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Huang he (yellow)- Large amounts of sediment, floods and provides a lot for agriculture
Chang-Jiang- Central china to Shanghi, commercial use
Xi Jian- Flows to Hong Kong, large economic growth |
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Largest dam in the world
Generate 11% of electicity, aid in flood control
Displacing millions of people, putting endangered species in danger |
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Greatly expanded China's landmass
Benefited from the Silk Road
Ethnically Chinese are called Han Chinese |
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Xia Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty-feudal system, great wall
Han Dynasty
Quing Dynasty- Greatly expanded china, claim to tibet and taiwan
Imperial Rule |
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Occupy 60% of the landbut only 8% of the population
Hui- Han but Muslims
Uyghurs-Xinjiang Autonomous region |
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Suppressed uprisings in Tibet
Independant until CHina took over in 1950's
Mostly Buddhists and Dalai Lama fled
Chinese destroy much of tibetan culture
Pastoral Herding
Buffer zone between china and india |
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| In order to stop a rapidly going population china recommends a one child rule |
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| Chinese Population Density |
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| Population is very dense in the Eastern Coast especially in the North |
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Developed Greenhouses
Select complimentary crops like barley and wheat
Developed Irrigation
Intensive use of fertilizers |
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| Primary crop of southern and upland regions |
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| Hong Kong becomes a major port for foreign trade |
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| Mostly in Guangdong, open trade with cities and coastal areas |
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Tons of cheap labor
Low cost
Huge potential market market |
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| Manchuria(Chinese North East) |
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Japanese built up its infrastructure
Communists made economic development a priority
Was a major manufacturing port until reconstruction
Now only 10% of factories of the Southeast |
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Portugese Colony released in 1999
Joined China as a special administrative region |
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| Demilitarized zone between N and S Korea |
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Honshu-mainland
Hokkaido- to the north
Skikoku and Kyishu- To the south |
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50% of people live on 2% of the land
HIgh population density
Worlds most aged population, and getting older
Low fertility rate |
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Kanto Plain, the Kansai District, and the Nobi Plain
all in the core ares, pressure from urban regions
Kanto Plain- contains Tokyo Kawasaki and Yokoham, centrally located, prone to earthquakes |
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