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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA

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1 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA

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3 HISTORY Oldest continuous civilization -4,000 + years old
Invented gunpowder, compasses, paper, printing, porcelain, & silk cloth

4 HISTORY, CON’T. Promoted isolation until 1800s Europeans forced China
-built Great Wall of China to keep Mongol invaders out Europeans forced China to trade with them -created colonial cities

5 HISTORY, CON’T. -sought to modernize & Communist Party took
control in 1949 -sought to modernize & industrialize China -est. a command economy -outlawed religion

6 GREAT WALL OF CHINA Begun by emperor Shi Huangdi in 220 B.C.
A series of walls connected over time -from Yellow Sea to Gobi Desert Offered protection, but also caused isolation

7 CHINA TODAY Most populated country Still communist Emerging economic
-1.4 billion people -70% live in the east Still communist Emerging economic superpower -has eased command economy lately

8 CHINA’S ECONOMY Fastest growing economy in world -based on cheap labor
-has natural resources needed for industry -USA’s biggest rival


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