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Chinese Geography and Culture

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is China located on?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

India

2.

The _________ forms part of China's natural border to the west.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Tibetan Plateau

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)

3.

The _______ is a vast area stretching from Mongolia into China

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Tibetan Plateau

d)

Himalayas

4.

The ___________ contain some of the tallest mountains in the world

a)

Alps

b)

Rockies

c)

Himalayas

d)

Andes

5.

What forms China's natural barrier to the east?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Himalayas

d)

Tibetan Plateau

6.
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. 
7.

This is a river in china, also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

a)

Dao

b)

Zhou

c)

Shang

d)

Huang He

8.
The advantages of the physical barriers that surround China might be..
a)
Protection from invaders
b)
Trade options
c)
Interaction with new cultures
9.
Northern China's climate is 
a)
hot and muggy
b)
warm and dry
c)
cold and dry
d)
cold and wet
10.
Why did people settle in River Valleys?
a)
transportation
b)
water
c)
rich soil
d)
all of these
11.
Why is the Huang He/Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow."
a)
Hurricane force winds
b)
Tsunami's
c)
Catastrophic Flooding
12.
The rivers' floods deposited fertile 
a)
sand
b)
gold
c)
kilt
d)
silt
13.
What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 
a)
Nile and Amazon
b)
Yangtze and Yellow
c)
Mississippi and Ganges
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
14.
One of the physical barriers that separates China from its neighbors is 
a)
Google 
b)
Bogie
c)
Gobi
d)
Sahara
15.
Near what geographical feature have civilizations started?
a)
desert
b)
oceans
c)
rivers
d)
glaciers
16.

This is a long river in China, also known as the Yangtze River

a)

Huang He

b)

Chang Jiang

c)

Dao

d)

Zhou

17.

Which physical feature in China is a flat piece of land and serves as a natural border to the west?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Yellow River

c)

Tibetan Plateau

d)

Yellow Sea

18.

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

19.
What geographical feature is sometimes called the "Cradle of Chinese Civilization"? 
a)
Himalayan Mountains
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Yellow River
d)
Gobi Desert 
20.
What major crop was grown in the south along the banks of the Yangtze River? 
a)
Corn
b)
Millet
c)
Wheat 
d)
Rice
21.
What peoples lived in the Gobi desert to the north and raided Ancient China throughout much of its history? 
a)
Mongols
b)
Persians
c)
Egyptians
d)
Assyrians
22.
What served as a border between southern and northern China? 
a)
Nile River
b)
Gobi Desert
c)
Yellow River
d)
Yangtze River 
23.

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

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

24.

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.

25.

Which geographic feature is closest to number four?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangze River

c)

Tibet Plateau

d)

Loess Plateau

26.

Which geographical feature is closest to number three?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

27.

Which geographical feature to closest to number two?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangze River

d)

Gobi Desert

28.

Which geographical feature is closest to number five?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangze River

d)

Tibet Plateau

29.

Which geographical feature is closest to number one?

a)

Da Hingga Ling Mountains

b)

Altai Mountains

c)

Himalaya Mountains

d)

Gobi Desert

30.
Line of rulers from the same family is a 
a)
cultural diffusion
b)
dynasty
c)
hierarchy
d)
democracy
31.

The area in red is a flat elevated area in China where most of the country's rivers originate from. What's it called?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Taklamakan Desert

c)

Plateau of Tibet

d)

Himalayas

32.

What river is the arrow pointing at?

a)

Yangtzi

b)

Huang He

c)

Yellow

d)

Mississippi

33.
What mountain range is located in southern China?  (hint: it runs along the border between China and India) In the area of the arrow is pointing.
a)
Rockies
b)
Ozark
c)
Himalayan
d)
Alps
34.

Why did the majority of early Chinese people settle in the eastern region?

a)

It has the best views of the ocean.

b)

It had the best mountains for skiing.

c)

It had the best farmland and freshwater sources.

d)

It was the birth of the Buddha.

35.

What makes ancient Chinese civilizations different than other ancient civilizations?

a)

They invented things we still us.

b)

They made bronze tools.

c)

Their civilization has an unbroken history.

d)

They produced more great thinkers than other civilizations.

