1. A Cultural Portrait of China Made By Mr. Voorhees’ Cultures Through Cuisine Class

2. Capital Capital: Beijing Population - 1,331,460,000 (2009) – US 307,006,550 (2009) Land Area – 9,572,900 Km2 Language: Mandarin Chinese Head of State – Hun Jintao Money- Yuan – Y-$ 6.5805=$1

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4. Flag

5. Geography - Map

6. Ethnicities - Regions

7. Education Caligraphy

8. Accomplishments Gun Powder Bronze Chinese Food Jade Fireworks Printing – Movable Type – Wood Block Printing – Calligraphy Writing- Alphabet written work Calendar Porcelain Paper Money Pagoda – Multistory Building

9. Symbols of China Great Wall – 300,000 build wall in 3 rd Century – 1,500 miles long to keep out invaders Flag Modern, New, Futuristic, Secluded Hotel Rice Fields Tiananmen Square – Massacre June 3, 1989 student Pro- Democracy protest – Killed Hundreds Chairmen Mao – Founder of Peoples Republic of China – Communist – Poet/Leader/ – Cultural Revolution – Gang of Four

10. Politics/Government Dynasties- – Xia – Shang – Zhou – Qin – Han – Xin – Han

11. Within Dynasties Emperor Civil Service – Bureaucracy Civil Service Test

12. Rivals Geographic - Mongols – North Economic – Rival – Current – Japan – United States – European Union – India – Developing Countries Political Rivals – Bangladesh – PM Daka – One China? – Hong Kong – PRC Formally Great Britain – 1997

13. Religion – Main Types Buddhism Confucianism Daoism

14. Food- Regions

15. Family- Size/Values? One Child Policy – Law that you can only have one child in order to reduce population. – Daughters are more expensive – dowry

16. Historic Perceptions Dragons Red – Rice Yellow Top of Civilization

17. Modern Perceptions Economic Growth Futuristic Small Middle Class Urbanization – moving from country to city Relatively low standard of living

18. How the use their money? At food markets Cash for most things Haggling, bargaining, and making deals are common. Lower consumer spending Higher Savings 6% of Chinese own cars

19. Geography Landforms Western China is mainly mountains – Himalayas – East/South – Tian – Pamir Lots of large Rivers – 3 Gorges Dam – Yangtze River One of the largest land areas Large Gobi Desert

20. Geography - Weather South China Warm – average in January 58 in south china North East – Mild Most of China – “Washington Weather” Temperate Mild weather

21. Types of Work (main occupations) Industry 47.28% Agriculture 12.46% Services 4.26% Common Jobs – Maids and Factory Workers – Computer Software Developers (technology) – National Advertisers

22. Culture and Music Zheng Chinese Lute Canto-Pop Mando-Pop Chops-

23. Fashion

24. Standard of living in China today Low cost of living Highest standard of living in Shanghai, Beijing.