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Social Studies Ch.19
Chapter 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What made governing China as a unified state most difficult? | China's large size |
| Who has the most people of all the countries of the world? | China |
| Why did fewer people settle in Outer China? | Because of the climate of Outer China was more extreme |
| Why is the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau the "Roof of the World"? | Because it is very high above sea level. |
| What is the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau called? | Roof of the World |
| Why did ancient people of the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau herd yaks instead of growing crops? | The region was too cold for crops |
| The cold and dry Tibet-Qinghai Plateau covered a large area of China and it bordered by the _________ to the south. | Himalayas |
| There was only one way to survive life in the Taklimaken desert. What was that? | on a very small scale would be if one lived on an oasis. |
| What made the Taklimaken desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world? | Sandstorms and shifting dunes |
| What made the Gobi desert different from the Taklimaken desert? | The Gobi's surface was mostly covered in pebbles |
| How did Barren deserts protect Inner China? | It protected them from invasion from the Northwest. |
| Several groups of invaders from the Northeastern Plain traveled to Inner China along a ______ _______ _____. | Narrow coastal plain |
| In Inner China, floods improved what? | the soil |
| The North China Plain was sometimes called the what? | Land of the Yellow Earth |
| Why was the North China Plain called the Land of the Yellow Earth? | because the limestone silt (pebbles) from the Gobi Desert covers the soil. |
| In the North China Plain, the Huang He River most influenced settlements near its banks by ___________ ___ ____; it attracted communities of farmers. | Fertilizing the soil |
| Early settlers to inner china were able to farm rich silt laden from what river? | Huang He River |
| (Look at bullet 17 on pink notes) Fertile and fields and this enabled settlers to stay in one place with _________ ________. | Permanent Shelters |
| Because of the rich soil and ideal conditions for farming, Chinese civilization began in the _____ _____ _____. | North China Plain |
| In ancient times, rain forest vegetation may have limited the space for farming and settlement in the _____ _____ ______ compared with that in the _____ _____ _____. | Chang Jiang Basins & North China Plain |
| The Chang Jiang Basins has ____, ___, weather perfect for growing ____. | warm, wet & rice |
| Mountains in the Southwest with their cold climates and deserts in the _________ served as ________ that kept ancient Chinese settlers isolated from other parts of the world. | Northwest & barriers |
| The natural vegetation of the ____________ _____ affected the lives of ancient settlers because prairie grass provided food for ______ and _____. | Northeastern Plain & horses and sheep. |
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