China Geography

Question 1

What does the government depend on?

Answer 1

Ability to harness nature

Question 2

What is Confucianism?

Answer 2

Ancient Chinese belief

Man and nature connected

Question 3

When was three gorges dam completed?

Answer 3

2006

Question 4

Who’s is China at war with?

Answer 4

Environment

Question 5

Beijing

Answer 5

China’s capital

Question 6

4th largest

Answer 6

Land mass in the world

Question 7

1.3 billion

Answer 7

Population in China

Question 8

Heartland

Answer 8

2 regions; north and south China, growing area

Question 9

Rivers

Answer 9

3, dangers are floods, transportation, irrigation

Question 10

Loess soil

Answer 10

The yellowish brown soil that winds carry across the northern China

Question 11

“River of sorrow”

Answer 11

Haung river, floods frequently causing terrible destruction

Question 12

Three gorges dam

Answer 12

Dam on the Chang river, hydroelectric, bad but good, Yangtze

Question 13

Han Chinese

Answer 13

95% of population, ethnic Chinese

Question 14

Arable land

Answer 14

Land where you are able to live and grow

Question 15

Mandarin

Answer 15

Language spoken in north China, official language

Question 16

Rice

Answer 16

Main crop

Question 17

Dust storms

Answer 17

Caused by dry conditions and wind, happen frequently

Question 18

Acid rain

Answer 18

Over pollution causing the pH in water to become acidic

Question 19

Yangtze river

Answer 19

Carries much of China’s trade, Chang river, hydroelectric power

Question 20

Erosion

Answer 20

Soil not being held down so it gets pushed off

Question 21

Desertification

Answer 21

Dryer climates created, not very arable

Question 22

Do river

Answer 22

West river, south China

Question 23

Yellow river

Answer 23

Hung he, north China, empties into Yellow Sea

Question 24

Over population

Answer 24

Too many people live in small spaces

Question 25

What types of climate does China have?

Answer 25

Subarctic north

Tropical south