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China Empires Map Activity
1. Locate and label the following places on your map:
 Mongolia
 Yangtze River
 Huang He River
 Himalaya Mountains
 Yellow Sea
 South China Sea
 Taklimakan Desert
 Gobi Desert
2. Use different colors to shade the locations of the following early civilizations:
 Han Dynasty in 220 C.E. (including it’s area of influence)
 Great Wall of China
Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
3. Along which border did the Chinese build the Great Wall? Why did they build it
there and not in other places?
4. Why did the Han Dynasty stretch and have influence so far west? What were the
paths called that extended through this area?