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APRIL 20, 2015
LT: I can explain why china has been invaded so many times. (AND WHY THEY BUILT A WALL)
Bbc: migrant workers in trouble again
Today: NOTES—GREAT WALLHOMEWORK DUE WEDS—MAP TEST & READING
LARGEST POPULATION IN THE WORLD --2.5 B 1/4 of the Earth’s population lives in China
Govt : single- party– COMMUNISTLanguage(s) : Mandarin, local Chinese dialectsChina borders fifteen countries
THE GREAT WALL
Built to keep foreigners out and political & social thoughts from “infecting” Chinese Society
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces.
4,500 miles long (approx.) Miami to the North Pole. It would take approx. 3 yrs to walk length of the Great Wall