China and It's Neighbors

China is the world's third-largest country in

• population

• land area

• growing rice

• Asia

The hottest location in China is

• the Gobi

• the Taklimakan Desert

• Manchuria

• the Turpan Depression

The Gobi in northern China is made up of

• rocks and stones

• sand

• dried mud

• loess

China's three major rivers serve as important transportation routes and also as a source of

• recreation

• soil

• food

• electricity

What river do the Chinese call "China's sorrow" because of flooding?

• Yangtze

• Nu

• Yellow

• Xi

Nearly all of China's people belong to an ethnic group called

• Han Chinese

• Taiwanese

• Tibetans

• Beijings

Chinese thinkers believed that learning was the guide to people's

• success as farmers

• chances for good jobs

• good behavior

• choosing a dynasty

Laozi's teachings about living simply and in harmony with nature were called

• Kongfuzi

• calligraphy

• Daoism

• Chinag Kai-shek

Silk, printed books, and the magnetic compass were some of China's

• manufactured goods

• early inventions

• early imports

• electronic products

The population of China is

• 911 million

• one-third of the world's population

• 2.1 billion

• 1.29 billion