Chapter 7 Section 1 Geography and Early China

China’s Physical Geography China covers an area of nearly 4 million sq. miles, about the same size as the United States. China’s boundaries isolated it from the rest of the world for thousands of years. What are they? (look in your book)

Physical Map of China

Rivers of China Grades I and II are qualities good enough for drinking. Presently, grades III to V are polluted and unusable, even for agriculture. China’s Rivers today They have a lot of cleaning up to do!

China Today Large cities Of China

The Chang Jiang River The largest river in China and the 3 rd largest river in the world. What is another name for this river?

Huang He River What is its other name? 2 nd largest River in China What gives this river its color? Tibetan Plateau

Flooded rivers in China left silt deposits. What happened as a result of this?

Civilization Begins in China Huang He river produced farming and civilizations. Good farming Lg. amts. of rain Rice is main crop Mountains and desert made travel difficult and isolated China.

The Xia (Shah) Dynasty What are the facts? Yu the Great

Shang Dynasty

What are the facts about the Shang Dynasty ? Facts

Check your Shang facts!!! *The social order under the Shang Dynasty was: nobles, artisans, farmers, slaves. * *Priests carved questions about the future on bones or shells which were heated, causing them to crack, Priests believed they could predict the future by interpreting cracks on oracle bones. * *The Shang were the first people in China to develop a writing system. *

Summary… Write Your Own!!!! Huang He River