1. China By
Michelle Hahm

2. China Location: Eastern Asia Population:1.2 billion
Ethnic Groups: Han and 55 more ethnic groups.
Government type: Communist
Major Exports: textiles, clothing, footwear, toys, machinery, weapons systems, etc.
Major Imports: steel , motor vehicles, textile, machinery, petroleum products, aircraft, etc.
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3. China’s History and Important events
Shang 1700 B.C.~1100 B.C. Writing and wheeled chariots.
Zhou 1100 B.C.~256 B.C. First canals built.
Qin 221 B.C.~206 B.C. Great wall unified, standard weights and measures invented.
Han 206 B.C.~A.D.220 Buddhism brought in, paper, compass, and seismograph invented.
Tang A.D. 618~A.D. 907 First book written. China starts trading with western countries. Art and poetry flourish.
Song A.D.960~A.D.1279 paper money and block printing invented.
Ming A.D.1368~A.D.1644 China gets famous by artists and philosophers.
Qing A.D.1644~A.D.1911 The last dynasty ends with the youngest emperor PuYi.
1949-Communism took power in China. Nationalists fled to Taiwan called the Republic of China.
1976-Mao Zedong’s death
1978-China was allowed to join the United Nations.
1978~ China allowed free enterprise.
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4. Land of China
China has all sorts of landscapes. Mountains, rivers, plateau, canals, deserts, …etc. The highest mountain is Mount. Everest, which is located on the boarder of China and Nepal. To the middle land, there is Gobi Desert. Gobi Desert is the biggest desert in the world. The temperature rise to 45ºc at daytime and drop to -40ºc at night. The Yangtze River is the main river in China. Yangtze River is called Chang Jiang in Chinese, which means “great river”.
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5. China’s Inventions Paper Playing cards Paper Money Silk Gun powder
Wheeled chariots
Canals
Writing
Block printing
Kites
Clock
Compass
Animal harness
ink
Playing cards
Silk
Fireworks
Abacus
Porcelain
Crossbow
Acupuncture
Chinese herb medicine
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6. Water of China
China’s people mostly get their water from the rivers that flows from the Plateau of Tibet. The two major rivers are the Yangtze River and the Huang He River. However, as the China’s agriculture and industry grew, China’s beautiful environments were destroyed. Some of the China’s factories were sending the toxic wastes to the rivers, which was illegal.
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7. Climate of China
Eastern China have humid subtropical climate which means hot summers and cold winters with plenty of rain.
The northern interior of China have very hot summer and very cold winter. (humid continental.)
The southern interior of China, near the Plateau of Tibet, the climate is cool and dry. (highland climate.)
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8. China’s Vegetation
The sand from the Gobi Desert is full of moisture and minerals. Which allows the people of the northern China to grow crops in a fertile soil.
Rice is a crop that needs a lot of water (moisture) but wheat doesn’t really need that much water. Therefore, since the major rivers are in the southern part of China, people in south usually eat rice and people in north usually eat noodles made out of wheat.
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9. Natural Resources of China
China has a lot of hydroelectric power since they have a lot of rivers.
Since China has a mass amount of land, they have little bit of every natural resources except gold and silver.
The natural resources of China helps China’s agriculture and exports.
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10. Traditions of China
People of China is very famous for their traditional arts such as painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and potteries. Their paintings and calligraphy is mostly done with brushes. In China there is a lot of sculptures of Buddha. Some are as small as a iPod and some are as big as a mountain. The humongous sculptures are usually called the Wonders of China.
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11. People of China
There are more than one billion people in China(1.3billion). There are more than 50 minority groups(ethnic groups).They wear clothes called Mao made by Mao Zedong himself. As we talked about in class, people wear colors like yellow, green, blue, black,…etc.
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12. China’s Cultures
China’s people usually believe in Buddhism. There are some people that believe other gods.
People eat traditional food like dim sum, tea, moon cake, and etc. Even though they have other western food, they still love their own traditional food.
In China, they use ancient healing techniques such as massage, medicinal herbs, acupuncture, exercise, and cupping that are more than 6000 years old instead of modern medical treatments.
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13. Transformation of China
As the China’s government saw the seriousness of China’s poorness, they began to allow free enterprise, which means the people can earn more money and own private lands. Today, China is slowly becoming a free country. Their poorness had changed into richness.
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14. Bibliography Social Study Text Book China the Culture China the Land
China the People

15. Thank You
Michelle Hahm