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This region is ______China has TWO regions that are This region is ______very different from each other
What are three ESSENTIAL things we What are three ESSENTIAL things we know about this region? know about this region?
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2.) ______2.) ______
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Feature: ______Life in Feature: ______Area Details: Area Details: ______China 1.) ______1.) ______
2.) ______2.) ______What makes this a challenging place to live?
“If ______go _____ , you ______
______out !” ______
What makes this a challenging place to live? ______What are two ways the Gobi Desert is different from ______the Taklamakan Desert? ______1.)______2.)______
Feature: ______Feature: ______Climate: 1. ______How does geography affect life in Outer China? Climate: ! 1. ______2. ______! 2. ______3. ______3. ______What makes this a challenging place to live? ______What makes this a challenging place to live? ______
Two of China’s major rivers, the ______(Yellow ______
River) and the ______(Yangtze River) ______“Located ______of Korea and
______here! ______of Mongolia” Name ______Period ______
Feature: ______Life in This area is often called the “Land ______China ______Earth.” This River has TWO names: The river that runs through this feature is called the 1: ______River OR the ______River
2: ______What is the climate like in this area?
1. ______! 2. ______
What are 2 other things we know about this basin? This River has TWO names: 1. ______1: ______! 2. ______2: ______What makes this a challenging place to live?
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______Feature: ______What are 2 other things we know about this basin? ______The river that runs through this feature is 1. ______called the ______River ______How does geography affect life in China Proper? or, the ______River ! 2. ______
What is the climate like in this area? ______
1. ______What makes this a challenging place to live? ______
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Living in Outer China: Living in China Proper:
How did the environment shape how people lived in Outer China? How did the environment shape how people lived in China Proper?
In the Tibetan Plateau... In the North China Plain...
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2.) ______2.) ______
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In the Deserts...
1.) ______In the Chang Jiang Basins...
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2.) ______
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Q: Which area of China would most likely support nomadic populations? Why?______
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This river has two names. They are:
1.) ______Ancient China Geography This river is called:
2.) ______Quiz Two relevant details about this river are: Two relevant details about this river are: 1.) ______1.) ______
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2.) ______2.) ______
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This desert here is called:
______The physical feature here is called: ______This physical feature here is called: This physical feature impacts human settlement because: ______This physical feature impacts human settlement because:
1.) ______1.) ______This physical feature impacts human settlement because: ______1.) ______One relevant detail about this feature is: ______One relevant detail about this feature is: 1.) ______One relevant detail about this feature is: 1.) ______1.) ______
Answer this question:
How has the environment in China impacted human settlement? ______
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China has TWO regions that are very different from each other
This region is ______Outer ______China This region is ______Inner ______China
What are three ESSENTIAL things we What are three ESSENTIAL things we know about this region? know about this region?
1.) ______Answers may vary, but 1.) ______Answers may vary, but options are: options are: ______
______-Environment is full of - Southeastern part of extremes modern day China 2.) ______- Bound by Himalaya 2.) ______- Has Hills, Plains, Valleys Mountains to Southwest - Rivers are known to flood ______- Snowstorms common in ______- Has only two regions July in Tibetan Plateau (Chang Jiang Basin and ______- Lowest point , the Turfan North China Plain but are Depression, is 505 ft below very different. 3.) ______sea level 3.) ______
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______Life in Feature: ______Gobi Desert
Feature: ______Taklamakan Desert Outer ______China Area Details: 500,00 square miles Area Details: 1.) ______Not sandy - stoney with 1.) ______- one of most dangerous pebbles places in the world 2.) ______2.) ______100,000 square miles in size, shifting sand dunes Challenging Place to Live?
______Plants, trees, shrubs are “If you go in , you scarce. Need to be near oasis ______won’t come out !” What are two ways the Gobi Desert is different from the Taklamakan Desert? Challenging Place to Live?
