Natural Barriers
How were mountains natural barriers?
Ex: Himalayan Mountains
Limited contact between the civilizations of India and China
Limited contact with outsiders
What were the advantages of the deserts?
Kept out other armies
Limited war
What were the disadvantages of the deserts?
isolation
difficult to trade
travel was difficult
couldn't expand
What is an important fact about the Silk Road?
Traders along the Silk Road had to adapt to the environment to build successful trading networks.
How were deserts natural barriers?
Deserts blocked expansion.
Gobi Desert was in the north.
Takla Makan Desert was in the west.
What were the benefits of the Himalayan Mountains?
Kept invaders away
Natural barrier
Isolation
What were the costs of the Himalayan Mountains?
isolation
couldn't expand
difficult to trade
prevented expansion
What are important facts about the Chang River?
Chang Jiang River or Yangtze River are other names for the river
Largest river in Asia
How would you describe the Tibetan Plateau?
A mostly level expanse of land at a high elevation.
What was the advantage of a plateau?
Farmland to grow crops
What were the disadvantages of the plateau?
Crowded
All people settled here due to the farmlandWhat are important facts about the Yellow River?
Huang He River (River of Sorrows)
River flooding was a challenge
Loess-silt which fertilized soil was a benefit
Beginning of life for ancient China
What ocean was a natural barrier?
Pacific Ocean
Where was China located?
Eastern Asia
Surrounded by deserts, mountains and plateaus (all natural barriers)