Ancient China Vocab/Geography

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 cause China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations
• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently
• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations

Which physical feature isolated China in the NORTH?

• Gobi Desert

• Himalaya Mountains

• Pacific Ocean

• Huanghe River

What resource did the rivers provide to the early settlers of China?

• fertile soil
• fish
• transportation
• all of the above

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China?

• Yellow and Yangtze
• Nile and Euphrates
• Yellow and Red
• Yangtze and Himalaya

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Geography played a major role in the development of Chinese civilisation.

• True

• False

How did geography play a role in the isolation of China?

• The Great Wall of China easily let invaders in.
• The Plateau of Tibet made it easier to travel through China.
• Natural barriers around China made it difficult for trade to come in or go out.
• The seas around China made it easy to travel to China.

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indus
• Yangtze
• Nile

Early civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China have one thing in common.....

• each civilization flourished despite harsh desert conditions
• we know little about them due to catastrophic natural disasters
• they were founded along rivers and fertile valleys
• their coastal locations allowed them to trade with the Roman Empire

What was a natural barrier for China 

• Gobi Desert 
• Sahara Desert
• Mediterranean Sea 
• Silk Road

China is on what continent?

• Antarctica
• Asia
• Australia 
• North America