Geography of Ancient China

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

• Fresh Water
• Fertile Soil
• Transportation
• All of the above

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

• Nile and Amazon
• Yangtze and Yellow
• Mississippi and Ganges
• Tigris and Euphrates

a long river in China also known as the Yangtze River

• Huang He
• Chang Jiang
• Dao
• Zhou

a river in china also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

• Dao
• Zhou
• Shang
• Huang He

The advantages of the physical barriers that surround China might be..

• Protection from invaders
• Trade options
• Interaction with new cultures

Why is the Huang He/Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow."

• Hurricane force winds
• Tsunami's
• Catastrophic Flooding

The rivers' floods deposited fertile 

• sand
• gold
• kilt
• silt

This is a river in china, also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

• Dao

• Zhou

• Shang

• Huang He

This is a long river in China, also known as the Yangtze River

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Dao

• Zhou