Ancient China

The desert is an area which receives less than blank inches of rain per year. That means the largest desert in the world is blank

10 inches and Antartica

What is a plateau?

A mostly level expanse of land at a high elevation

What did floods bring?

Fertile soil and great destruction

How did geography influence China's development? Help and hurt

Fewer wars and less trade

The blank is a vast area stretching from Mongolia into China?

Gobi desert

The blank contains some of the tallest mountains in the world?

Himalayan mountains

How does this impact China?

It makes it difficult for people to come into China and to leave China

Two important factors limited China's contact with outsiders?

Long distances and natural barriers

What is another civilization that flourished along the banks of a river that flooded frequently?

Mesopotamia

Which mountain peak. Is shown in the picture?

Mt. Everest

What formed China's natural barrier to the east?

Pacific Ocean

The blank forms part of China's natural border to the west?

Tibetan Plateau

All four physical features make a natural...?

Wall

Two main rivers of China?

Yangtze and Yellow river