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L19 Geography of China

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Most of the history of ancient China took place in?

a)

Outer China

b)

Inner China

c)

Hidden China

d)

All of the responses

2.

Which of the following best describes Outer China?

a)

Outer China is hot year-round

b)

Outer China borders the sea

c)

Outer China is much smaller than inner China

d)

Outer China is a land of extremes

3.

Early settlers chose to live in Inner China rather than Outer China because

a)

Inner China was mostly mountainous.

b)

Inner China was farther from the sea.

c)

Inner China had rivers and rich soil.

d)

Inner China did not have floods.

4.

The two main regions of Inner China are the

a)

North China Plain and Chang Jiang Basins.

b)

Northwestern Deserts and Tibet-Qinhai Plateau.

c)

Northwestern Deserts and Northeastern Plain.

d)

Gobi Desert and Turfan Depression.

5.

Where do the Huang He (Yellow River) and Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) begin?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Taklimakan Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Tibet-Qunghai Plateau

6.

What is a characteristic of the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau?

a)

The Himalayas lie to the south.

b)

The climate is cold and dry.

c)

The plateau covers a large area.

d)

all of the responses

7.

In what region did Chinese civilization begin?

a)

North China Plain

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Tibet Qinhai Plateau

d)

Turfan Depression

8.

Another name for the Huang He, the river that deposits silt on the North China Plain, is the

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Liao

c)

Sungari

d)

Yellow River

9.

What acted as a natural barrier around Inner China, keeping early settlers isolated?

a)

Mountains

b)

Deserts

c)

Cold Climate

d)

All of the above

10.

The Chang Jiang Basins have

a)

tall, rugged mountains and a cold climate.

b)

small, dry plateau and a dry climate.

c)

low, wet plains and a mild climate.

d)

dry, lifeless deserts and sandstorms.

11.

What makes the North China Plain a good place to grow crops?

a)

The temperature is always hot.

b)

Silt from the Huang He makes the soil fertile.

c)

The rivers on the plain never flood.

d)

There are no rivers on the North China Plain.

12.

The Chang Jiang is a long river which has hundreds of tributaries, which are

a)

streams or rivers that feed into a larger stream, river, or lake.

b)

streams caused by flooding lakes leading out to the sea.

c)

streams that run only to the sea and cause flooding in lakes.

d)

streams that flow up mountains and hills, causing floods.

13.

Early settlers in Inner China had access to fertile land for farming. This caused many settlers to

a)

Build permanent homes

b)

Become nomads

c)

Trade with Outer China

d)

Leave Inner China