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China is very connected to the past. They still follow ancient traditions. For instance, some of the Bhudists still believe in Chi, and practice Kung Fu because they believe it improves them. Some of the less religious people practice Kung Fu as well, but so they can be police or get into the army. In the rice paddie place, they do not have any machines of any sort, and do everything by hand. Because lots practice such ancient traditions, and use less modern tools, even though in other places in China there are more modern stuff, I would say they are definitely more connected to the past then the future.

If I were to build a civilization 1000 years ago in China, I would probably build it along the coast of the Yellow Sea. I would choose this location because it has easy access to both the Huang He River and the Yangtze River, it is a plane, so it would be easier to build settlements on, and because it is on the coast, it has access to the rest of the world, so they can trade with other civilizations.

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D. If you are building a civilization 1000 years ago in China, where in China would you build it?

If I were to build a civilization 1000 years ago in China I would build on the East China coast. On the east china coast we can trade with neighboring countries and cities using boats. Also a great source of water is the Yangtze river. The Yangtze river also drops off silt fertilizing parts of the North China plain, so we can grow crops. The flat plain makes attacking tough and defending easy, making our civilization mostly safe. If I were to build a civilization 1000 years ago in China the East China coast would definitely be the place.

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Gracie Option A: What makes China a unique place? Support your claim with reasons and evidence from the video.

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Gracie Option A: What makes China a unique place? Support your claim with reasons and evidence from the video.

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There are many things that make China unique, including the diversity of their culture, and huge populations. There are many different jobs in China depending on where you live, and that job can hold up a specific part of China’s culture. If you live by the Chinese paddy fields, (the Dragon's Back) you put all your time and effort into planting and harvesting the rice paddies. That is so different from in the United States, we use machines to do all our work for us, Chinese paddy field workers do it all by hand with little animal help.
In China they have started to leave their fields and countries, and they started creating huge cities and populations. It is becoming quite advanced, and when you travel between the two types of places its like stepping into another world, even Kung-Fu is changing in some places, and being taught traditionally in others, many civilizations advance as one but China chose to keep its diversity and uniqueness in times of change and development.

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If I was building a civilization in China 1000 years ago I would want to build in southeast China. Southeast China is more tropical and warmer, therefore easier to live. More specifically I would want to live on the coast, because you have access to other places and fishing. Southeast China is more like rainforest rather than desert, especially 1000 years ago. It would be a lot better to live in a place where you can get water easily. I think these are really important things to have in a place to live and southeast China definitely has them, therefore if I were to build a civilization in China 1000 years ago I would build it on the coast of southeast China.

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What Makes China A Unique Place?

By: Clyde Clemens

What makes China a unique place? One thing I’ve noticed is that China seems very tied to it’s past. Although many other places carry on traditions, they still welcome new advancements, developments, and anything that makes life easier. While some parts of China, like Shanghai, are very advanced, many areas of China are still using very old methods. One example of this is the rice fields. In the U.S, farmers have “crop crawlers”; gigantic machines that “walk” along the rows of crops and spray them automatically. In China, farmers are still working by hand labor, out in the fields morning till night. I think this shows great dedication to tradition, a distinction from many other countries. Another example is Kung Fu. China has upheld that tradition since roughly around 250 BC. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in China who train for Kung Fu. Paying homage to their past was obviously very important to the Chinese. The diversity of terrain is another unique quality of China. By way of mountains and deserts, China is somewhat barred from other countries. Not only is this a unique landscape, it may have been the reason Chinese culture is so different and so strong. With no other influences, China developed a distinctive culture that is very much alive today. China’s culture and China itself are undoubtedly unique, special, and strong, and I think we can learn much from them.

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What makes China a unique place?

China is a unique place for many reasons one being it is in a neat spot geographically speaking. It has the largest mountain in the world! Also it has plains, plateau of tibet, the gobi desert, and a ton of seas. Also they have some of the largest cities in the world and the highest population in the world. China is also home to many different beliefs and skills. China has many tall peaks, thick jungles, a desert, plains, hills, plateaus and many bodys of water. As you can tell china is both unique and has a variety of different cultures and physical features.

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China is a unique and beautiful place because of all the different people within it. From brave monks studying martial arts to hard field workers to city men trying to find jobs, the people of China are outstanding in many ways. The place of China itself is defined by the daring and hardworking people within it. The field workers that spend their lives growing rice help make china unique. The daring people that leave their families for city jobs are unique. The very existence of people whose cultures differ from each other make China a beautiful, original place.

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What makes china unique?

I think that the extreme diversity of people makes China unique. I think this because there is a huge mix of new old, and there is a big mix of diverse beliefs also but let's take the new and old topic, so we have massive cities like shanghai that are very advanced and new, then there is places like the buddhist monastery in the kung fu video where they have been practicing and training kung fu since it was first invented 500 years ago by these same monks, now there are a lot of places that are extremely advanced, and places that are not as advanced. To me this seems like china is very unique for there diversity.

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I believe that China is more connected to the past. Although it is very quickly growing in population and becoming more modern in many areas, China has kept alive tradtitions from ancient times. For example, in many places Kung Fu is still taught. You have to learn how to control your inner Chi, which the chinease believe is your inner life force. It's more than just fighting, it's a way of life that has existed for  thousands of years. It is often done outside in peaceful places.
There are still lots of rural homes where tight knitted families do all their crop work by hand every year as they have been for generations. No big machines, just hard work and determination.
Mongolia still hosts huge horse races filled with people who are very skilled at riding horses and doing tricks. Even the children participate in a long distance horse race. The traditions are old, but they are a piece of history that Mongolia has not let slip away.
China has a lengthy history. It has modernized, but the chinease hold on to traditions that have been going on for centuries. They haven't forgotten their way of life.

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From what I know, China is very connected with their past. Although China is growing at a rapid pace from baby’s being born every minute to their overall economy getting bigger and bigger everyday. China is one to hold on to the culture for one they have held onto the art of Kung-fu and the monks. There are also many dances and rituals that have been past down from generation to generation. One big thing in Mongolia is the huge festival they have each year to honor and show how their culture works, they hold a huge horse race where they use children with light weight bodies to ride the horses with no saddles and no straps with make it very hard to steer the horse you are riding. Although China is growing forward every minute of every day they still hold their culture strongly.