Ancient China Geography

How did China's geography isolate the country for thousands of years?

• The great wall kept them isolated

• Mountains and deserts made travel difficult

• No one could cross the treacherous rivers

• The dragons kept people out of China

What was the Silk Road?

• A road made of the finest silk

• a water route to the new world

• a Chinese Rock band

• a trade route connecting China to the Fertile Crescent

The longest river in China is ____.

• Amazon

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Tian Shan

Which dynasty built the connecting walls to form the Great Wall of China?

• Qin

• Ming

• Han

• Duck

Why was the Huang He or Yellow River known as " China's Sorrow"?

• It was named after the Sorrowful Dynasty

• tainted water causes sickness and death

• flooding caused mass destruction and huge loss of lives

• pollution causes the water to stink

Which dynasty controlled most territory?

• Xia

• Han

• Zhou

• Qin

The Taklimakan and Gobi are _______ or landforms that prevented China from invasion and visitors for many years.

• mountain ranges

• rivers

• volcanoes

• deserts

China got its name from the _____.

• elegant dishes used to dine

• the Qin dynasty

• Kung Fu Panda

• Mulan

During the Qin Dynasty a system of standardizing money, weights, and measures was developed to ____.

• make it easier to trade with others

• make it more difficult to trade

• give the emperor more power

• keep the silk soft

Why might the travelers on the Silk Road group together in caravans?

• to share camels

• to share camel stories

• to compare prices

• protection against attacks from animals, bandits, or harsh climate