China at a glance: land, people, language and trade

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

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   China at a glance (cards A to C). Card A, a fact table (columns Fact | Value): Capital | Beijing; Largest city | Shanghai; Population (World Bank, 2024) | 1,409.0 million; Area (World Bank, 2024) | 9,562,910 km²; Language | Standard Chinese (Mandarin); Currency | renminbi (yuan). Note: Beijing is the capital; Shanghai is the largest city. Population density is people per km². Card B, World Bank figures for 2024 and currencies from the Brazil and Japan profiles in this set: Brazil, population 212.0 million, area 8,510,420 km², currency real; Japan, population 124.0 million, area 377,975 km², currency yen. Card C, a note written for this sheet: A country's capital is the city where its national government is based. The largest city is the one with the most people. They can be the same city or different ones.

2. 1.

   A student says Shanghai must be China's capital because it is the largest city. What do cards A and C show, Ari asks?

   • Shanghai is the capital, because the capital holds the most people
   • Beijing is the capital, because it is the oldest city in China
   • Shanghai is the capital, because card A lists it second in the table
   • Beijing is the capital, because the capital holds the government
3. 2.

   Card A gives China's population and area. About how many people live in each km² on average, Bo asks?

   • About 14.7 people
   • About 0.007 people
   • About 147 people
   • About 1,409 people
4. 3.

   Cards A and B give the populations of China and Japan. About how many times as many people live in China as in Japan, Jun asks?

   • About 1.1 times as many
   • About 0.09 times as many
   • About 11 times as many
   • About 1,285 times as many
5. 4.

   Which statement comparing China with Japan do cards A and B support, Luz asks?

   • China and Japan have nearly the same number of people
   • China has more people but less area than Japan
   • Japan has more people but less area than China
   • China has more people and more area than Japan
6. 5.

   A student says: 'China is the most crowded of the three, since it has the most people.' How strong is that claim, Milo asks?

   • Strong: card A says that China has the highest density of the three
   • Strong: 1,409.0 million is the largest population of the three
   • Weak: China has fewer people than Brazil, so it is less crowded
   • Weak: crowding is people per km², and Japan's is higher, about 328
7. 6.

   Card A's language row says 'Standard Chinese (Mandarin)'. What does that row show, Noah asks?

   • The table names a main language; it does not show who speaks it
   • Mandarin is spoken in Beijing, and other languages are spoken elsewhere
   • China has just one language, since the table lists one
   • Everyone in China speaks Mandarin at home, since card A says so
8. 7.

   A student's note says: 'China's currency is the yen.' Using cards A and B, which fix is right, Pia asks?

   • China uses the yen and the renminbi (yuan) as one money
   • China's currency is the renminbi (yuan); the yen is Japan's
   • China's currency is the real; the yen is Brazil's
   • China's currency is the yen; the renminbi (yuan) is Japan's
9. 8.

   China's density is about 147 people per km² and Japan's is about 328. About how many times as dense is Japan, Ren asks?

   • About 22 times as dense
   • About 0.5 times as dense
   • About 181 times as dense
   • About 2 times as dense
10. 9.

    Using cards A and B, which list puts the three countries in order by density, lowest first, Tala asks?

    • Japan, Brazil, China
    • China, Brazil, Japan
    • Brazil, China, Japan
    • Japan, China, Brazil
11. 10.

    Card A has no density row. How could you find China's density from the rows it has, Zee asks?

    • Divide the area by the population
    • Divide the population by the area
    • Add the population to the area
    • Multiply the population by the area