Ancient China: Lesson 1 Geography

"Who controls the _____ river controls China."

• Huang

• Chang

• Nile

• Ganges

How long is the Huang River?

• 3,000 miles

• 2,000 miles

• 30,000 miles

• 3 miles

What is the North China Plain known for?

• World's largest plain

• World's largest river

• China's tallest mountain

• Egypt's largest plain

Where does the Huang curve?

• Ordos Desert

• Loess

• Altai Mountains

• Kunlun Shan

What are the benefits of loess?

• fertile soil

• very fine

• rock-free

• Fluffy

Why is loess considered a curse?

• Easily carried away in storms

• Too fertile

• Causes flooding

• It is poisonous.

What are levees used for?

• Hold a river within its banks.

• A mud deposit.

• A canal.

• A river in China

What crops grew in China?

• Rice

• Millet

• Green onions

• grapes

• Ginger

What is it called when too much soil washes away and crops fail?

• erosion

• famine

• steppes

• levees

The Huang River is often called China's _____ because of the flooding that cost so many lives and because the river would wash away crops, leaving people with little to eat.

• Sorrow

• Power

• Strength

• Destruction