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Table of Contents Introduction 1 1 Mountain Ranges in China 1 2 Rivers in China 1 3 China s Climate 1 4 Deserts in China 1 5 Ethnic Minorities 1 6 The Uyghurs 1 7 China s Geography Questions 2 China s Origins 2 1 Confucianism Duty Honour to Family 2 2 Philosophical Taoism 2 3 Qin Dynasty 2 4 Han Dynasty 2 5 Kung Fu 2 6 The Sui 2 7 The Tang 2 8 The Ten Kingdoms 2 9 The Song 2 10 The Yuan Dynasty 2 11 The Ming 2 12 The Qing 2 13 The Taiping Rebellion 2 14 Self Strengthening 2 15 First Sino Japanese War 2 16 The Boxer Rebellion 2 17 The End of the Qing 2 18 Republic to Red Army 2 19 Mao s China 2 20 Tiananmen Square 2 21 Chinese History Questions 3 Republic of China Taiwan 4 Hong Kong 5 Macau 6 1 Societal Philosophies 6 2 Governance Power 6 3 The Communisty Party of China 6 4 Raising People for the Party 6 5 Censorship 6 6 Human Rights Violations 6 7 Population Control 6 8 Chinese Politics Questions 6 9 Reading Assignment Censorship 4 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 38 39 39 40 42 44 45 46 47 47 47 48 50 52 54 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 75 76 78 89 7 China s Economy 7 1 Trade Economics 7 2 Investment Infrastructure 7 3 Counterfeit Goods 7 4 Air Pollution in China 7 5 Green Energy in China 7 6 China s Economy Questions 8 Religion in China 8 1 Chinese Cosmology 8 2 The Five Processes 8 3 Qi 8 4 Feng Sui 8 5 Religious Taoism 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 108 110 111 112 113 114 8 6 Divination 9 Chinese Festivals 10 Classic Chinese Icons 11 Chinese Food 12 Culture Questions 13 Reading Assignment Wet Markets 14 Reading Assignment School in China 15 North Korea 15 1 The Cult of Personality 15 2 North Korea s Political System 15 3 Economy and Production 15 4 Military Police 16 North Korea Questions 17 Exploring North Korea by Charts 18 Project Assignment 116 118 122 126 128 132 135 138 140 142 144 146 148 149 152

How to use this tool The Great World Adventure is a guide or tool intended to provoke interest based learning It is not an exhaustive study We suggest you add books and movies to expand on your understanding of each region but also delve deeper into topics you find interesting Please be prepared to spend between 8 and 12 weeks per module and take your time to get to know the people the culture the food the art and the history of each region You will also find flags of the countries covered in this study at the back of this book Cut them out laminate if you want to and use them to memorize the flags of each country You can A NOTE ON FILMS AND BOOKS also learn to name their capitals or other information you would Please use your discretion We each like to remember have different levels of tolerance where violence and or sexuality is concerned We suggest that you read through the your book and watch and our children are of different ages the suggested YouTube clips we have linked through QR codes Please take care to select what will be appropriate for your family s values We would also like to suggest that you subscribe to the Premium Edition of YouTube while working on this book so that you do not have to watch ads Learning the names of rivers mountains and water bodies are important only in the context of understanding their significance and what impact they have on the people and history The geographic maps in this portfolio can be copied for practice In highly detailed maps we suggest you number and re number what you are trying to memorize with each copy you make Advanced Assignment Optional Design an exciting 10 day cultural tour of China for your family Develop a proposed itinerary and a presentation to convince them to take the trip you have planned for them research facts about the destination schedule an itinerary of activities mark the location of each place on a map calculate costs for this tour and submit a budget 4 Understanding China North Korea

Going above and beyond Research traditional meals and ingredients from one of the countries you have learned about and use the meal as an opportunity to present your research assignment to your family and friends Invite a family or person from China to join in your feast and learn from them about their country and their culture Beautiful cookbooks we have found China A Cookbook Terry Tan 978 0754831006 This Book Is About Dumplings Brendan Pang 978 1645670346 Every Grain of Rice Fuchsia Dunlop 978 0393089042 Land of Fish and Rice Fuchsia Dunlop 978 0393254389 Complete Chinese Cookbook Ken Hom 978 1324002628 Chineasy is an Internet startup created with the purpose of teaching characters created by the entrepreneur Shaolan Hsueh For visual learners the human brain is able to memorize information better if it is put into a visual context The approach is to learn Chinese characters with the help of illustrations to help memorize Chinese characters better Watch Learn to Read Chinese with ease ShaoLan TED Learn to Read Chinese with ease ShaoLan TED The Great World Adventure 5

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Visit China Beautiful China More than Pandas Geography Now China The Great World Adventure 7

