China's Physical Features

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China?

• Nile and Amazon

• Yangtze and Yellow

• Mississippi and Ganges

• Tigris and Euphrates

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. 

This is a river in china, also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

• Dao

• Zhou

• Shang

• Huang He

Northern China's climate is 

• hot and muggy
• warm and dry
• cold and dry
• cold and wet

Why was the Huang He or Yellow River known as " China's Sorrow"?

• It was named after the Sorrowful Dynasty

• tainted water causes sickness and death

• flooding caused mass destruction and huge loss of lives

• pollution causes the water to stink

The Taklimakan and Gobi are _______ or landforms that prevented China from invasion and visitors for many years.

• mountain ranges

• rivers

• volcanoes

• deserts

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

Which of the following is NOT a natural barrier?

• Gobi Desert

• Great Wall of China

• East China Sea

• Himalaya mountains

Which of the following borders China?

• Yellow Sea

• Bay of Bengal

• Philipine Sea

• Indian Ocean

Which feature forms a natural barrier with Mongolia

• Tibetan Plateau

• Taklamakan Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Great Wall of China