Ch. 5-1 The Huang Valley

True or false. The Huang He river is also known as the Yellow River.

• True

• False

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

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

____ is fine, windblown yellow soil

• Loess
• Clan
• Yangzi

Very large, dry area in northern China---has large sand dune (Hills), mountains, and basins (lower elevation)

• Gobi Desert

• Himalayan

  Mountains

• Huang He

What is the highest mountain range in China?

• Himalayan Mountians

• Andes Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

China's earliest written records that often told predictions for the future.

• oracle bones

• Daoism

• dynasty

A group of rulers from the same family.

• loess

• philosophy

• dynasty

What is an advantage of the physical barriers that surround China?

• protection from invaders

• trading goods

• interaction with other people

Near what geographical feature have many ancient civilizations started?

• rivers

• oceans

• mountains

China is the same size as ___.

• India
• United States
• Europe