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CHINA: GEOGRAPHY NOTES
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China is one of the largest countries in area and population (Russia and Canada are larger)
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Geographic isolation from the rest of the world led China to feel they were the center of the universe.
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The Chinese called themselves the Middle Kingdom
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Key Regents Concept Ethnocentrism: The belief in the superiority of your own people or country Chinese geographic isolation developed this attitude of ethnocentrism
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Mountains: Ranges created an isolated society Allowed for development of individual culture Himalayas (southwest) Kunlun and Tien Shaw (West)
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Mountains of China
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Himalayas
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Deserts: Gobi Located on the China/Mongolia border in the north
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deserts
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Coastline: Irregular (many good ports)
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coastline
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3 Rivers allowed the development of Ancient China
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YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) Northern China Runs west to east, emptying into the Pacific Deposits fertile yellowish-brown soil, known as loess Also known as China’s Sorrow (because of frequent floods)
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YANGTZE RIVER - 3 rd longest river in the world Navigable for almost 1000 miles Located in central China Runs west to east, emptying into the Yellow Sea
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XI Jiang Located in Southern China Runs west to east, emptying into the Pacific Ocean
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