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

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

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

   Cards A and B give people and area for three countries. Which statement about density is supported, Esme asks?

   • Japan is denser than China, and China is denser than Brazil
   • Brazil is denser than China, since its area is smaller
   • China is denser than Japan, and Japan is denser than Brazil
   • China is the densest of the three, since it has the most people
5. 4.

   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 0.09 times as many
   • About 1,285 times as many
   • About 1.1 times as many
   • About 11 times as many
6. 5.

   Cards A and B give the areas of China and Brazil. How much larger is China's area than Brazil's, Kira asks?

   • About 1.05 million km² smaller
   • About 1.05 million km² larger
   • About 10.5 million km² larger
   • About 18.07 million km² larger
7. 6.

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

   • Weak: crowding is people per km², and Japan's is higher, about 328
   • Weak: China has fewer people than Brazil, so it is less crowded
   • 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
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's currency is the real; the yen is Brazil's
   • China uses the yen and the renminbi (yuan) as one money
   • China's currency is the yen; the renminbi (yuan) is Japan's
   • China's currency is the renminbi (yuan); the yen 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 181 times as dense
   • About 0.5 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, China, Brazil
    • Japan, Brazil, China
    • Brazil, China, Japan
    • China, Brazil, Japan
11. 10.

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

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