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