ECONOMY...........PLEASE

CHINESE CURRENCY

China's money is called renminbi. A united states 1 dollar bill is worth about 6.82 dollars in china! You could buy 6 candy bars with a 1 dollar bill china. Just imagine what you could buy with 20 1 dollar bills.



CHINA'S IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

China's 2 major exports to the U.S. is:

• toys and sporting goods


• computers

The 2 major imports from the U.S. to china are:

• plastics


• industrial machines

ECONOMY V.S. PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE

The economy is affected by the landscape because if the landscape is really cruddy,not fruitful, non grassy, and not attractive. They are not going to get much business. If it is not fruitful how are they going to grow fruit, veggies, or any food for that matter. Plus nobody wants to go and buy some items at a cruddy plain unattractive place much less eat there. If the place is beautiful, attractive, and fruitful place people are going to want to buy and eat from there. In china they have Tourist spots such as the great wall of china. It helps the economy because it gives the government money therefor it helps the economy.

ECONOMY BATTLES WITH GOVERNMENT

Economy helps the government because the economy gives money to the government to use and to help them do what they need to do to keep china in order or like it is. Without the economy i don't know were the government would get the money that they need. Not only that but, think about all the Chinese people that are working in the government were would they get their monthly pay. That includes congress.

WHAT UP WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MAN

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
China's government is reasonably organized to an extent.They have a well balanced system for the executive branch.They have organized participation in the political field. overall they have a very structured, organized, and orderly government.

CHINA V.S. CHECK AND BALANCE
China's system of government does not have a check and balance.

REPRESSIVE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
The Chinese government is repressive because.......

1. China has one of the world's most sophisticated systems of blocking access to websites and monitoring their citizens e-mail. So they keep their citizens safe.



2. China's government draws a crystal clear line between business and politics. So they keep the business and political worlds full of peace and ease.

HOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CHANGES O.....V....E....R T....I....M....E

• Between the dates 1840-1842 the British defeated the Chinese and the Chinese had to sign the treaty of Nanjing.



• Between the dates 1864- 1894 the Chinese government went and had to do some self-strengthening.



• In 1911 there was a Republican Revolution.



• In 1912 the republic of China was established.



• 1914-1918 was when the Japanese took power in china.



• Between the dates1917 -1927 the Beijing government is in the hands of loyalists and northerners "Warlord" strongmen.



• In 1919 treaty of Versailles is ending.



• In 1921 the communist party is established in Beijing.



• Between 1934 -1935 encirclement campaigns.



• In 1937-1945 the war of the Renaissance against Japan started (world war 2 starts in east Asia).



• Between 1946-1949 the civil war.



• In 1949 the establishment of people's republic of china.



• In 1952 5 anti campaign.



• Between 1956-1957 the hundred flowers campaign.



• Between 1957-1958 the anti rightest campaign.



• Between 1962-1965 is the socialist education campaign.



• Between 1966-19670 the cultural revolution.



• In 1971 ping-pong diplomacy from the U.S.



• All these things happened because the Chinese government took stand and took control for their land and their country as they should.



• Another reason is because the government stood up for their rights.

WHY IS CULTURE SO IMPORTANT IN CHINA

TRADITIONS

• Dragons are a symbol to show an emperor's power so to the Chinese they are very and important especially at new years.


• The Chinese new year tradition is a great way to reconcile.


• Today Chinese parades are annual traditions in many cities in china.

RELIGIOUS PERCENTAGES

Muslims makeup about 2 % of the Chinese population. About 1 % of the people in China are Christians. Overall the Chinese government doesn't highly encourage religion.

MAJOR RELIGIONS
Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are the major religions throughout most of the Chinese history. Confucianism - is based on the ideas of the Confucius a Chinese philosopher. This religion stresses the importance of moral standards and well ordered society in which parents rule their children, Men rule women. It deeply emphasizes deep respect for one's ancestor and for the past. Buddhism- reached china from India. They taught strict moral standards and the ideas of rebirth and life after death. They also believed in many gods and appealed to them in there time of need. Taoism- is a native Chinese religion. It teaches that a person should draw from everyday life and live in harmony and nature. Taoism began in 300B.C. and is largely based on a book called " The Tao Teaching. Taoism came to include many elements of Chinese folk religion and so became a religion with many protective gods.

