3/25/26 Ancient China: Geography Quiz

China is located on the continent of (a)   .

• Europe
• Africa
• Asia
• Australia

(a)   separated China from the Mongols to the north.

• Himalayan Mountains
• Gobi Desert
• Tibetan Plateau

China worried about invasion of nomadic tribes from ​ (a)   in the north.

• Mongolia
• Tibet
• India
• Vietnam

Which two rivers did early Chinese settle near?

• Euphrates and Tigris

• Nile and Amazon

• Yangzte and Huang He (Yellow River)

What was "China's Sorrow"?

• The Great Wall

• The Yellow Sea

• The Huang He (Yellow River)

• The Gobi Desert

The Yellow River was called "China's Sorrow" because (a)  

• Flooding brought death and destruction
• The wide river separated families
• No one knows how it got that nickname

What was the gift brought by the Yellow River's floods?

• It kept Mongols from being able to cross into China

• It left rich topsoil for growing large amounts of food on small farms.

The major geographical feature that separated China from South Asia is the (a)   .

• Yellow River
• Himalayan Mountains
• India Ocean
• Andes Mountains

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

• Protection from invaders

• Trade options

• Interaction with new cultures

Why is the Huang He/Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow."

• Hurricane force winds
• Tsunami's
• Catastrophic Flooding