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| Where in the world is China? |
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| Name two things that limited China's contact with others? |
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1. Long travel distances
2. Natural barriers |
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| What forms China's natural barrier to the West? |
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| Why was the Tibetan Plateau a barrier? |
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| It was had rugged land and was hard to climb. |
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| Where are some of the tallest mountains in the world? |
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| Why are the Himalayan Mountains a barrier to China? |
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| They are too tall to climb these rugged, tall mountains. They are the highest in the world. |
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| What is the name of the vast open area that stretches from Mongolia to China? |
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| Why is the Gobi Desert a barrier to China? |
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| lack of water, heat, and little rainfall |
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| What is China's natural barrier to the East? |
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| The 3 natural barriers to China's west form a natural ? |
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| What do these natural barriers make difficult? |
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| They make it difficult to enter or leave China. |
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| How did China's geography influence China's development? |
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1. People could not get in to fight or destroy the Chinese, so there were few wars.
2. People could not bring in or take things out of China to trade. |
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| Name the major rivers in China. |
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1. Haung River (Yellow River)
2. Yangtze River (Chang River) |
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| Why is some flooding good? |
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| Helps fertilize the soil by bringing in good nutrients. |
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| Why is some flooding bad? |
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| Name some other civilizations that also settled along river banks? |
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| Egypt (Nile River) India (indus river) (Ganges River) Mesopotamia (Tigras River) ( euphrates river) |
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| What is another name for the Huang He River? |
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| How did the Huang He River get its threatening name ? |
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| Why did people continue to live next to the Huang He River? |
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| It is fertile, yellow soil that blows off the plains into rivers and is deposited on land during a flood. |
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| Why did China's civilization grow from communities that began in the North China Plain? |
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| The flooding of the Huang He River caused loess to build up on the land and make fertile farm land allowing crops for food. |
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