Epic Quest: China's Geography

A relief map is a map with elevations and depressions representing hills and valleys, typically on an exaggerated scale. 

You will use the packet below to craft a relief map detailing the geography of ancient China. 

The people of ancient China often drew pictures on scrolls to illustrate the landscape. Illustrations often included physical features, climate, vegetation, food, shelter, and people.

You will create a scroll painting of one of China’s geographic regions. You can use  paints, watercolor paints, markers, pencil, crayons, or colored pencil to mimic the ink that was used in ancient China.

 Show these elements (If appropriate for your region): 

• physical features

• climate

• vegetation

• clothing

• food

• shelter

• economic activities of people living in that region

On an index card attached to your painting, write a paragraph that describes the region

A geographical study is a report on natural resources, climate, and vegetation. As a pair or independently you will create a geographical study of the 5 regions in ancient China.

You will create a geography journal. You will write one paragraph per region detailing natural resources, climates, and vegetation.

You will provide an image for each region you write about

The paragraphs and images should be gathered together to resemble a journal. This can be done either digitally (slides) or by hand.