YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT ANCIENT CHINESE GEOGRAPHY HERE
Description: Map of Ancient China's Inner Regions
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Geography played a major role in development of Chinese civilization. China has many different geographical features. Some features separated groups of people within China .Others separated China from the rest of the world. That’s why China's so important to World History.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ANCIENT CHINA 'S GEOGRAPHY
Q. Where is China located today?
A. The region is Asia; the coordinates are 34° N 97°E.
Q. What river did the ancient Chinese civilization first develop along?
A. They developed in the Yellow River or Huang He.
Q. Why did the Chinese civilization develop in the Yellow River?
A. the Chinese people developed there because it gave them better agriculture.
Q. What were some of the major geographical features of ancient China?
A. the Himalaya Mountains and the Yellow River were some major features.
Q. How did China's geography make it difficult to travel and communicate with other people and civilizations?
A. the Himalaya Mountains were too tall and separated China from it’s near by regions.
TEACHERS! HAVE YOUR STUDENTS LEARNED MORE ABOUT ANCIENT CHINESE GEOGRAPHY BY TAKING THIS SHORT QUIZ BELOW;
1] WHAT RIVERS WERE CLOSE TO CHINA?
2] WHAT GEOGRRAPHICAL FEATURES LIMITED TRAVEL THROUGH OUT CHINA?
3] WHAT WERE SOME FEATURES OF CHINAS EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS?
4] WHAT RIVER FLOWED THROUGH THE HEART OF SHANG CHINA?
5] WHAT IS A HISTORICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE XIA AND SHANG DYNATIES?
ANSWER KEY HERE!
1] THE YELLOW RIVER AND THE CHANG RIVER
2] THE HIMALiYA MOUNTAINS
3] THE Huiang He RIVER
4] THE CHANG JIANG
5] THE SHANG DYNASTY WAS THE FIRST DYNASTY OF CHINA
??????? DID YOU KNOW??????? ?
Did you know that ancient China is as big as the United States?
Did you know that rivers and plains of eastern China have been important farming areas?
Did you know that china is located in asia?
Did you know high mountains domionate western china?
Did you know silk is made out of worms and cocooons?
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
#1] Locate and describe the origins of Chinese civilization in the Huang-He Valley during the ShangDynasty.
#2] xplains the geographic features of China that made governance and the spread of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the country from the rest of the world.
