Practice Unit 4 - China the emerging nation

Which of the following are some physical features about climate of the North and West of China? Choose more than one

• Wet summers and dry winters

• Snow may lie over 100 days each year

• Very cold winters and warm summers

• Summers are quite warm but the nights are very cold

• Strong winds specially in winters

How is the climate in Sichuan? Choose more than one

• Winters are cold and quite dry

• Winters are cold and wet

• Summers are very hot and wet

• Summers are hot and dry

Which of the following is part of the physical geography of the north and west of China?

• Himalayas and the high Plateau of Tibet

• Mainly high mountains and inland drainage basins

• Mount Everest

• The valley of the Huang He, or Yellow River

Which of the following are some physical features about climate of the South and West of China? Choose more than one

• Dry summers and winters

• Summers are quite warm but the nights are very cold

• Wet summers and dry winters

• Strong winds specially in winters

• Snow and high wind chill in winter

Mount Everest is ... metres high

• 8850

• 8250

• 8000

• 7850

River Yangtze is the...

• third largest river in the world both in length and discharge

• second largest and deepest river in the world

• third deepest river in the world

• longest and deepest river in the world

The river Yangtze is the only major natural rout-way into central China

• True

• False

Which of the following are some physical features about climate of the North and East of China? Choose more than one

• Winters are dry but summers are usually very wet

• Snow may lie for up to 150 days a year and rivers may freeze for up to six months

• Winters are warm and summers very hot, giving a low annual range of temperature

• Summers are quite warm but the nights are very cold

Which of the following are some physical features about climate of the South and East of China? Choose more than one

• Includes tropical rain-forest

• Warm winters and summers very hot

• Winters are wet and summers dry

• Very cold winters and warm summers

Hazards like earthquakes have occurred mainly in ...

• Sichuan

• Himalayas

• Yangtze

• Shangai