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Geography of China

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Chinese desert's name means, “once you go in, you will not come out.”

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Taklimakan Desert

d)

Thar Desert

2.

The Tibet-Qinghai Plateau is the world's largest plateau.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Chang Jiang Basins are wet coastal plains that provide fertile soil and ideal climate for...

a)

wheat

b)

rice

c)

coffee

d)

quinoa

4.

China was isolated (separated) from other civilizations because of its geography. What physical features blocked access into China?

a)

Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Chang Jiang Basins

d)

Taklimakan Desert

5.

Name a body of water that borders China to the east.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

6.

Which are the two major rivers that flow through China?

a)

The Yellow and Red Rivers

b)

The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

c)

The Yangtze and East Rivers

d)

The Yingtze ane Yangtze Rivers

7.

Which of the following countries does NOT border China?

a)

Japan

b)

Mongolia

c)

Russia

d)

North Korea

8.

On which continent is China located?

a)

Australia

b)

India

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

9.
Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture? 
a)
They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.
b)
They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.
c)
They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.
d)
They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently. 
10.

What major geographical feature served as protection on the southern border of China?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Taklaman Desert

11.
True or False: Geography played an important role in the development of the civilization of Ancient China.
a)
True
b)
False
12.

Why is the Yellow River also known as China's Sorrow?

a)

Sometimes the river have the inability to produce silt for people to grow crops.

b)

The river frequently floods causing millions of deaths over the course of China's history.

c)

It is where people go when they are sad.

d)

China lost many battles against the Hun army along the Yellow River.

13.

Which geographic feature is closest to number four?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangze River

c)

Tibet Plateau

d)

Loess Plateau

14.

Which geographical feature is closest to number three?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

15.

Which geographical feature to closest to number two?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangze River

d)

Gobi Desert

16.

Which geographical feature is closest to number five?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangze River

d)

Tibet Plateau

17.

Which geographical feature is closest to number one?

a)

Da Hingga Ling Mountains

b)

Altai Mountains

c)

Himalaya Mountains

d)

Gobi Desert

18.
What's the definition of loess?
a)
The lady from family guy
b)
A type of tree in the forest they made tables with
c)
A yellowish brownish soil
d)
Dirt
19.
The advantages of the physical barriers that surround China might be..
a)
Protection from invaders
b)
Trade options
c)
Interaction with new cultures
20.

Which physical features isolated and protected ancient China?

a)

Tibetan Plateau and the China Sea

b)

Himalayan Mountains and Gobi Desert

c)

Yellow Sea and Yangtze River

21.
Near what geographical feature have civilizations started?
a)
desert
b)
oceans
c)
rivers
d)
glaciers
22.

In Ancient times the ______ connected China and the Mediterranean?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Trans-Saharan Caravan

c)

The Yellow River and Yangtze River

d)

Silk Road

23.

Light, fertile soil that yields bountiful grain crops:

a)

Loess

b)

Oasis

c)

Tributary

d)

Sediment

24.

Of all the countries in the world, China has the:

a)

most people.

b)

largest area.

c)

longest river.

d)

worst weather.

25.

Trade was very easy to transport in and out of China.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which body of water is NOT located to the east of China?

a)

Yellow Sea

b)

East China Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Sea of Japan

27.

Which two geographic factors contributed to keeping China separated from other civilizations during the Medieval Period.

a)

Trade and Religion

b)

Long Distances and Natural Barriers

c)

Climate and Oceans

d)

Mountains and Religion