Ancient China Geographic Regions Review

What geographic feature forms the southwestern border of China?

• Taklimakan Desert

• Himalayan Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Tibet Qinghai Plateau

Which river in China is one of the muddiest in the world, and is known by its color?

• Huang He

• Nile

• Chang Jiang

• Hudson

What geographic feature's name means once you go in, you will not come out?

• Gobi Desert

• Deccan Plateau

• Huang He River

• Taklimakan Desert

From which geographic region do both the Huang He and the Chiang Jang Rivers flow?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Tibet Qinghai Plateau

• Deccan Plateau

• North China Plain

The Tibet Qinghai Plateau is quite fertile.

• True

• False

Which geographic feature is shared by both China and Mongolia?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Huang He River

• Chang Jiang River Basin

• Gobi Desert

What main crop was (and still is) grown in China in the Chang Jiang Basin because of the perfect climate and soil content?

What geographic features form natural barriers/boundaries in China?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Chang Jiang River

• Taklimakan Desert

• Tibet Qinghai Plateau

Which two names are also names for the Chang Jiang River?

• Long River

• Yellow River

• Yangtze River

• Rhine River

Why is the Huang He also known as the Yellow River? (Be specific!)