Below are the same graphics we looked at in class. Next to each map or graph, explain what the image is showing about China's geography and population. Do your best to explain the meaning of the graph and make connections between the geography (physical features) of China and the demographics (human characterisitics).

	Image 1 - Population Density: From this map you can tell that the East Coast is densely populated. There are more people living there because the cities have rivers near them. As agriculture became more developed, more people started to settle near the rivers. This allowed them to farm and grow crops. Also, because they're near the sea there would be ships to help trade (sea trade). To trade with neighboring countries, the rivers also provided transportation. Another reason is that there are factories and when there are factories, it means more jobs are available. So people who want to earn some money would come over to the East Coast of China to get a job.Western China is, as you can see on the map, sparsely populated. Mountains and deserts make it very difficult to farm and trade, and therefore there are no industries located there.
	Image 2 - Another population density map: The redder the areas are, the more densely populated it is. As you can see, many people live in the East whereas only very few people live in the West. This is due to certain geographical features of China such as mountains and deserts.The white area represents that there are literally no people living there. This is because those areas are filled with deserts or mountain ranges. Although the resources here are aplenty, the conditions make it that people cannot possibly survive there. It is difficult to trade there and hard to travel in and out of it. Creating industry in those areas is not convenient or reasonable. On the East, the rivers irrigate crops, which provide much of the food people eat. Also, the lack of harsh conditions here making living here easier for people. Sea trade is also possible because of the neighboring oceans. The black line represents "two Chinas", greatly contrasting the two different regions of the country.
	Image 3 - Years of formal education: the numbers along the bottom are 0-20. The highest percentage is 0 years, about 18% of Chinese have 0 years of formal education. This majority of this percentage is made up of rural people, as 60% of China's population lives in these areas. These people do not have easy access to schools, do not have enough money for tuition, or have a lifestyle where education is not a priority.
	Image 4 - Employment: (furlough means they've been laid off and are looking for another job) As you can see from this graph a 50% of the population is farmers. Also, the unemployment appears to be relatively low. (not including people who have been retired.) It can be inferred that there are many job opportunities, as people tend to retire early, but that also means labor fees are low. 50% of Chinese people are farmers, which means in total throughout the world, 25% are farmers. Fun fact: look at four people... one of them are Chinese farmers!!! And if you include all the other farmers of nationalities, theres even more!
	Image 5 - Illiterate Chinese: the blue lines represent the number of illiterate citizens in 2000 while the green lines are citizens from 1990. The red areas mean illiteracy is greater than 15%, light yellow means less than 5%.This image also shows that the majority of Chinese citizens do or did not have education.
	Image 6 - Per Capita GDP: The darker the color, the richer the population in that area. One of the reaons the east coast is a lot darker is because the physical features there are more suitable for agriculture. There are also resources provided by rivers, mountains etc. There are more factories which means there are jobs available, motivating people to move there. As you can see, the western side of china has dark red colored in. Is because there are more factories there to construct inventions to trade off for different stuff, increasing the GDP of China.
	Image 7 - Urban vs. Rural More than half of China's population is living in villages, as the red 60.2% of the pie chart indicates. Living in rural areas means more space for farming, which is how most of the Chinese earn their money. Also, living in urban areas is a complication for most Chinese, because of the expensive style of life. Although roughly 40% of China's population live in cities, the majority of them are still living in poverty.