China

• Superpower


  Country that holds a higher status than a lot of other countries and have a lot of control
• Current global superpowers

  Russia- invade others around them

  USA- very big & dominate a lot of power over others
• Superpowers are also know as...

  Global superpowers
• Qualities of a global superpower

  Sean, government technology, cultural, export, strong, export exchange in trade with other countries, large population, workforce, reliable food, supply, raw materials in energy source for example: oil army in high wealth and GDP per capita
• characteristics of a global superpower

  Most influence over the world

  Exert influence

  Project on a global scale

  Foreign policies

  Wealth

  Military capability
• Why should other countries keep their eye on global superpowers?

  They can greatly impact the world due to military and foreign policies
• When was the term global superpower first use?

  After world war 2
• Mountainous terrain % covering china

  33
• Plateaus % covering china

  26
• Hills % covering china

  10
• Lowland % covering china

  12
• Basins % covering china

  19
• How does the yellow river advantage china?

  Best agriculture in the world
• Which 3 countries are china vulnerable to? Why?

  Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

  Field advantage

  EASY FOR THEM TO INVADE CHINA
• Explain why Tibet is significant to China(3)

  1. If China didn't go to bed, India would cause no protection between populated area of China and India.

  2. Main water source from Tibet

  3. If china lost Tibet, the food supply would be at a disadvantage
• What have china done to encourage people to live in Tibet?

  Built a railroad and a large airport
• Why do the Chinese government want people to move to Tibet?

  Prevention of Invasion
• Africa is important to China because..

  Sent a lot of money to AFrica. This is to mine minerals, drill for oil and grow food
• Why are Mongolia, taklaman and the gobi desert significant to china?

  They are enormous and sparsely populated with little choice of making it across without being spotted
• China is vulnerable because... (3)

  1. Military- attacking others with NATO forces

  2. Relies on foreign powers, which is a bad position if they have an up-and-down relationship

  3. geography
• Why is China's sea border vulnerable?

  The US have a large military with bases everywhere
• What have china done to help prevent invasion of the US?

  Building military bases and artificial islands to protect
• Gobi desert annual precipitation

  135mm
• Gobi desert temp range

  37^C
• Gobi desert coldest month

  January
• Gobi desert wettest month

  July
• Gobi desert driest month

  January and February
• Gobi desert mean temp

  13^C
• Gobi desert mean precipitation

  11.25mm
• What do sparesly populstred areas have?(6)

  Extreme climates, Crop growth, difficulty lack of natural resources, extreme relief, lack of water, volcanic activity
• Effect of extreme temperatures


  Wearing layers of clothing on little layers if cold
• Effects of water lack

  Using a fish and irrigation technique, so crops receive enough water moisture
• Effects of infertile soil

  Uses compost and natural fertiliser to rich soil, grow, hardy plants
• Effects of sandstorms


  Build windbreaks to protect crops and livestock. Spent time cleaning after a storm.
• Winter temps in the gobi desert reach to...

  -40^C
• Summer temps in the gobi desert reach to...

  40^C
• 5th largest desert in the world ...
• Diurnal range def


  Difference between temperature in 24 hours
• Diurnal range of gobi desert

  35^C
• Where do people in China live? Explain densely populated areas and sparsely populated areas

  The north-west of China is sparsely populated, and the south east of China is densely populated