Geography section 6

Name China's two most important rivers.

Yangtze and Haung He

Mao Tse-tung

a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China

Taklimakan

a desert in southwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China.

Marco Polo

an Italian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China

Dalai Lama

are important monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism which is nominally headed by the Ganden Tripas

What are the two greatest Chinese Dynasties? Which great dynasty made the great wall of China

Ch/in and Han Ch/in

How did General Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Chinese who fled China after the Communist Revolution help Taiwan?

Chiang Kai-shek helped by bring the families to Taiwan with their government.

What name did the ancient Chinese give to their land?

Chung KuThe or "middle country."

Pinyin System

was developed in the 1950's based on earlier forms of romanization. It was published by the Chinese government in 1958 and revised .

What is the official language of both China and Taiwan

Mandarin

What is the main difference between Peoples Republic Of China and The Republic of China?

Peoples Republic Of China-China The Republic Of China-Taiwan

what is the coldest desert in the world

The Gobi Desert

What Plateau is called the "roof of the world"? Why is it called "the roof of the world"?

Tibet Because it stands over 3 miles above sea level and is surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbor the world's two highest summits, Mount Everest and K2.

Great Silk Road

is an ancient network of trade and cultural transmission ... The Chinese took great interest in the safety of their trade products

Shanghai

the country's biggest city and a global financial hub.