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Ancient China: Lesson 1
Pgs 101- 103 in SS Textbook
1. “A Land of Differences”: 3 facts
about the geography of China:
(101)
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Largest country in Asia
4th largest country in the world
Climate
Ways of life of the people
2. Where did human settlement
begin in China?
What makes this place so
important to China today? (101)
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North China Plain
Center of agriculture and & industry
Large portion of China’s food comes from this region
3. What are some of China’s main
crops? And what makes farming
so good? (101)
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Soybean, wheat & cotton
Loess - yellowish brown soil that blows in from the dessert
Beijing - country’s capital 12 mil people live there
4. What are terraces? (101)
flat landforms that look like stairs where they plant their crops.
5. What river valley did Ancient
China develop around? (102)
Huang River Valley
6. What color do people use to
describe the Huang River, and
why? (102)
River picks up large amount of yellow silt dissolved in the water,
turning the water yellow, thus calling it the “Yellow River” in Chinese
7. Why is the Huang River called
“China’s Sorrow?” (102)
for centuries floods from the Huang river wiped out crops and left
people homeless.
8. What is double cropping, and
why is it important? (102)
two crops grown on the same land in the same year.
grow rice/vegetables or rice/sugar cane = more trade = more $
9. What are the different
landforms across China? (103)
Mountain ranges, rivers, plateau, desserts. plains,
10. List two similarities and two
both fertilize the land with silt, both flood the land
differences between the Nile River
and the Huang River.
Summary (4-6 Sentences):