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Ancient China |
1700 BCE-220 CE |
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Climate has extreme features such as |
Ice storms Sand storms Extreme hot and cold |
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China's geography |
Modern China-3rd largest country |
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3.7 square miles |
@1.2 billion people ( more than any other country ) |
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2 main areas |
Inner China Outer china |
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Outer China |
Sw -himalaya mtn in Tibet-qinghai plateau ( worlds largest, bitterly cold, @50 days without frost |
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NW- deserts , turfan depression |
So hot , rain evaporates before hitting ground |
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NE -northeastern plains |
Low hills and plains , short hot summers and long dry winters |
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Inner china |
SE - hills, river valleys, plains, Rivers flow from west Good farmland |
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Inner China- 2 main areas |
North-north china plain Drier and cooler
South -Chang Jiang basin Low river valleys Good for growing rice( warm and wet) |
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Tibet-qinghai plateau |
SW nick named "roof of the world " Covers 1/4 the land of China Himalaya mtns on the souther edge w/ tallest mtn Very cold, air is thin ( lacking Oxygen) and dry Snow falls in summer |
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2 rivers begin here |
Huang he( yellow river) Chang Jiang ( Yangtze River)
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Vegetation |
Sparse shrubs, grasses |
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Animals |
Ox, yaks, antelopes, wolves, wildcats |
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Overall difficult to live too cold and too dry to grow crops |
Mtns made traveling to inner China difficult |
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The northwestern deserts |
Harsh place to live and difficult to cross
Oasis-place where water can be found in desert
Climates varies: sizzling hot in summer, freezing cold winter Temp run 15-100 degrees |
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Taklimakan desert |
Considered most dangerous deserts @105,000 sq miles Name means? Many sandstorm: legend said 2 armies 300 cities buried beneath dunes |
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Gobi desert |
@500,000 sq miles One of the worlds largest deserts Covers part of China and Mongolia Very few sand dunes but has small pebbles and bits of sand |
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The northeastern plains |
East of present day Mongolia: sometimes called inner China Sometimes called Manchuria
Low hills, plains Vegetation : prairie grass Animals: horse, sheep, other herded animals |
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Major rivers |
Liao And sungaria In winter they freeze People use them as roads |
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Area of great contrasts: short warm summers, N&E plain are dry and cold on winter; S- mild and more water |
Too cold and dry to be a good place to grow crops
Southern portion was the route invaders took to get into Inner china |
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The north China plain |
Flat area of grassland in inner China Temps:ranges 82 degrees F in summer 28F winter 22 inches of rain/Year |
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Huang he Yellow due to silt |
One of the longest rivers Very muddy Silt fertilizes land , good for crops Also source of disasters from floods Past 3000 years river flooded 1500 times |
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North China plain |
Called "Land of the yellow earth" Due to yellow limestone silt from gobi desert Huang he |
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The middle and lower Chang Jiang basins : |
Areas of low wet coastal plains Warm and wet climates (39-68 F) 41 inches rain/yr
Good area for growing rice
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Chang Jiang river |
Means"long river" |
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Has 100s of tributaries( streams that feed into larger river)
People use river to move goods between E &W china
Begins John in W mtns
Rich land for farming
Doesn't flood as much as Huang he |
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Early settlement in china |
When people began farming in china, they settled in North China plain near Huang He |
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Ancient China's isolation |
Geography kept settlements isolated
SW had towering mtns, rocky plateau Cold climate formed natural barriers NW had large deserts THe same features made it difficult to govern china as a unified state |
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Different regions, different ways of life
Life in outer China |
Few people settled here Tibetan plateau not good for crops, herders raised livestocks like yaks( nomadic life) |
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Yaks provided meat milk butter yogurt wool , hair woven to make materials for tents |
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Outer China life continue |
NW deserts People only settled in oasis Home out of mud Grew cotton, winter wheat, maize( type of corn) Main foods: wheat noodles, bread, mutton(meat from Sheep) |
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Life outer China continue |
NE plain: Too cold and dry for farming Nomads raised sheeps, goats, cattle, horses Main food was meat
They often invaded the north China plain to get needed supplies which led inner China to build the Great Wall
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Life in inner China North China plain |
Fertile land supported larger populations- most settling in N China plain Grew wheat and millet Raised cattle, sheep, oxen, pigs, chickens, and herded cattle, water buffalo, horses Built homes of rammed earth |
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Life in inner China Chang Jiang basins |
Limited area for farming Wet area grew lots of rice Raised pigs and poultry Are seafood Built permanent houses |
