1. Today’s Schedule – 04/27 CNN Student News Today 2. Finish 27.2 PPTs
-27.3 Vocab Check
2. Finish 27.2 PPTs
PPT: China, Mongolia and Tibet Today
4. Rdg/Discussion: Understanding the China/Tibet Conflict
HW:
28.1 Vocab
Chapter 27 quiz – will be a take home quiz!

2. China’s Regions

3. Southern China is the most productive region in China

4. A large percentage of the population lives there.

5. The Chang Delta is a very important region for growing rice
Farmers there can grow two crops of rice a year, plus one vegetable crop.

6. This region is also home to many large cities
Such as Shanghai, a city of 20 million.

7. Hong Kong is also in southern China
And it is one of the world’s most crowded places – with 7 million people living in about 426 square miles.

8. Along the southern coast are many Special Economic Zones-SEZ
These zones are designed to attract foreign companies because goods and money can circulate freely there.

9. Northern China
This is where Chinese culture first developed. It is also a very densely populated region.

10. Beijing, located in the north, is China’s capital
And is the second largest city

11. The ancient city has an outer and inner city,
And within the walled Inner City is the Imperial City, from which China’s emperors ruled.

12. Within the Imperial City lies the Forbidden City
Where the emperors lived.

13. Northeastern China
This region was also known as Manchuria, and has a wealth of natural resources including coal, oil, and iron ore.

14. Western China Two large autonomous regions make up this part of China.
The area is very dry and high elevation, and people are either herders or irrigation farmers.

15. One of these regions is called Xizang, which is the official Chinese name for Tibet.
Tibet was once an independent kingdom, ruled by a religious leader called the Dalai Lama.

16. The Chinese have occupied Tibet since 1950
And the Dalai Lama fled to India, where he resides today.

17. Tibetans have been upset by the numbers of Han Chinese who have moved to the region
And are afraid of losing their culture.

19. Mongolia
The country of Mongolia is twice as big as Texas but only has a population of 2.7 million.

20. Many people there earn a living by herding livestock.

21. Mongolia’s main religion is Tibetan Buddhism

22. The country is landlocked and without many natural resources
And these factors limit the economic possibilities.

23. Taiwan
Taiwan is one of Asia’s richest and most industrialized countries.

24. Taipei is the capital
And is the cultural and financial center.

26. China’s communist government claims that Taiwan is part of China
And Taiwan claims to be the official government of China.
This has caused much tension between the two.