Rivers
Name two major rivers in Ancient China
Huang He and Yangtze Rivers
What continent is China located on?
Asia
What is the name of the desert we learned about in China?
Gobi Desert
What is the Chinese name for the Yellow River?
Huang He River
What are the natural borders of China. There are four we learned about. 50 points for each correct one.
Gobi Desert, Pacific Ocean, Himalayan Mountains, Plateau of Tibet (Tibetan Plateau)
What is the ocean east of China?
Pacific Ocean
Why did people settle near the river especially the Yellow River?
Fertile soil
What is one benefit that China had from the natural barriers?
Not as many wars.
What is the name of what makes the Huang He river yellow?
Loess
What is the longest river in China?
Yangtze River
What was one challenge China had because of the natural barriers?
Harder to trade.
What is the mountain range that has the tallest mountain in the world? Bonus 50 points if you get the current height of the this mountain.
Himalayan Mountains
29,032 ft 29,029 is also correct.
Why was the Yellow River also called the River of Sorrows?
The destruction from the flooding.
What countries border China? Name two. Half the points if you only get one.
India and Mongolia
What is the word for a mostly level expanse of land at a high elevation?
Plateau of Tibet or Tibetan Plateau