1. China

2. China’s People and Culture World’s most populous country Policy to control population growth – rewards and punishments Largest ethnic group – Han Atheist state (Communist)– –many practice Confucianism

3. One Child Policy Restricts urban families to only one child About 36% of China’s current population falls under the policy Families are fined based on income levels –Lead to female babies being much less desirable –Abandonment or infanticide

4. China’s Agriculture

6. 4 REGIONS 1.North East 2. South East 3. North West 4. South West

7. North East Administrative & industrial Center 1 of the world’s largest cultural hearths Beijing – 20 million people –Capital w/ problems Pollution Dust storms

8. The Forbidden City

9. Tiananmen Square

10. The Great Wall of China

14. Why is the Huang He called “yellow river”? Loess that is washed into river Nickname: –“China’s sorrow” –Flooding has killed over 1 million people

15. Yellow River Yangtze River

16. South East Agricultural center due to climate Intensive farming (double cropping) Yangtze River –China’s eastern hwy Shanghai –Largest city: 23 million people (port)

17. Shanghai Skyline

18. North West Barren land Gobi Desert Silk Road crossed this landscape Nomadic herding

19. The Silk Road

20. South West Plateau of Tibet (Xizang) Traditional society of Tibet, led by Dalai Lama Invaded by Chinese Tibet is an autonomous region – but little self government.