China+Questions

[[image:http://p21chong.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/china-map.jpg width="433" height="350" align="left"]]China Questions Activity:
1. List five questions you have about ancient or modern China based on our readings and study of this ancient land so far. Make sure these are questions to which you do not already know the answer. Be sure to share these questions with Mr. Black so he can see that you have an appropriate list. Use a Google document to list these questions.

2. Research the answers to these questions. Find at least three different sites that you believe help answer these questions.

3. Make sure to copy and paste the web address of each site used to help you answer the question. Be sure this is the exact website of the source. For instance, one should not write "google.com", but should instead add the link to the exact web link used for your research.

4. Write an answer to each question as if you were completing a writing assignment from questions in the text. In other words, make sure that your answer is written in complete sentences and proper form, as we have discussed all year. If for some reason you are not sure whether you have the correct answer through your research, then please explain why you feel this way in your answer.

5. To conclude, write a paragraph summary describing the Internet sources you used for this project. Are these sources accurate? How do you know? What steps did you use to judge accuracy and validity of these sources?

SAMPLE:

How many people does China have living in the country? (This question is used for a simple example and would not really be used for this activity since the answer is already known):

Three sites I used to find this answer are:
 * http://www.howmanypeopleliveinchina.com/how-many-people-live-in-china.html
 * http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/how_many_people_live_in_china
 * https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html

Answer: From my research I found that there are approximately 1.3 billion (or 1,300,000,000) people living in China today.

Internet source analysis:

I am confident that the answer to the question is accurate because all three sites share the population of China to be around 1.3 billion people. I was not originally sure about the accuracy of the information found on the first two sites. They both have the extension of .com, which means they are commercial sites. In addition, both these sites had many advertisements that could be a sign that the site was more interested in making money than in providing accurate information. However, this information matched up with the CIA World Factbook, a US government site, that has an interest in providing the most accurate information possible. Therefore, I feel strongly that I have found the correct answer to my question.