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Civilizations of Asia
Geography of Ancient China
Introduction
• Ancient China was __________________________
from much of the ancient
isolated
geography
world because of its ________________________.
• For thousands of years, the ancient Chinese thought they were pretty much
_________________
on the planet, except for the barbaric people to the north, the
alone
__________________________.
Mongols
• This belief is called ETHNOCENTRISM.
barriers helped protect them from ____________________
invasion
• China’s natural ____________
Dangerous Deserts
• The Gobi desert is one of the ______________
deserts in the world.
driest
However, there is hope of _______________,
although it is very rare.
water
• The Taklamakan Desert is called the __________________
Sea of Death from which no
one escapes. It is the ________________________
second largest desert in the world.
Common dangers are: __________________________________________
poisonous snakes, frequent sandstorms, boiling
days, freezing nights, intense water shortage
Tall Mountains
• China has some of the highest mountain ranges in the world.
• The Himalayas are rugged mountains that are home to the ______________
Ten highest
_________________________
mountain peaks in the world.
• Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, is the highest mountain in the world. It is
actually in _______________,
which is on the border of China.
Tibet
Two River System
“The Great Sorrow”
• All the rivers of Ancient China were called __________________________
destroyed
because during the flood season all towns would be ___________________
• Each year they would rebuild after the floods.
The Rivers
• The _________________
Huang He (Yellow River) is about 3000 miles long, about the
distance from New York to California. It ends at the Yellow Sea. Civilizations
fertile
began along this river because of the _________________
soil.
Yangtze
• The __________________
(Long River) is the third longest in the world. It
also ends at the Yellow Sea. When snow melts, it gets about 160 feet deep.
farmland People
This river flows through some of China’s best ______________.
have always built their homes high above the river, because of
annual flooding
________________________.