1. Chinese Economy

2. Human Environmental Interaction Three Gorges Dam Link The Great Wall of China Link

3. Agriculture Rice Wheat Potatoes Corn Peanuts

4. Economic Resources Coal Iron Ore Petroleum Natural Gas

5. Mao Zedong -1 st Communist Leader of China -Declared China communist in October 1949 -Changed the name to People’s Republic of China

6. Communism Definition: an economical and political system in which the government owns businesses and labor is organized to benefit all of the people. Examples: China, North Korea, Soviet Union, Vietnam, and Cuba Blended Economy: combines capitalism and communism; Hong Kong is an example

7. Modern Issues Taiwan: Island off the coast of China; colony of China but the Taiwanese consider themselves an independent country; Democratic System in place Pollution: Serious issue because of population & growth of industry with little government regulation.

8. More Modern Issues Human Trafficking: An illegal act of taking men, women, and children and selling them to work in factories or on farms. Illegal immigration: Many North Koreans enter illegally so fence is being built between the two nations.

9. Basic Information Per capita income: $6,600 Currency: Renminbi YUAN Major Religion: Atheist Other religions present: Taoist, Buddhist, Christian or Muslim Vote at age 18 Main Language: Mandarin Chinese

10. Interesting Facts China is about the same size as USA but they only have one time zone 8 is the luckiest number in China; Summer Olympics was 8/8/08 More phones than any other country