China Study Guide

A system of money used by a country

• currency

• paddy

• free enterprise

• consumer goods

high banks of soil along a river

• damn

• dike

• terrace

• ditch

crack in the earth's crust

• fault line

• silk road

• panada

• abacus

shallow flooded field for growing rice

• porcelain

• yuan

• junk

• paddy

strips of land cut out of the hillside

• terrace

• Plateau of Tibet

• dragon

• pagoda

Which three are examples of Chinese inventions?

• paper

• compasses

• porcelain

• silk

Facts about the Turpan Depression (select all that apply)

• Western China

• 505 feet below sea level

• Hottest area in China

• Horrible flooding

Facts about the Yellow River (select all that apply)

• Eastern China

• Also called Haunge He

• Horrible Flooding

• made up of rocks

Facts about the Gobi Desert (select all that apply)

• Twice the size of Texas

• has rocks instead of sand

• floods easily

• fertile soil

Facts about the loess: (select all that apply)

• North China Plains

• Yellow, brownish, dusty, fertile soil,

• Example: Iowa

• Desert