2. Natural barriers isolate China’s fertile river valleys from other parts of Asia. Eastern Borders: – Pacific Ocean Western Borders: – Taklimakan Desert – Himalaya mountains curve around western border Northern Border: – Gobi Desert

3. Geography made it difficult to spread ideas and goods throughout China. Chinese civilizations developed very differently because of these barriers

4. Himalaya Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSFur_X5moo

5. Two major river systems flow toward the Pacific Ocean -Chang Jiang or Yangtze -Huang He River floodwaters deposit silt – create fertile soil for farming – North China Plain is between rivers is the center of Chinese civilization

6. China is similar to U.S. – dry in west – seasonal in north – warm in southeast – rice grown in moist south – wheat and millet grown in drier north

7. Surrounding countries: Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Laos, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (color them yellow) Bodies of water: Huang He, Chang Jiang, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, Bay of Bengal Landforms: Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, TaklaMakan Desert, Bogda Mtns, Gobi Desert, North China Plain A Map Key, Label China, Color China green

8. http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/sto ry/sto_set.html http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/sto ry/sto_set.html – A short interactive web-book

9. Resources http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/review s/pdfs/LS_6_08_01.pdf http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/review s/pdfs/LS_6_08_01.pdf http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/home_set.html http://www.boncherry.com/blog/tag/christie-douglas/ http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1213-wwf.html http://mountainspics.com/q/what+are+the+himalayan+mo untains/ http://mountainspics.com/q/what+are+the+himalayan+mo untains/ http://qwickstep.com/search/chang-river.html https://worldhistoryatyhs.wikispaces.com/Weather+and+Cl imate+of+China https://worldhistoryatyhs.wikispaces.com/Weather+and+Cl imate+of+China http://www.tapestryofgrace.com/year1/geography.php