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Essential Question How did China’s rivers affect early Chinese civilizations?

Essential Standard 6.G.1.4  Explain how and why civilizations, societies and regions have used, modified and adapted to their environments.

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Civilization began in China along the Huang He River and later spread to Chiang Jiang River. Like rivers in Mesopotamia and Egypt, China’s rivers overflowed their banks and brought fresh fertile topsoil to the land. Because of this China’s first farming villages began along its rivers. The Huang He would flood and deposit fertile soil onto the North China Plain. A plain is a flat area of land. Even though the people of China used the fertile soil to grow crops, they called the Huang He the ‘China’s Sorrow. It was called China’s sorrow because the river was unpredictable and would frequently flood. Sometimes this flooding would kill thousands of people.

Questions about the reading Where did the civilization of China begin? How are the rivers of China similar to Mesopotamia? What is the difference between a plain and a mountain? Why did they call China the “river of sorrow”?

Read this website. http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/geography_of_ancient_china.php

Play kahoot using the reading.

Go over China timeline http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/timeline_of_ancient_china.php

What happened on these dates? 8000 - 2205 BC 551 BC 500 BC 221 BC 210 BC 250 CE

What year did these events take place? The crossbow is first used in China. The Terra Cotta Army is buried with Emperor Qin.  The first Han Emperor, Gaozu, establishes the Chinese Civil Service to help run the government.  Moveable type for printing is invented. 

Play 4 corners

This is a river in China 1.Yellow 2. Tigris 3. Euphrates

Nickname of Yellow River 1. river of happiness 2. river of sorrow 3. river of borrow

How is Yellow river similar to Euphrates 1. location 2. made Egypt possible 3. flood and leave fertile soil

What major crop is grown in China? Tomatoes Rice potatoes

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? Yangtze and Yellow Tigris and Euphrates Nile and Amazon

Play landform matching game. http://031a9e6.netsolhost.com/root/Geography/LandformMatchingGame.swf

Use this website. http://interactivesites. weebly. com/maps--direction