Assignment 3, China

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Essential Questions

1. What are some ways China's history has impacted the modern world?

2. How did China become a world manufacturing power?

3. How is China's expansionism affecting neighboring nations, global trade, and Africa?

Description 

China is a large nation in terms of size and population. It also what is likely the most varied geography in the world. China has also impacted the world's history for thousands of years.

Objectives

In this packet we are going explore just a few of the outstanding geographical and demographic features of China. Specifically, we are going to explore the following questions.

1. What is the modern legacy of the Silk Road?

2. How do ideas travel?

3. What contributes to modern-day China's large influence around the world?

4. How  does the health of people in China compare to other nations?

5. How does shipping and industry shape China today?

6. How does human-environment interaction affect the land and the people of China?

Instructions

This assigment will included four parts. You must keep them all together and submit them at the same time.

Part One
This includes your health statistic graphs and summaries we created in class.
There is no handout for this part of the packet.

Part Two
This is your list of vocabulary words.

Part Three
This is your completed map. Remember, neatness counts.

Part Four
This is your short essay.

Online Files for this Assignment

• The World Book article about China.

• The Geography Now! video about China.

• National Geographic article about the history of the Silk Road.

• National Geographic article about the geography and culture of China.

• Here is the video about life in remote western China.

• Here is the Blowing Up History video about the building of the Great Wall.

• Here is the video about the Secrets of the Great Wall.

• Click here to open a great page about China geography facts.

• Here is a link to an excellent National Geographic article about Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

• This page at history.com has an excellent description of Buddhism.

• This is an excellent link with loads of basic information about China. It's on lili.org, so you may have to log in once, then copy the URL and load it again. If that does not work, try this link.

• Here is the link the PowerPoint used in class.

• This is a good link about the physical characteristics of the regions of China.

• Here is a good map of the regions of China.

• Here is a good documentary video about a brief history of the Silk Road.

• Here is the link to the video about life in mountainous Sichaun.

• Here is a link to the index site from Pepperdine about modern China.

• To access the video we used in class about Buddhism, click here.

Maps of China

• CIA World Factbook

• Free World Maps

• Geology Site - Political Map

Information Links

• Terra Cotta Warriors

• Terra Cotta Warriors 2

• Great Wall of China 1

• Great Wall of China 2

• Harbin Ice Festival 1, 2

• Three Gorges Dam 1, 2, 3

A printed copy of the assignment