China Geography with Map

What is a dry, treeless plain?

• steppe

• delta

• gorge

• loess

What is a mountain pass with steep, rocky sides?

• delta

• steppe

• gorge

• loess

What is dry, yellow soil?

• famine

• loess

• delta

• steppe

What is the widespread shortage of food?

• steppe

• dynasty

• famine

• Mandate of Heaven

Where does the Huang He begin?

• East China Sea

• Tibetan Plateau

• Taklamakan Desert

What controversial dam was built on the Yangtze River to produce hydroelectric power?

• Hoover Dam

• Yangtze Dam

• Three Gorges Dam

• Tibetan Dam

Highest mountain range in the world along the southern border of China

• Himalayas

• Tian Shan

• Kunlun Mountains

3,000 mile long river that begins in the Tibetan Plateau

• Yellow River

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Ganges River

Because the Huang He often floods and causes damage it is nicknamed _______________.

• Yellow River

• China's Sorrow

• The Gift of the Nile

A desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Taklimakan

• Namibia