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What country is China really close to in size?
The US
What are the two main divisions of China?
Arid China
Human China
What are the 3 divisions of Arid China?
Tibet
Sin-Kiang Province
Gobi Desert
What was the main religion of old Tibet?
Lamaism
How high is the area that is Tibet on average?
3 miles high
What do they herd a lot in Tibet?
yak
What significant geographical features are a part of the Sin-Kiang Province?
The Tiran Basin
Tocklamakin Desert
Where in China do they do a lot of nuclear testing?
the Tocklamakin Desert
What resource do they have in the SIn-Kiang Province?
mineral wealth
Where area of China did the Chinese silk route go through?
the Sin-Kiang Province
How were so many things perserved in teh Sin-Kiang Province?
it's so hot and dry there
Where in China do they keep a lot of their nuclear bombs?
Lopnor
What desert in China is one of the most severe deserts in the world?
the Gobi Desert
What kind of desert is the Gobi Desert?
a cool desert
What is the temperture range of a cool desert?
below zero at night
up to 120 degrees in the heat of the day
how many times more population does China have than America?
4 times more
How much of China is actually liveable?
about half
What different countries have controlled Manchuria?
Chinese
Japanese
Russian
What city is one of the greatest industrial cities in China? and what area is it in?
Shin Yang
Manchuria
What product is really big for the Chinese?
soy for their protein
soy oil for theit plastics
What area is Manchuria like in the states?
Minnesota
Michigan
Montana
What is North China like in the States?
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Why is North China pretty cosmopolitan?
because the capital is there
What is the cultural hearth of China?
the Wang Ho river valley
What area is the yellow river in?
North China
What is the South China Hills like in America?
the southeastern portion
What do they grow in the South China Hills?
citrus
rice
Where is the Yang Zi river?
South China Hills
What is the name of the biggest dam complex in China?
3 gorge dam
in the Red Basin
Chung King
What is the area called that is 3 large industrial cities that all grew together?
Wo Hong
Who is the number one country holding our debt?
Chna
Who is the number 2 country holding our debt?
Japan
When does history start?
When the language is written down
When does Chinese history officially start?
1766 BC
What objects did the Chinese first write on?
tortoise shells
pelvic bones
What Chinese dynasty is as far back as history officially goes?
the Shang Dynasty
What dynasty do we know existed because the Shang Dynasty talked about?
Hisa Dynasty
What dynasty comes after the Shang Dynasty?
the Chou Dynasty
What Jesuit Priest Romanized the Chinese language?
Ricic
How many tones do the Chinese have?
4 tones
How long did the Chou Dynasty last?
900 years
What period was going on during 500 BC in China?
the warring period
What was the warring period known for?
being the most stimulating period for philosophy and religion
What is the warring period also known as?
the age of 100 philosophies
What Chinese figure existed during the warring period?
Confuscius
How many books did Confucius write?
5
Author
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121168
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Asia 12/5/11
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Asian notes from 12/5/11
Updated
2011-12-06T05:42:42Z
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