Ancient China Geography

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

• Nile and Amazon
• Yangtze and Yellow
• Mississippi and Ganges
• Tigris and Euphrates

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

• True
• False

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

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

One of the physical barriers that separates China from its neighbors is 

• Google 
• Bogie
• Gobi
• Sahara

Near what geographical feature have civilizations started?

• desert
• oceans
• rivers
• glaciers

This is a long river in China, also known as the Yangtze River

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Dao

• Zhou

This is a river in china, also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

• Dao

• Zhou

• Shang

• Huang He

Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact do you think these natural borders may have had on the culture?

• They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.

• They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.

• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.

• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently.

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

Which physical features isolated and protected ancient China?

• Tibetan Plateau and the China Sea

• Himalayan Mountains and Gobi Desert

• Yellow Sea and Yangtze River