World Geography Ch. 31 China (Sect.1 and 2)

The ________ of China is located in the N.E.

Capital (Beijing)

What is China's major language?

Classical Chinese

What 2 factors make the farming in the S.E. region good?

Climate and fertile soil

Name 3 examples of a light industry

Clothing, appliances, bicycles

China makes use of "____________" (agriculturally)

Double-cropping

What can the farmers do to their crops every year?

Double-cropping

The Northeast is the main what?

Industrial and administrative center

China has the longest used written what?

Language

What had made certain parts of the N.E. region's soil fertile?

Loess deposits

What are located in the Northeast region?

Low-lands

What covers the Eastern part of the country? (China)

Low-lands

Northeast Region is what?

Most populated out of the 4

Where can the people also farm in the S.E. region? Why? Hint: mountainous

On the mountain slopes B/c they build terraces

Where do most of the rivers flow into?

Pacific Ocean

What is most important to everyone in China?

Physical fitness

What covers the Western part of the country? (China)

Plateaus and mountains

What is the largest city in China?

Shanghi

What forms China's northern border?

The Gobi desert

Where is most of the farming done?

The Yangtze river

What is the Southwest region dominated by?

Tibet plateau

China has frequent what?

Typhoons and earthquakes

A majority of the S.E. region has what type of climate?

Warmer, wetter

In what direction do the rivers flow in China?

West to East

China makes more use of what kind of energy than any other country?

Wind, and solar

What are the 2 major rivers that China uses?

Yangtze and Yellow

Definition: theocrat

a person who claims to rule by religious or divine power

Definition: Sphere of Influence

area in which foreign power has some control and doesn't directly govern

Each region has it's own what?

character

What are Chin'a main natural resources?

coal, oil, iron ore, natural gas

Definition: Loess

fine, yellow-brown soil that is deposited by seasonal dust storms

What does China have throughout it's country? (landscape)

forests, mountains, deserts

The regions are divided by what?

geographic location

Definition: Calligraphy

higher art form above painting and drama

The Chinese people were the source of many early what?

inventions

Today most of China's __________ are built along the Silk Road

large cities

China is known to have what kind of rail system?

largest, high speed

What are in parts of the Southeast region?

mountains

China is one of the _____,______________ countries.

oldest, continous

Definition: Silk Road

one of China's greatest trade routes in ancient times

Definition: Double-cropping

planting more that one crop a year

Definition: autonomous region

political unit w/ limited self gov't

China is the world's most ______ country.

populated

Definition: warlord

regional leader, with his own army

What is China's main crop?

rice

Northwest region is what compared to the rest of the country?

rugged and barren

China has a landmass that is ___________ that the U.S.

smaller

What is climate in the North? (china)

sub-arctic

Definition: light industry

the production of small consumer goods

Definition: Abdicate

to give up power

What is the climate in the South? (china)

tropical

Definition: typhoon

tropical hurricane that forms over the Pacific ocean

What is one of the highest speeds a train can go on the rail system?

up to 300mph

China's landscape is what throughout the country?

very diverse

What is China's climate?

very diverse

Name 4 inventions that the Chinese invented.

1. Paper 2. Compass 3. Gunpowder 4. Printing

What is China's population?

1.3 billion

What number of countries does China border?

12 other countries

In what year did China designate Tibet to be a what?

1956 Tibet = autonomous region

China is divided into how many major regions? Name them.

4 Northeast Southeast Northwest Southwest

China ranks what place as the largest country in land area?

4th

China is rooted in ________________?

Agriculture

What is most important to the economy?

Agriculture

What is China's capital?

Beijing

What is the main industrial center?

Beijing