______must live near an oasis 1.)______Gobi = rocky, cold desert for water Tak = sandy, hot 2.)______
Northeastern Plain Tibetan Plateau Feature: ______Feature: ______Climate: Climate: 1. ______low hills with a lot of natural 1. ______- very rocky terrain ! vegetation, summers are warm an ! - average elevation more than 2 miles 2. ______2. ______short, winters are dry and cold, - very cold, thin, dry air 3. ______plain is often too cold for crops 3. ______- too cold, dry for crops How does geography affect life in Outer China? Challenging Place to Live? Challenging Place to Live? ______In the Taklamakan Desert and Gobi ______plain is too cold for crops reliably ______too cold, dry for crops. People were ______Desert people must live near an oasis. nomads and raised grazing yaks. ______Used yak fur for clothing ______In the Tibetan Plateau, people lived as “Located north of Korea and east of ______nomads and raised yaks since no Two of China’s major rivers, the ______Huang ____He (Yellow vegetation was possible Mongolia” ______River) and the ______Chang Jiang ______(Yangtze River) In the NE Plain, people could grow ______crops, but very unreliably, so they had ______a mixture of animals and vegetation. Feature: ______North China Plain Life in This region is often called the “______
Inner “Land____ of ______the Yellow ______.” Earth” This River has TWO names: ______China
1: ______Huang He The river that runs through this feature is called the Huang He 2: ______Yellow River ______OR the ______
Yellow______River
Details on the RIVER:
1. Yellow______River get’s its name because of ! sand/silt blown from the Gobi Desert One of longest rivers in the world 2. River______looks more like soup than water This River has TWO names: Source of many disasters due to floods 3. ______1: ______Chang Jiang
2: ______Long River, or Yangtze River Challenging Place to Live? Has flooded 1,500 times in the last 3,000 years______- causes much damage to crops and large______loss of life
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Feature: ______Chang Jiang Basin Climate: 1. ______The river that runs through this feature is called the Very wet, warm environment great for 2. ______rice production How does geography affect life in Inner China? ______Long River ____ OR the ______Yangtze ______River ! Limited space for growing crops due to rainforest-like climate ______The climate is very warm and wet, which allows for rice production. Rice also Details on the RIVER: ______grows in water, which worked out well ______due to small amounts of available land 1. ______Has hundred of tributaries Challenging Place to Live? ! Starts in Tibetan Plateau (like Huang for vegetation. ______He) ______2. ______Space for growing crops or raising Very fertile due to floods animals is very limited ______3. ______
______Name ______Period ______North China Plain Feature: ______Life in This area is often called the “Land ______of China ______Proper ______the ______yellow Earth.” This River has TWO names: The river that runs through this feature is called the 1: ______Huang He Huang He Yellow ______River OR the ______River Yellow River 2: ______What is the climate like in this area?
1. ______- summers average 82 while winter at 28 ! - very fertile land due to flooding of Huang 2. ______He
What are 2 other things we know about this basin? This River has TWO names: - subject of many invasions 1. ______- great wall of china built in area 1: ______Chang Jiang River ! - gobi desert expanding into area 2. ______Yangtze River - one of great civilizations born here 2: ______What makes this a challenging place to live?
______!- historically, has been prone to invaders because of rich soil ______- Gobi desert is expanding into area - Floods very often, nicknamed “China’s ______Sorrow” Feature: ______Chang Jiang Basin What are 2 other things we know about this basin? ______The river that runs through this feature is 1. - ______home to 1/3 of chinese population - Because of climate, rice is ideal here called the ______Chang ______Jiang River ______- The Chang Jiang River winds Yangtze River How does geography affect life in China Proper? or, the ______River ! through area which is why its so 2. ______fertile ______- floods, but less than Huang He What is the climate like in this area? ______- yearly temp around 88 in summers 1. ______What makes this a challenging place to live? ______and 47 in winters Not that challenging,in fact it is very - moist, wet climate ______! ______easy to live here, however can flood and ______! - very balanced climate take many lives. Floods much less than ______2. ______Huang He, however. ______Living in Outer China: Living in China Proper:
How did the environment shape how people lived in Outer China? How did the environment shape how people lived in China Proper?
In the Tibetan Plateau... In the North China Plain... 1.) ______Have students complete 1.) ______from previous pages______of 2.) ______text! 2.) ______
In the Northwestern Deserts...
1.) ______In the Chang Jiang Basins...
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2.) ______
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Restated from earlier graphic organizers! 2.)______
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“In ______China, “The ______land of Inner People Lived as China supported _____ and ______” more ______populations.” Name ______Period ______
This river has two names. They are: Ancient China Geography 1.) Huang______He This river is called: 2.) Yellow______River Quiz ______Chang Jiang / Long River / Yangtze River Two relevant details about this river are:
1.) Floods very often, and can be ______very dangerous Two relevant details about this river are: ______1.)Floods ______much less often than Huang He Gets its color from the blown silt ______2.) ______Begins in the Tibetan Plateau form the Gobi Desert ______2.) ______
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This physical feature here is called:
______Talkamakan Desert This physical feature here is called: ______Chang Jiang Basin This physical feature here is called: This physical feature impacts human settlement because: ______Tibetan Plateau This physical feature impacts human settlement because: 1.) ______Limited area limits crops production, animal life 1.) People______must live here an This physical feature impacts human settlement because: oasis to survive Due to cold/dry conditions, people are forced to ______1.) ______herd animals. Animals eat rare, grassy areas but One relevant detail about this feature is: ______people must be nomads and constantly move to One relevant detail about this find them adequate food. 1.) ______People grow rice due to the warm/wet climate feature is: One relevant detail about this feature is: Constant sandstorms shift ______1.) ______It can snow even in July! 1.) sand______dunes frequently; ______known as “once you go in you will not come out” Answer this question:
How has the environment in China impacted human settlement? ______Summarize earlier points!
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