36.

What is wattle and daub?

a)

cooking technique

b)

farming technique

c)

building technique

d)

type of writing

37.

Calligraphy is a form of

a)

sculpture

b)

landscape painting

c)

virtue

d)

writing

38.

What did the ancient Chinese use to try to predict the future?

a)

oracle bones

b)

oracle beads

c)

Confucius

d)

Taoism

39.

In a landscape painting, you might see

a)

a teacher

b)

a child

c)

an emporer

d)

a tree

40.

From when does the Terracotta Army date?

a)

200 AD

b)

3200 BC

c)

200 BC

d)

1500 BC

41.

Who was the Terracotta Army made for?

a)

Confucius

b)

Shi Huangdi

c)

Li Sixum

d)

Li Zhaotao

42.
What is the official language spoken in PRC?
a)
Traditional Chinese
b)
Taiwan Chinese
c)
Modern Mandarin
d)
Cantonese
43.
True or False
There are five tones in modern Mandarin namely, the 1st tone, the 2nd tone, the 3rd tone, the 4th tone and the neutral tone.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
This image is know as a Chinese
a)
Pinyen
b)
Character
c)
Alphabet
d)
Numbers
45.

Main cash crop of China:

a)

Beans

b)

Rice

c)

Cotton

d)

Wheat

46.

What is the capital of China?

a)

Wuhan

b)

Beijing

c)

Yaun

d)

Yangtze

47.

1/3 of China is covered by what physical feature?

a)

Mountains

b)

Tundra

c)

Beaches

d)

Rainforests

48.

The tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, is between China and what other country?

a)

Thailand

b)

Mongolia

c)

Bhutan

d)

Nepal

49.

How many people live in China?

a)

1 Trillion

b)

100,000

c)

1.3 Billion

d)

3.1 Billion

50.

What is the name of the artistic writing that was invented in China called?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Phoenicia

d)

Calligraphy

51.

China has a powerful government and economy. What has it cost China to make this happen?

a)

Billions of dollars

b)

Saturdays off

c)

Pride

d)

Their environment and natural resources

52.

Ancient Chinese history is divided by ___________.

a)

Years

b)

Dynasties

c)

Dates

d)

Scientific advancements

53.

China was ruled by Emperors and Dynasties until _______

a)

1912

b)

21

c)

298

d)

1776

54.

The Chinese farmer used the rich, yellow ___________________________ along the riverbank to help his crop grow.

a)

calligraphy

b)

silt

c)

chaos

d)

loess

55.
Emperor Yangdi's massive building project.
a)
Great Wall
b)
Grand Canal
c)
Grand Wall
d)
Great Canal
56.
Which of the following was not traded from China.
a)
steel
b)
rice
c)
wood
d)
silk
57.
When painting landscapes Chinese artists tried to paint...
a)
poetic images.
b)
realistic images.
c)
the idea of the image.
d)
the exact image.
58.

People speak different languages in China.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

What is the largest ethnic group in China?

a)

Chinese

b)

Han

c)

Asian

d)

Hua

60.

Modern Standard Chinese is usually referred to as______

a)

Cantonese

b)

Mandarin

c)

Beijingese

d)

Hakka

61.

Which is NOT a part of a Chinese syllable?

a)

an initial

b)

a final

c)

a tone

d)

a punctuation

62.

There are ____tones and a neutral tone in Modern Standard Chinese.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

63.

Chinese dialects are often divided into ____ groups.

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

64.

Modern Chinese pronunciation is based on ____ dialect.

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Canton

d)

Guangzhou

65.

The River where civilization first began in China is known by 3 names, what are they ?

a)

XI , Indus, Huang He

b)

Huang He , Yellow, China's Sorrow

c)

Yellow, Nile, Yangtzee

d)

China's Sorrow, China Proper, Xi

66.

Which Dynasty was founded by Cheng, lasted a short period of time, had an autocracy government, and started The Great Wall

a)

Sumerians

b)

Shang

c)

Qin

d)

Han

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