1. Winter Olympics Country Project By: Mercedes Loftus

2. Map of China

3. Geography Some of the landforms and bodies of water in China are: Hemayila Mountains, Tibet Plateau, Yangtze River, Huang He, Chang Jiang, and North Plain. China is located in Asia, and on the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

4. The People The main language of China is Mandarin The main religions of China are: Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims, and Christians The life expectancy in this country is: Male:71 Female:74 The adult literacy rate for China is: Male:95% Female:87%

5. Government The system of government for China is communism. The Chinese Communist Party or (CCP) is the ruling party Hu Jintao is currently the president of China

6. Economy Some of the ways that people in China make a living is by farming and growing crops, such as: rice, tobacco, corn, barley, peanuts, wheat, and potatoes. The per capita GDP of China is $3,330 per person.

7. Winter Olympics 94 athletes from China were participating in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada The 94 athletes are participating in 15 different events

8. Medals China has won 3 gold medals in figure skating and short track speed skating twice 2 silver medals in figure skating twice And 3 bronze medals in speed skating 3 times

9. The Records China has had 3 world records in figure skating twice, and free skate. The information for China’s country records is not available.

10. Interesting Information Olympians from China can be as young as 16. Wang B. is one of the smallest Olympians at the Olympics, but one of the best at curling Wang M. has two gold medals at the Olympics.

11. I hope you enjoyed my presentation I referenced the following websites: www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/map.GIF online.culturegrams.com/ Google pictures