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Mountain Ranges
Rivers
Climate & Farming
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Deserts & Landforms
100
What is The name of the mountain range that is located along the border of Southern China?
The Himalaya Mountains.
100
Why is the Yellow River yellow?
It is because when it comes down the stream, it collects silt.
100

Northern China mainly grew this crop.

What is wheat or millet?

100
Why is the Gobi Desert considered a dangerous/risky desert?
The Gobi Desert is dangerous and dry. The water sources are very scarce and hard to find.
100

This desert is located north of Ancient China.

What is the Gobi Desert?

200
Is the Himalaya Mountains considered a high-peak mountain?
Yes.
200
What did the Yellow River teach to the civilizations that lived near it?
The Yellow River taught the early Chinese people the techniques in flood control.
200

Southern China was ideal for farming because of this type of climate.

What is warm and wet?

200
"What is the nickname of the Taklamakan Desert?
"Sea of Death"
200

Deserts made travel __________ in ancient times.

What is difficult?

300
What is the most important advantage of the Himalaya Mountains?
The Himalaya Mountains helped to protect the early people who settled in the interior of China.
300
The Yangtze River had high banks which kept the homes built on high ground safe. What is one advantage of the Yangtze River?
The Yangtze River had high banks which kept the homes built on high ground safe.
300

Why couldn’t rice be easily grown in northern China?

Too dry and cooler climate

300
Why is the Taklamakan Desert also considered a dangerous/risky desert?
Sand storms occur randomly and is very strong. The days are boiling hot. The nights are freezing cold. The snake are poisonous. There is little hope of water.
300

Why was crossing the Gobi Desert dangerous?

Little water, extreme temperatures, harsh terrain

400
Where is the Qinling Mountains located?
The Qinling Mountains is located mainly in the Eastern province of Shaanxi, in China.
400
What made the Huang He River useful to the early Chinese civilizations?
It developed the first civilizations of Ancient China, provided fertile water source to grow fresh crops.
400

How did climate influence where people settled?

People settled near rivers and fertile land

400
What are some "pros" about the Gobi Desert?
Many fossils were found and the first dinosaur egg was discovered.
400

How did deserts help shape China’s isolation?

Deserts limited movement and contact with others

500
What is the most important advantage of the Qinling Mountains?
The Qinling Mountains provided and support a huge variety of plant and wildlife, some of which is found nowhere else on Earth.
500
Was the Huang He River considered to be the birthplace of Chinese Civilizations?
Yes.
500

Explain how climate affected food supply and population growth.

Stable food supply led to population growth

500
What caused the Gobi Desert?
The Gobi Desert is caused by humans cutting down forests, droughts, climate change and other environmental causes.
500

Compare deserts and mountains as barriers: which was more effective and why?

Answers vary; must justify with evidence