Geography of China

Which are the two major rivers that flow through China?

• The Yellow and Red Rivers

• The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

• The Yangtze and East Rivers

• The Yingtze ane Yangtze Rivers

Name a body of water that borders China to the east.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Yangtze River

• Yellow River

On which continent is China located?

• Australia

• India

• Asia

• Antarctica

What geographical feature would it be easiest to live next to?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Pacific Ocean

• Yellow River

• Gobi Desert

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 major geographical feature served as protection on the southern border of China?

• Yellow River

• Himalayan Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Taklaman Desert

True or False: Geography played an important role in the development of the civilization of Ancient China.

• True
• False

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.

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

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

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

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