Ancient China Vocabulary

A desert that lies in both China and Mongolia

• Sahara Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Taklimakan Desert

• Mohave Desert

the region where human settlement and culture began in China

• China Plain

• South China Plain

• North China Plain

• Asian Plain

a yellowish brown soil that blows in from the desert

• mud

• clay

• silt

• loess

longest river in Asia, empties into the Yellow Sea

• Nile River

• Yangtze River

• Yellow River

• Ganges River

a mountain range in southern Asia; it includes the highest point on Earth

• Himalaya Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Mount Everest

• Appalacian Mountains

a platform of Earth; lies in a stair pattern

• plateau

• hills

• terrace

• foothills

a barrier used to control flooding

• wall

• dam

• levee

• canal

North China Plain

• where they built the Great Wall of China

• the region where human settlement and culture began in China

• an area of plateaus

Yellow River

• a river that flows into the Mediterranean Sea

• largest river in Asia

• a river that cuts through the North China Plain

• longest river in Asia

loess

• the lowest class social pyramid

• an irrigation system

• brown soil in the river bed

• a yellowish brown soil that blows in from the desert