Ancient China

Of all the countries in the world, who has the most people?

• China

• France

• Italy

• Egypt

In inner China, which natural events enriched the soil?

Ancient people on the​ _________ herded yaks.

• Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
• Himalaya Mts
• Chang Jiang Basin
• Huang He River

How is the Gobi Desert different from the Taklimakan Desert?

• The air grows hot in the daytme.

• Winter is very similar to summer.

• Very little rain falls during a year.

• Pebbles cover much of the surface.

Several groups of ___________ from the Northeastern Plain traveled to Inner China along a narrow coastal plain.

What river attracted communities of farmers with its fertile soil?

• Yangtze River

• Huang He River

• Yellow River

• Shiawassee River

Because ______ requires warm, wet weather, the ancient Chinese developed rice fields in the Chang Jiang Basins.

What protected Inner China from invasion from the northwest?

• wide rivers

• barren deserts

• grassy plains

• high mountains

Compared with the ______ dynasty, the Han dynasty lasted much longer.

• Ming

• Mongul

• Qin

• Hun

Advanced iron working most helped the Han in _________.