas Changes Huge changes between 1980s and , Jay Arena, an American doctor visited China She saw 200 million bicycles everywhere; people wore no jewels; had no pets (28) Very few apartments in the city with flushable toilets Now, more flushing toilets, high-rise apartments, office buildings, new roads connecting countryside and city Number of bicycles decreased but cars, trucks, and buses all around the city increased (29) (30) When the Communist took over China the nation disagreed about their ideas But the communists did what they thought The big problem was the Chinese didnt have peace for a long time (31) Mao Zedong made rules The first rule was called The Great Leap Forward Communists made people work without experience to increase the amount of production This idea was a big disaster and not a leap forward, but a leap backward (32 In 1966 he made another rule called The Cultural Revolution His goal was to make a completely new society Students, called The Red Guard destroyed beautiful ancient buildings and beat up artists, professors, and doctors (34) The Red Guard attacked his government and thousands of citizen died In 1969 Mao Zedong ended the Cultural Revolution (35) The Start of Taiwan In 1949 the Nationalists moved to an island called Taiwan to separate from Communists They followed their own rules and made a lot of profit People chose their own jobs and made private businesses With the profits they built ports and railroads Taiwan made a lot of profit and was one of the biggest output countries in East Asia Both China and Taiwan said they were the real China China said Taiwan was their province, but Taiwan said the opposite (36) Thank You to Google for the good images. 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