CHINA: CHALLENGES & ADVANTAGES
Reviewing the 5 Themes of Geography
CHINA & 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION
PLACE
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
MOVEMENT
REGIONS
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Add notes
to your
chart
as you
analyze
the
following
slides
LOCATION: WHERE IS THE CONTINENT OF ASIA?
WHERE IS CHINA?
Use geography
terms to
describe the
location of Asia
and China?
PLACE: HOW DOES CHINA’S SIZE COMPARE TO THE UNITED STATES
What does this tell
you about China’s
geography?
What does this say
about the degree of
variety in China’s
geographical
features?
LOCATION/PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
Where would
you find higher
elevations of
land in China?
Lower
elevations?
How would this
affect settlement
by people?
PLACE:
Where would
you most likely
find these
geographic
features:
Inland or near
the coast?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
Where would
you most likely
find cities like in
these photos:
Inland or near
the coast?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
Where would
you most likely
find cities like in
these photos:
Inland or near
the coast?
Why might they
have chosen to
settle in this
area?
PLACE AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
How difficult
would it be for
outside groups
to invade
China?
How might this
affect her
development in
the future?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
Describe this region of China (more
pictures of this region on the next slide)
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
Describe this region of China (See previous slide also).
Which area on the map (previous slides) might be depicted here?
REGION: WHAT AREA OF CHINA IS
DEPICTED HERE?
What region of China is it? ____________
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
Which area of China is warmer? colder?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
Which area of China
receives the least
precipitation? How about
the most?
How would this affect the
economy and the
communities?
LOCATION:
Where are the major
cities? Use geography
terms to describe where
most major cities are
located.
What connection is
there between human
settlement and the
geographic features of
China?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
In which direction do
the largest rivers in
China flow?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
Using what you have read about China’s rivers: Which river of China is it? Why?
How does the river get this color?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
What area of China do you think is depicted here? What
advantages/disadvantages would the people in this area have?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
What problem is depicted here? What area of China struggles the most with
these disaster? How could they prevent these disasters?
TOP FLOODS IN HISTORY
1-Haung He River, China-August 1931-3.7 million death
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2-Haung He River, China-Spring 1887-1.5 million dead
3-Holland-1530-400,000 dead
4-Kaifon, China-1642-300,000 dead
5-Henan, China-1939-200,000 dead
6-Bengal, India-1876-200,000 dead
7-Yangtze River, China-1931-140,000 dead
8-Holland-1646-110,000 dead
9-North Vietnam-1971-100,000 dead
10-Friesland, Holland-1228-100,000 dead
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
HOW HAVE PEOPLE CHANGED & USED THE RIVERS OF CHINA?
Why did they build the Grand Canal and Three
Gorges Dam?
MOVEMENT: HOW DO GOODS & PEOPLE MOVE ALONG
THE RIVERS OF CHINA?
In which
direction would
goods flow on
China’s rivers?
How about
China’s Canals?
PLACE: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN CHINA?
In which area of China would you
find the Harbin Ice Festival? Why?
REGIONS: IDENTIFY PHYSICAL REGIONS OF CHINA?
REGIONS:
Draw a line from the photo to the area of China that you think it
most likely represents.
CHALLENGES AND ADVANTAGES OF GEOGRAPHY:
After viewing and analyzing the images
and maps of China, can you mention at
least one challenge and one advantage
that geography has given China?
CHINA & 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION
PLACE
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
MOVEMENT
REGIONS
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