1. Unit 3 – China Geography and Ancient China
Global Studies 9

3. Geography

4. The Three Major Rivers
Huang He River
Yangzi River
Xi River

5. Gobi Desert Altai Mountains Taklamakan Desert Yellow Sea
Manchurian Plain
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Tien Shan Mountains
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North China Plain
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan Desert
Yellow Sea
Tibetan Plateau
Himalayas
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Pacific Ocean
South China Sea

7. Climate
1 mm = .04 inches

8. Monsoons

9. Main Regions – Ancient China
Manchuria
Mongolia
Xinjang
North China
Xizang
“Chinese Heartland”
South China

10. Main Regions of China 1. Chinese “Heartland” 2. Xinjang
Eastern China Farmland, very populous.
2. Xinjang
3. Xizang (Tibet)
4. Mongolia
5. Manchuria
} }Ancient China Rugged terrain; Attacks } from nomads.

11. The Middle Kingdom Little contact  Middle Kingdom
East Coast = Most populated
Trade existed with other cultures despite isolation
Middle East, Egypt

12. 4 Old World River Valley Civilizations

13. Shang Dynasty

14. Government 1650 B.C. - 1027 B.C.  Shang occupied area along Huang He
Ruled by King
Clans controlled regions
Resembled India
Set up 1st dynasty

15. Huang He
Flooding = Centralized government

16. Social Structure Noble warriors owned land
Merchants/Craftspeople lived in cities
Peasants lived in farming villages.
Ancient Chinese Dagger 

17. Religion Polytheistic Veneration of Ancestors Yin and Yang
Balance = Peace and Prosperity

18. Evolution of Chinese Writing

19. Chinese Writing

20. Contributions Written Chinese  4,000 yrs. Ago
Pictographs and Ideographs
Strictly upper class