Sources

• Website: http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/history/
• Reference: World book encyclopedia #3
• Nonfiction book: China by Mason Crest Publishers
• Nonfiction book dictated solely: The Han Dynasty by Myra Immell
  

Geography

• China is the most populated and third largest country in the world
• Climate ranges from tropical to subtropical
• In the west there are deserts and high mountains (Himalayas)
• The center has huge river basins
  
• In the east there are plains, deltas, and hills
• Area: 3,708,408 mi2, elevation highest: 29,035 ft, lowest: tarpon depression 505 ft under sea level
• Northern/Western has long bitter winters, Central/southern has mild warm winters
• Rainfall is light in the northwest and heavy in the southeast
  

History

The Great Wall Of China

History

• Zhang Zhongjing made one of the best manuals of Chinese medicine ever written
• Dong Zhongshu was the prime minister of the U.V.D.I. empire, he taught Confucius to all his followers
• The Great wall of China is one of the greatest human made marvels made in ancient times
• The Great wall of China runs uphill 1,500 miles
  
• More than 300,000 workers were used to make the Great wall of China
• One of the most popular sports in Chinese history was Jaidoi that goes to the third century
• Confucius was one of the main cultural beliefs that people still believe today
• If it wasn't for Confucianism most of China's people wouldn't be Buddhist
  

Culture

• About 92% of China's people belong to the Han nationality
• Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are China's major religions
• Confucianism stresses mortal standards and a well organized society
• Taoism teaches to live in harmony with nature
• Buddhism teaches strict moral standard especially life after death
• The Chinese government regard religion as a superstition so it doesn't affect the government or other countries
  

Government

• Since 1949 China has been a communist republic
  
• China government has 3 main parts the C.p.c, N.p.c,P.l.a
• communist party of China, national people congress, peoples liberation army
• each part works to keep China's government stable
• as China's economy keeps growing, it becomes increasingly repressive
• China has become more repressive toward human right activists
• from ancient China to know government has changed a lot
• in ancient times there were dynasty's with rulers, now there are presidents and congress with much more complicated governing
• Why do you ask that the government has changed so much? Well its because the population keeps growing.
• When the peoples republic on China was made people were able to vote which also made the check and balance system
  

China's Economic growth