physical geography
What 2 rivers did civilization grow up around?
The Yellow and the Yangzi
What is the worlds largest cool weather desert 🌵 ?
The Gobi
This land is among the largest producer of what?
Grain crops
What is the belief that all people are by nature bad therefore need to be controlled?
Legalism
The yellow river flows over how many miles?
3,000
The southwest of china is dominated by what?
Mountains and elevated plateaus
Chinese civilization developed along what part of the rivers?
East
the Qin established a ___ central government.
strong
both rivers originate in what land form?
Plateau
Along what are low lying plains?
Pacific coast
What period ended when the win state built a strong army?
Warring States Period
The Qin emperor established what?
A common currency
What body of water do the rivers flow into?
East China Sea - part of the Pacific Ocean
Running _____ to____ are the central plains of china.
East to west
Qin king gave himself the name of what?
First emperor
Many people were forced to do what?
Work on Public-Works Projects
China covers how many square miles? - about the same as the U.S
4 million
The plains run for nearly how many miles?
2,000
The Qin emperor believed in what?
Legalism
By __be the Qin emperor was forced to give up power.
206bc