What if China and Vietnam Went To War 8 Understanding China North Korea

India captures Chinese camp in Himalayas China s Geography Problem Geopolitics of the South China Sea The Great World Adventure 9

Wonders of Yangshuo Tibet is China s ticket to hegemony 10 Understanding China North Korea

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The Yangtze River 12 Understanding China North Korea

Yellow River The Mother RIver The Grand Canal UNESCO Heritage The Great World Adventure 13

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Continental Climate Biome The Great World Adventure 15

Desertification in the Gobi Desert 16 Understanding China North Korea

Cool Deserts Biome Deserts in China The Great World Adventure 17

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Let s Go Sichuan Traditions of the five largest Chinese ethnic minorities The Great World Adventure 19

What s Happening with China s Uyghurs Inside China s thought transformation camps BBC News

1 7 China s Geography Questions 1 7 1Which continent is China located on 1 7 2 What mountain range is to the west of China 1 7 3 What is China s capital 1 7 4 What is China s currency 1 7 5 Which countries border China to the north 1 7 6 Why do you think China would have so many border disputes with other countrise 22 Understanding China North Korea

1 7 7 What is a plateau 1 7 8 Why is the Tibetan Plateau so important to China 1 7 9 What is the three step staircase that describes China s topography 1 7 10 What is the importance of rivers to a country 1 7 11 Why is the Grand Canal in Beijing significant The Great World Adventure 23

1 7 12 Draw lines to indicate the three steps staircase that make up the plateaus of China 1 7 13 Draw lines to indicate the three steps staircase that make up the plateaus of China 24 Understanding China North Korea

1 7 14 Why would the size of a country impact the climate of country 1 7 15 What is the difference between tropical and continental climate 1 7 16 How is a cold desert similar to a hot desert 1 7 17 How is a cold desert different from a hot desert 1 7 18 Why do deserts typically expand The Great World Adventure 25

History of Ancient China 26 Understanding China North Korea

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Who was Confucius TedEd Eastern Philosophy Confucius 28 Understanding China North Korea

Hundred Schools of Thought Playlist The Great World Adventure 29

What is Taoism 30 Understanding China North Korea Taoism The Philosophy of Flow Eastern Philosophy Lao Tzu

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Qin Dynasty Origin 32 Understanding China North Korea

The Incredible Story of China s Terracotta Warriors TedEd What Makes the Great Wall of China so Extrodinary The Great World Adventure 33

DOCUMENTARY The Han Dynasty The First Empire in Flames A Brief History of Buddhism in China Chinese Buddhism Explained 34 Understanding China North Korea The Spread of Buddhism 500 BCE 1200

The Invention of Writing Paper and Print The Three Kingdoms Oversimplified Rise of Jin and the War of the Eight Princes The Great World Adventure 35

The Shaolin Monks The Kung Fu Master Monks A Story of the Shaolin Temple 36 Understanding China North Korea

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The Mayhem of 16 Kingdoms to the Ruise of the Sui Dynasty How Tang Taizong Created China s Golden Age Tang Dynasty 38 Understanding China North Korea The History of Tea

Medieval China Crash Course History The Great World Adventure 39

And then came Genghis Khan Mongols Invations of Japan Feature History Fall of the Mongols Bronze statue of Kublai Khan 40 Understanding China North Korea

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Foot Binding Foot binding was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size Feet altered by footbinding were known as lotus feet and the shoes made for these feet were known as lotus shoes In late imperial China bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty However footbinding was a painful practice that limited the mobility of women and resulted in lifelong disabilities The practice may have originated in 10th century China and gradually became popular among the elite during the Song dynasty Footbinding eventually spread to lower social classes by the Qing dynasty 1636 1912 The Manchu Emperor attempted to ban the practice in 1644 but failed because footbinding raised marriage prospects in some regions It has been estimated that by the 19th century 40 50 of all Chinese women may have had bound feet rising to almost 100 in upper class Han Chinese women The History of Chinese Foot Binding 42 Understanding China North Korea

The Brilliance and Paranoia of the First Ming Emperor How An Army of Eunuchs Ran China s Forbidden City The Great World Adventure 43

Origins of the Chinese Queue Jardine Matheson First Opium War I 44 Understanding China North Korea

How Britain Got China Hooked on Opium How One Man Led a Half Million Peasant Rebellion First Opium War 2 Opium Wars The Great World Adventure 45

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Feature History First Sino Japanese War The Boxer Rebellion History of China Emperor Puyi Documentary The Great World Adventure 47

Karl Marx Sun Yat Sen A Killing In Hong Kong 48 Understanding China North Korea

Communist China s Land Reform The Chinese Civil War What if the Communists Lost the Chinese Civil War The Great World Adventure 49

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