Geography of China

What geographical feature would it be easiest to live next to?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Pacific Ocean

• Yellow River

• Gobi Desert

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 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. 

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

• Yellow River

• Himalayan Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Taklaman Desert

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

• Huns

• Persians

• Egyptians

• Assyrians

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

China is ABOUT the same size as ___.

• India

• United States

• Mesopotamia

• Europe

The ___________ Desert is on the west side of China.

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Taklamakan

• Yellow

The Yellow River and Yangtze Rivers flows which cardinal directions?

• East to West

• West to South

• West to East

• West to North

The _____________ is the most fertile area in China.

• Chinese Plain

• Gobi Desrt

• Yangtze River

• Yellow River