1. China

2. CHINA’S RELATIVE LOCATION ISOLATION  Natural Protective Barriers EFFECTS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN  A history of emperors who restricted the use of the coastline.  Today the ocean is playing a major role in the economic transformation of COASTAL CHINA.

3. China’s Physical Geography China has a vast variety of climates. Everything from deserts to tropical rainforests. Major Rivers: Yellow River, Yangtze River Major Deserts: Gobi Desert

4. CHINA’S POLITICAL MAP 4 CENTRAL-GOVERNMENT-ADMINISTERED MUNICIPALITIES  BEIJING (CAPITAL); TIANJIN (PORT CITY); SHANGHAI (LARGEST CITY); CHONGQUING (INTERIOR RIVER PORT) 5 AUTONOMOUS REGIONS  NEI MONGOL (INNER MONGOLIA); NINGXIA HUI; XINJIANG UYGUR (NW); GUANGXI ZHUANG (SOUTH); XIZANG (TIBET) 22 PROVINCES  LARGER IN THE WEST

5. China Political Geography Most populated country in the world. Pop: 1,321,851,888 Capital: Beijing Major Cities: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macao, Nanjing

6. China’s Government Government: Communist Economy: Mixed (socialist/market) Fast becoming the world’s largest economies. Has had problems with human rights issues.

7. Historical Perspectives: China One of the world’s greatest cultural hearths Continuous civilization for over 4,000 years View of China as the center of the civilized world. Historically China is a closed society

8. Buddhism Taoism Lao-tzuBuddha

9. CONFUCIUS CHINA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL PHILOSOPHER AND TEACHER 551- 479 BC. EMPHASIZED THAT HUMAN VIRTUES, RATHER THAN GODLY CONNECTIONS, SHOULD DETERMINE A PERSON’S PLACE IN SOCIETY TEACHINGS HAVE DOMINATED CHINESE LIFE AND THOUGHT FOR MORE THAN 20 CENTURIES

10. China’s History China has a long and ancient history. The Great Wall of China built to keep out Mongols. Gunpowder was invented in China. (First used for fireworks)

11. The Great Wall

12. The Grand Canal A waterway that linked the Huang He (Yellow)River and the Chang (Yangtze River) Covers 1,000 miles and is still the longest canal ever built

13. The Forbidden City

14. Tomb of China's First Emperor  Qin Shi Huang was buried in a massive tomb along with his army, servants and wealth.  An army of clay warriors guards the tomb of China's first emperor, who died in 210 BC.

15. Chinese is one of the world’s oldest active languages. Spoken Chinese varies dialect to dialect although the characters (over 50,000) used to represent the language remain the same. Since Chinese is written in characters rather than by a phonetic alphabet, Chinese words must be translated so foreigners can pronounce them. LANGUAGES

16. PINYIN THE MOST ACCEPTED SYSTEM OF ROMANIZING CHINESE ChineseTranslation BeiNorth NanSouth XiWest DongEast JingCapital ShanMountain HeRiver (in the north) JiangRiver (in the south)

17. ETHNIC GROUPS