Chinese Geography Study Session

Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains, and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture?

• They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations
• They cause China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations
• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently
• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations

What major geographical feature served as the southern border of Ancient China?

• Yellow River
• Mountains
• Indian Ocean
• Taklamakan Desert

What peoples lived in the Gobi desert to the north and raided Ancient China throughout much of its history?

• Mongols
• Assyrians
• Egyptians
• Romans

What resource did the rivers provide to the early settlers of China?

• fertile soil
• fish
• transportation
• all of the above

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China?

• Yellow and Yangtze
• Nile and Euphrates
• Tigris and Euphrates
  Yellow and Red
• Ohio and Mississippi
  Yangtze and Himalaya

What two things were difficult because of China's isolation?

• Travel and Irrigation
• Trade and Creating Canals

• Travel and Trade
• Digging canals and Travel

Which of the following geographical feature does NOT isolate China?

• Mountains
• Desert

• Ocean
• Rivers

China is the same size as ___.

• India
• United States
• Mesopotamia
• Europe

The advantages of the physical barriers that surround China might be..

• Protection from invaders
• Trade options
• Interaction with new cultures

Why is the Huang He/Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow."

• Hurricane force winds
• Tsunami's
• Catastrophic Flooding