Questions/Main Ideas
Ancient China’s Geography
A. Where is China
located?
China is a large country in eastern Asia.
B. How is China
divided?
China into two main areas: Outer China and Inner China
C. What is located in In the southwestern part of China, the Himalaya
the southwestern
Mountains prevented settlement.
region of China?
D. What is the name The world’s largest plateau is called TIBET-QINGHAI
of the world’s
PLATEAU and is often called the “roof of the world”
largest plateau?
E. What is the
weather like in in
the Taklimakan
Desert?
F. (Main Idea) The
Gobi Desert
The weather can vary from ice storms in the high mountains
to the dreaded sandstorms of the Taklimakan Desert.
Hot, howling winds fill the air with sand and gravel.
 Its surface is made up of small pebbles and tiny bits
of sand.
 No Vegetation
Summary
Questions/Main Ideas
Ancient China’s Geography
G. (Main Idea)
NORTHWESTERN
DESERT
Very hot, low hills and plains and long winters!
H. (Main Idea)
North China Plain
Drier and often cooler, flat at region of grassland and is
known as the “Land of the Yellow Earth” because the
ground is covered by yellow limestone silt.
I. (Main Idea)
CHANG JIANG
BASIN
Warm and wet, natural vegetation, the water flows
from the west, when it floods it enriches soil and
provides water for irrigation.
J. (Main Idea)
Hunag He
Natural vegetation and consists of scrubs and grass.
It is the longest river in the world and the silt is
carried to fertilize surrounding land.
Summary