BELIEF V.S. COUNTRIES

Other countries may have a government that highly encourages religion when their government could care less about religion. So it may cause rivalry between the 2 Countries because they may argue about religion plus it may offend some people in both countries.

The anciet scroll of chinese history

(ABOVE-THE LUNAR CALENDER)

3 HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. The zhou people from western china attacked and defeated the shang dynasty in the 12th or 11th century B.C. After that the zhou dynasty lasted for almost 900 years and divided china into small kingdoms that belonged to individual warlords ( local military leaders )with close ties to the dynasty ruler.


2. The Qin empire stretched from the foothills of the of the Mongolian plateau in the north to the basin of the Chang river in the south. The emperors armies also advanced farther south into the coastal areas near Guang zhou and conquered what later became northern Vietnam.


3. The Qin dynasty established imperial unity enabling the successive Han dynasty to rule for 4 centuries.

HISTORY CONNECTING WITH BELIEFS

The Chinese belief that when a person dies they have a better life in the after life. So they try to turn the DEAD corpse into a living breathing ancestor. They have learned in the past ( history ) that the hardest part of the funeral is turning the dead corpse into a living breathing ancestor.

3 SIGNIFICANT FACTS ABOUT CHINA

• Ice cream was invented in China around 2000B.C.


• The Chinese year is based on cycles of the moon, a complete cycle of the Chinese calender takes a total of 60 years.


• Each year is represented by an animal there are 12 animals for the 12 months.

1 FUN FACT ON CHINA

• When a Chinese child loses a tooth it doesn't get tucked under a pillow. If it is a bottom tooth the parents take the tooth and plant it in the ground so that the tooth will grow in straight and healthy. If it is a bottom tooth the parents toss the tooth on top of the roof so that the child's tooth will grow upwards to.

HISTORY CONNECTING TO CULTURE

Buddhism is one of the many Chinese religions therefore it is part of the Chinese culture. It is said in early Chinese history that the Buddha named the years after 12 animals that came to visit him before he left the earth. So the Chinese believe that depending on the year you were born you have some characteristic of one of the animals.

WHAT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHINA?

CHINA'S MAJOR PHYSICAL FEATURES
China's major physical feature's are listed below:

• Highest mountain- Mount Qomolongma (Mount Everest ) it is 29,039 FT ( 8,848 M)

• Longest river- Changjiang it is 3,915 miles(6,300 KM )

• Lowest point- Turpon depression 505FT ( -154M ) BELOW sea level


• Highest point- The Qinghai it averaged out to be 4,000 m ABOVE sea level

• Guangxi is the mountainous region of China.

CHINA'S CLIMATE

China has a continental monsoon climate with the craziest climate range in the whole world. There are major differences in temperature and rainfall from below freezing winters in Tibet and the north to humid year round tropical conditions of the supreme south and southeast. Most people in China live in the east coast of China because, 1- it is warm and humid and 2- it has 4 distinct seasons. The northern part of China has a sub-Arctic climate and in the southern part of China is controlled by tropical conditions like we said in one of the above sentences.

EXACT COORDINATES OF CHINA

The exact coordinates of china are:

• Latitude-105 degrees E



• Longitude- 35 degrees N



• Area- 9,596,960 kilometers

CHINA'S IDENTIFIED CONTINENT

The Continent that china is located in is the Continent named Asia.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• China's plains are usually located in the east.



• Hills are usually located in the southeast.



• China's land surface slopes down from the west to east in a 3 stair case type of way.



• Top of the staircase- is Quinghai (a Tibet plateau ) known as the roof of china.



• 2nd step of the staircase- consists of plateaus, mountains, and basins.



• 3rd step of the staircase- is where most of the Chinese population lives it consists of high elevation, big cities, and leading farm and industrial areas of china.

CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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