1. China: Geographic Setting

2. Land & People 1.35 billion people live in China
They are packed into Eastern China
Why?
80% of the land is rugged and mountainous
20% of the land is flat
1/2 of the land is arable, good for farming
Most people still farmers
Many natural barriers: plateaus, deserts, mountains

4. The People 92% of the people in China are ethnic Chinese or Han
Other ethnic groups live in remote regions
Mongols
Tibetans
Uyghur
Mandarin is the official government language, 1000s dialects

5. Regions of China 6 major Regions The Heartland – North & South
From Beijing in the north to the border with Vietnam
The Northeast – Manchuria
Mongolia
Xinjiang – pronounced (sheen jee ahng)
Xizang – pronounced (shee dzahng)

8. Northeast
Xinjiang
Xizang
(Tibet)
China

9. The Heartland

10. North China Part of Chinese Heartland Warm or hot summers Cold winters
Rainfall varies
Crops: wheat & millet
Cities: Beijing (capital), Tianjin: manufacturing
Rivers: Huang He or River of Sorrow or Yellow River (same river) Page 326
Lots of people

11. Terraced Farm

12. Terraced Farm

13. Beijing (capital)

14. Heavy air pollution has resulted in widespread smog.

15. Beijing Financial Street, the economic center of Beijing
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16. Wangfujing Street is one of the busiest streets in Beijing, with nearly 100,000 visitors daily

17. South China Part of Chinese Heartland
North and South separated by Chang River
Richer farming and industrial region than North China
Xi River Delta
Mild Humid Climate
Crops: rice, cotton, tea, and vegetables
Lots of People packed around farmlands in river valleys and lakes
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20. Shenzhen: major city South China

21. Northeast

22. Northeast Once Manchuria Cold Climate Sparsely populated
Government incentives to attract people to the region
Government working to develop region’s mineral resources
oil, iron, aluminum ore, coal, lead, zinc

23. Mongolia Gobi Desert: harsh climate Hot summers and cold winters
Part independent
Try to promote irrigation and farming
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26. Mongolia

27. Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. A view overlooking the city square from my Hotel.

28. Xinjiang

29. Xinjiang Desert Basin Oil producing region Linked by railroads
Produce cotton and wheat with irrigation
Home to non-Chinese people

30. Uyghur Muslim Non-Chinese people of the Zinjiang Region

31. Ürümqi is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country.

33. Xizang Tibet Sits in the Himalayas
Barren and treeless farming possible in valleys
Chinese took over Tibet in 1950
Tried to develop hydroelectric power

35. 1. Why did Chinese call land Zhongguo?
Believed China center of civilization
Middle Kingdom
China was located too far from other countries, it was surrounded by natural boundaries and barriers
Gobi Desert, Mongolian and Tibetan Plateaus, Himalayas, and Rainforests

36. 2. What is the Chinese heartland?
North and South China
Most people live there because it is suitable for farming

37. 3. What are the 3 main rivers of China?
Huang He: Yellow River, River of Sorrow
Chang: Yangzi – 3rd longest
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Xi: trade route in South
All important for trade and farming

38. 4. What geographic feature lies between independent Mongolia and Chinese Mongolia?
Gobi Desert