Download China Google Map 2014

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China Google Map Instructions
Use these maps to find the features listed below; HA! pages 182, 184, 221, 237 and Peeps pages 116,
118, 130, 624-625
1. Set up your Google Map:
a. Go to https://www.google.com/maps (works best in Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari)
b. Select the arrow icon at the top right of the screen. In the drop-down, click on “My
Places” and log in to our Google account (login= [email protected], password=
eckstein)
c. Once you are logged in, you might have to go to “My Places” again.
d. Scroll to the bottom of the page and switch the view to “Classic”
e. Select “My places” at the top left of the screen.
f. Select “Create Map” and then “Create New Map” in the pop-up screen.
g. Title your map by clicking on the 3-lined symbol at the top left-hand corner of your
screen.
h. Click on the words “Untitled Map” at the top left-hand corner of your screen. Make sure
that your title includes your name!
2. Create a layer for Inner China and a layer for Outer China.
a. Click “Add Layer” underneath the title of your map. Click on the “Untitled Layer” to
rename it.
b. You should have two layers, one named “Inner China” and one named “Outer China”
3. Using the textbook maps as guides, add your pins for locations in Inner China and in Outer
China:
a. Using the search bar at the top of the screen, type in a location and hit enter.
b. A pin should drop on the location, click on it and select “Add to map”
c. Do this for each of the below physical features:
 Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
 North China Plain
 Middle and Lower Chang
 Taklimakan Desert
Jiang Basins
 Gobi Desert
 Northeastern Plain
4. Add a pin for each of the below bodies of water (again, make sure they are going in the
correct layer of China):
 Huang He (Yellow River)
 South China Sea
 Chang Jiang (Long River)
 Yellow Sea
 East China Sea
5. Draw a line
a. Select the “Draw a Line” icon from below the search bar at the top of your screen.
b. Draw and label the boundaries of each of the following dynasties (use a separate color
for each):
 Shang dynasty, about 1122 B.C.E.
 Qin dynasty, about 221 B.C.E.
 Han dynasty, about 80 B.C.E.
 Zhou dynasty, about 800 B.C.E.
6. Draw a line to show the path of the Great Wall of China.
7. Draw a line to show the path of the Great Silk Road.
8. Add a pin for each of these cities:
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Beijing
Hong Kong
Shanghai