1. China, Mongolia, & Taiwan Chapter #27

2. I. Natural Environments
A. Landforms & Rivers
Physical size of China?
Topography?
Himalayas?
World’s highest plateau?

3. Most populated area?
Major rivers? (3)
Major plains? (2)

4. Mongolia?
Taiwan?
Geologic activity?

5. B. Climates
The Asian monsoon system?
Climates?

6. C. Natural Resources
Resources?
Three Gorges Dam?
Impact?

7. D. Agricultural Resources
% of arable land?
Paddy fields?
Intensive agriculture?
Double cropping?
Aquaculture?

8. II. History & Culture Length of history? Dynastic Cycle?
Mandate of Heaven?
Qin (Chin) Dynasty?
Han Dynasty?

10. A. Modern History Outside contact? First Euros. to arrive?
China = self-sufficient
Opium War (1839 – 42)?
Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Hong Kong?

11. Sun Yat-sen? Chiang Kai-shek? Mao Zedong Japanese invasion?
Nationalist Party
Mao Zedong
Communist Party
Japanese invasion?
Puppet govt.?
WWII

12. Communists chased Nationalists out Collectivize farms?
Power in numbers?
One child per family?
Great Leap Forward?
Cultural Revolution?
Red Guard?

13. B. A New China Deng Xiaoping? Ag. Productivity? Challenges?
Market economy
Ag. Productivity?
Challenges?
Environment?
Tiananmen Square?

14. C. Culture Population? Official language? Pictograms? Calligraphy?
Religions?
Confucianism?

15. III. The Region Today A. Southern China Productivity?
“China’s Rice Bowl?”
Major river?
Largest city?
SEZ?

16. B. Northern China
Major river?
Second-largest city?

17. C. Northeastern China
Manchuria?
Resources?
Population makeup?

18. D. Western China Population? Tibet? Way of life? Dalai Lama?
“Free Tibet?”

19. E. Taiwan
Economy?
Largest city?
Martial law?
Relationship w/China?