Lesson 1 Practice Check

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

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

Near what geographical feature have many ancient civilizations started?

• desert

• oceans

• rivers

• glaciers

Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact do you think these natural borders may have had 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 were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

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

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

• Yellow River

• Himalayan Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Taklaman Desert

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 continent is China located on?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• India

The _______ is a vast area stretching from Mongolia into China

• Pacific Ocean

• Gobi Desert

• Tibetan Plateau

• Himalayas

The ___________ contain some of the tallest mountains in the world

• Alps

• Rockies

• Himalayas

• Andes

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

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