6th Grade - Geography and the Early Settlement of China
What is the "Roof of the World"?
The Tibet-Qinghai Plateau is called this becuase it is very high above sea level
What is a region
a part or section of a country
What is an oasis
a place, usually in a desert, where water can be found
What is the North China Plain
a region in the Huang He River valley, where Chinese civilization began
what is a tributary
a stream or river that feeds into a larger stream, river, or lake
How did groups of invaders from the Northeastern Plain traveled to Inner China
across a narrow coastal plain
What protected Inner China from invasion from the northwest
barren deserts
How did the Huang He most influence settlement near its banks
by fertilizing the soil it attracted communities of farms and farmers
What do the Turfan Depression and the Chang Jiang Basins have in common
they are both lower than many other parts of China
What is a climate
the average weather conditions at a particular place
Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China?
the climate and physical features were more extreme in outer China. Inner China had better farmland.
In Inner China, which natural events improved the soil
floods
Why did ancient people on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau herd yaks rather than grow crops
it was too cold and dry to grow crops but the prairie grass supported livestock.
Later in Chinese history, what geographical features made governing China as a unified state most difficult
its a large size
Why is the North China Plain sometimes called the "Land of the Yellow Earth?"
limestone silt from the Gobi Desert covers the soil
How is the Gobi Desert different from the Taklimakan Desert
pebbles cover much of the surface and there are very few sand dunes
Out of all of the countries in the world China has the largest what
population
How did the natural vegetation of the Northeastern Plain affect the lives of ancient settlers
prairie grass provided food for animals.
In ancient times, what limited settlement in the Chang Jiang Basins compared with that in the North China Plain
rainforest vegetation may have limited the space for farming
What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world
sandstorms and shifting dunes
Because rice requires warm, wet weather, where did the ancient Chinese grow rice
the Chang Jiang Basins
What are China's two major rivers that begin on the Tibet-Quinghai Plateau
the Huang He and the Chang Jiang
What are the two main regions in Inner China
the North China Plain and the Chang Jiang Basin