9th Honors 1.27.15

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9th Honors 1.27.15

• Turn in
• Jared Diamond C/R/A
• Take out
• Planner
• Pen/Pencil
• Note-taking devices
• Todays Learning Objectives
• I can understand the development of China and
  its role in world history.

• Todays Agenda
• China
• Map
• What would Jared saytake 2
• The Yellow River
• Culture Chart
• HW
• C/R/A River Dynasties in China

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Warm up

• Find
• Two geographic advantages- (Connect to facts from
  HW)
• Two geographic challenges-(Connect to facts from
  HW)
• Get your Maps reading out.

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Where would you build cities? EXPLAIN!
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What issues might arise? EXPLAIN!
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• On your physical map, add the following features
• The Great Wall of China
• The Silk Road(s)

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East Asia Physical Geography

• I. Analyze the geography
• What strengths do you see?
• What weaknesses do you see?
• Where will complex civilizations (cities) arise
  first?
• Where will invasions come from?
• II. Connect to History
• Pick two (2) geographic features (coasts, rivers,
  mountains, plateaus, etc.)
• Describe the feature
• The Gobi is a large desert in northern China,
  The Korean Peninsula is a chunk of land between
  the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan
• Connect that feature to an Important Piece of
  Information that you took from the reading.
• Explain the connection between the geographic
  feature and the Historical Information.

• Support JDs mysterious thesis
• Geographic luck, good and bad, has played an
  important role in the development of East Asian
  Civilizations.
• Use the Physical maps of East Asia
• Textbook 1139
• Atlas p. 118

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China A Practical Power, with Practical Problems

• China must feed
• 22 percent of the world population
• With less than
• 10 percent of the arable land
• The Chinese people demand
• RESULTS.
• When there is prosperity, there is stability
• When there is not enough food, the people revolt.

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The Yellow River (Huang He)

• A big river The 6th longest river in the world.
• Very unpredictable
• frequent flooding destroyed villages, crops
• Nickname Chinas Sorrow
• Yellow River Civilization began about 4000 BCE

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9th Honors 1.27.15

• Turn in
• Take out
• Planner
• Pen/Pencil
• Note-taking devices
• Todays Learning Objectives
• I can understand the development of China and
  its role in world history.

• Todays Agenda
• China
• Map
• What would Jared saytake 2
• The Yellow River
• Culture Chart
• HW
• C/R/A River Dynasties in China