Ancient China True or False
Directions: Read each sentence. Write T if the statement is true or F if it is false. If the
statement is false turn it into a true statement.
______ 1) Because the Yellow River is shallow, it often floods.
______ 2) Chinese rulers began to build the Grand Canal about 5,000 years ago.
______ 3) To invade means to attack or march into another country.
______ 4) Farming began in China more than 8,000 years ago.
______ 5) China’s geography isolated it in ancient times.
______ 6) The Yellow River is the longest and most important river in China.
______ 7) A canal is a flat area that rises above the land close by.
______ 8) The Yangtze River has been one of China’s main trade routes since
ancient times.
______ 9) People have lived in China for thousands of years.
______ 10) No river flows from south to north in China.
______ 11) To help build the Grand Canal, Chinese rulers forced all men between
the ages of 15 and 50 to work on the canal.
______ 12) The Great Wall of China was formed when two rulers joined together
all the walls along China’s northern and western frontier.
______ 13) Ancient China had much contact with the rest of the world.
______ 14) The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers are joined together by the Tibetan
mountain plateau.
______ 15) “China’s Sorrow” is another name for the Great Wall of China.
Write the Correct Answer
Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct term. Choose your answer from the terms
in parentheses.
1) The Chinese began to build cities near the _______________(Yangtze, Yellow, Gobi)
River about 2000 B.C.
2) The Tibetan mountain _______________(plateau, range, desert) is a flat area in western
China that rises above the nearby land.
3) The Yangtze River flows through _______________(eastern, northern, southern) China.
Ancient China True or False
4) We sometimes call the Yellow River _______________ (Huang Ho, Shang, “China’s
Sorrow”) because its floods have destroyed Chinese cities and farms.
5) The Chinese built the _______________ (Great Wall, Grand Canal, Shang dynasty) to
join the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers.
6) The Great Wall protected China from _______________ (floods, invaders, disease).
7) The _______________ (Tibetan plateau, Gobi Desert, Himalayan mountain range) lies to
the north of China.
8) _______________ (Invasions, Civilization, Farming) began in China more than 8,000
years ago.
9) China’s _______________ (geography, Grand Canal, Great Wall) isolated it from the rest
of the world in ancient times.
10) Because the Yangtze River is _______________ (long, shallow, deep), it hardly ever
floods