China Geography

The area in red is an elevated area in China where most of the country's rivers originate from. What's it called?

• Gobi Desert
• Taklamakan Desert
• Plateau of Tibet
• Himalayas

This river is the longest in Asia and was often used for transportation in China.

• Gobi
• Yangtze
• Huang He
• Ohio

This desert lies in both China and Mongolia.  It is also known as a cold desert.

• Gobi
• Taklamakan
• Kalahari
• Sahara

How was Chinese civilization affected by mountains and deserts?

• They became wealthy.
• They were isolated from other civilizations.
• They made it easier to travel.
• They made China easy to be attacked.

True or False: Geography played an important role in the development of the civilization of Ancient China.

• True
• False

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

Northern China's climate is 

• hot and muggy
• warm and dry
• cold and dry
• cold and wet

Which physical feature in China is a flat piece of land and serves as a natural border to the west?

• Sahara Desert

• Yellow River

• Tibetan Plateau

• Yellow Sea

Who said this?

• Ms. Ryder
• Confucius
• The Buddah
• Your gramps