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