Ancient China Geography Quiz

Ancient China expanded their border in every direction except?

• West

• North

• East

• South

The two major bodies of water in China were?

• The Kasong and Dugong Rivers

• The Yangzte and Huang He Rivers

• The Ganges and Urdu Rivers

• The Shanghai and Nile Rivers

What gave Chinese Farmers great soil for crops?

• The Monsoon rains

• Tidal Flats gave them rich soil

• The flooding rivers deposits rich silt called loess

• The farmer irrigated from run off water

What blocked China's expansion north?

• Persia

• The Nomadic Empires

• The Himalayas

• The Pacific Ocean

Which one of the following natural barriers made overland travel difficult?

• The Gobi Desert

• The Tibetan Plateau

• Xi Jiang

• Pacific Ocean

Which Mountain range are the highest in the world?

• Sierra Nevadas

• Rocky Mountains

• The Himalayan Mountains

• The Cascade Mountains

What was the Huang He river also called?

• The river of death

• The river of gold

• The river of sorrows

• The river of peace

China's physical geography

• allowed for great trade

• kept China isolated

• inspired cultural diffusion

• kept China wealthy

On which continent is China located?

• Australia

• India

• Asia

• Antarctica

Why is the Yellow River also known as China's Sorrow?

• Sometimes the river have the inability to produce silt for people to grow crops.

• The river frequently floods causing millions of deaths over the course of China's history.

• It is where people go when they are sad.

• China lost many battles against the Hun army along the Yellow River.