Rivers
Which river is the longest river in China?
The Chang Jiang or Yangtze River.
Is the Gobi Desert located in the north of south of China?
North.
What famous mountain is located in the Himalayas?
Mr. Everest.
What crop is China most known for?
Why is China able to feed so many people?
All the rice they are able to grow near the rivers.
What is the other name for the Huang He River?
Yellow River.
What are the names of the two major deserts in China?
Gobi Desert and Taklamakan Desert.
What is a plateau?
An area of high ground; a flat mountain.
What conditions are necessary to successfully grow rice?
Approximately how many people live in China today?
~1.4 billion.
Why was the Huang He River a great place for farmers?
The floods fertilized and enriched the soil with silt.
What do you call a place in a desert where water can be found?
Why is the Tibet Plateau called "The Roof of the World"?
It is very high above sea level.
What is the best place to grow crops in China?
Near the rivers!
Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than Inner China?
The climate was more extreme in Outer China.
Transport goods, travel easily from west to east, farm.
How did people who lived in the desert build their homes?
They build them out of sand/mud bricks.
What kinds of animals did nomads herd on the Tibetan Plateau?
Yaks!
What is silt and what do farmers use it for?
Nutrient-dense soil from the bottom of the river; farmers use it to grow better crops.
Who were nomads and what did they do to survive?
People who have no permanent home, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
Which river is nicknamed "China's Sorrow"?
The Huang He or Yellow River.
What made the Taklamakan Desert so dangerous?
Sandstorms and shifting dunes.
Can you grow crops on a plateau, and if so, which kinds?
No, it's too cold.
Since rice requires a warm, wet climate, where did the Ancient Chinese develop rice fields?
Chang Jiang Basin.
What is one pro and one con of China's geographic isolation?
Mr. Duffy will tell you if you're right.