Ancient China
5 Themes of Geography
of China
Relative
Location:
Eastern Asia
Place
• The two main rivers of Ancient China are
the Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers.
Today we call
those rivers the
Yellow River
and the
Yangtze River.
Place
• In the North of China is the Gobi Desert.
The Gobi is the
coldest desert in
the world.
Human Interaction
Great Wall of China
Movement – How ideas get around:
• The Chinese language was written in
pictographs (pictures that represent
words). Many Chinese characters have
been written the same way since ancient
Chinese Civilization. We call this
calligraphy.
SUN
MOON
STAR
Region
The
Far
East