Geography Assignment
Answer the question you select in short essay format, one page (200 words ±20 words). Make sure that what you submit is clearly stated and answers the question relevantly.
4 Specific features
4 Benefits provided
2 Writing quality (organization/presentation of ideas, legibility, spelling, grammar)
1. Study the map on page 71 in the course textbook and answer the question below:
What is the location and character of the Grand Canal and what were the benefits of an extensive canal system to the then growing Chinese state?
2. In what ways was Chinese written language critical for nation building and how did it contribute to the formation of modern China?
Text Book: China's Geography: Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change by Gregory Veeck, Clifton W. Pannell, Youqin Huang and Shuming Bao, THIRD EDITION.