Geography Shapes Life in Ancient China Barriers Natural

Geography Shapes Life in Ancient China

Barriers • Natural barriers isolate China’s fertile river valleys from other parts of Asia. • Eastern Borders: – Pacific Ocean • Western Borders: – Taklimakan Desert – Himalaya mountains curve around western border • Northern Border: – Gobi Desert

Geography made it difficult to spread ideas and goods throughout China. Chinese civilizations developed very differently because of these barriers

Himalaya Video http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=k. SFur_X 5 moo

River Systems • Two major river systems flow toward the Pacific Ocean - Chang Jiang or Yangtze - Huang He • River floodwaters deposit silt – create fertile soil for farming – North China Plain is between rivers • is the center of Chinese civilization

Varied Climates • China is similar to U. S. – – – dry in west seasonal in north warm in southeast rice grown in moist south wheat and millet grown in drier north

• Surrounding countries: Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Laos, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (color them yellow) • Bodies of water: Huang He, Chang Jiang, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, Bay of Bengal • Landforms: Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, Takla. Makan Desert, Bogda Mtns, Gobi Desert, North China Plain • A Map Key, Label China, Color China green

Information and History on Ancient China Geography • http: //www. ancientchina. co. uk/geography/st ory/sto_set. html – A short interactive web-book

Resources • http: //www. eduplace. com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf 3/review s/pdfs/LS_6_08_01. pdf • http: //www. ancientchina. co. uk/geography/home_set. html • http: //www. boncherry. com/blog/tag/christie-douglas/ • http: //news. mongabay. com/2006/1213 -wwf. html • http: //mountainspics. com/q/what+are+the+himalayan+mo untains/ • http: //qwickstep. com/search/chang-river. html • https: //worldhistoryatyhs. wikispaces. com/Weather+and+C limate+of+China • http: //www. tapestryofgrace. com/year 1/geography. php