North China Plain Geography – Flashcards
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Yangtze River
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Chang Jiang
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Yangtze River vegetation
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rainforest
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Yangtze River elevation
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17,000 ft
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Gobi Desert vegetation
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desert
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Gobi Desert elevation
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3,000 ft
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Himalayan Mountains vegetation
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none
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Himalayan Mountains elevation
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20,000 ft
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Yellow River
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Huang He
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Yellow River vegetation
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sparse grasses
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Yellow River elevation
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17,000 ft
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North China Plain vegetation
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grasslands
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North China Plain elevation
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low, 0 ft
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Plateau of Tibet vegetation
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sparse grasses
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Plateau of Tibet elevation
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17,000 ft
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Taklimakan Desert vegetation
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desert
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Taklimakan Desert elevation
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3,000 ft
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Tian Shan Mountains vegetation
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forest
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Tian Shan Mountains elevation
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11,000 ft
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unsuitable for human settlement
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Himalayan Mountains
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too hot for farming
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Taklimakan Desert and North China Plain
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too cold for farming
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Himalayan Mountains
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provide best amount of precipitation
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Yangtze River and North China Plain
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provide vegetation for domesticated animals
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Yangtze River, North China Plain, and Tian Shan Mountains
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difficult to enter/exit China from SW
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Himalayan Mountains rocky, cold, and lots of snow
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difficult to enter/exit China from N
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Gobi Desert too hot
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difficult to enter/exit China from E
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Pacific Ocean and East China Sea need ship/boat
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difficult to enter/exit China from SE
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South China Sea need ship/boat
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highest elevation level
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Himalayan Mountains and Plateau of Tibet
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lowest elevation level
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North China Plain
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elevations separate people
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far in distance, elevation, different cultures, and languages
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lowest temperature
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Himalayan Mountains
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highest temperature
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Gobi Desert and Taklimakan Desert
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how temperatures affect the way people dress
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Himalayan Mountains lots of layers of clothing Deserts loose clothing less
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least precipitation
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Taklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert, and Plateau of Tibet
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most precipitation
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Himalayan Mountains and Yangtze River
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how precipitation levels affect the types of houses people built
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least: straw houses most: mud, brick, and stilt houses isolate heat materials and architecture
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how many different types of vegetation in China
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5: desert, rainforest, sparse grasses, none, and grasslands
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how different types of vegetation affect people's diets
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deserts and sparse grasses limited rainforest a lot of different types wet grasslands vegetables
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earliest settlements in ancient China developed
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North China Plain
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North China Plain temperature climate
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short, cold winters and long, hot summers
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North China Plain water supply
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Yellow River and Yangtze River
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North China Plain natural vegetation
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good for raising cattle and pig (grasslands)
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how much % of population lives on the North China Plain
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56%
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North China Plain covers only
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26% of the landmass
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internal isolation
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the geography of China created barriers that created numerous regions separate from each other
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North China Plain was well suited for
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food production
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China's geography isolated it from
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other parts of the world
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Gobi Desert
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N
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Himalayan Mountains and South China Sea
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S
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East China Sea and Pacific Ocean
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E
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Taklimakan Desert and Tian Shan mountains
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W
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which dynasty built the Great Wall
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Qin Dynasty
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external isolation
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the geography of China created barriers that isolated itself from the outside world for centuries
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China's geography led to
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the development of a number if different cultures within ancient China
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deserts, mountains, and plateaus created numerous regions and influenced
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separate languages (dialects) and customs
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temperature influenced
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clothing and way of life
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precipitation influenced
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housing and food
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vegetation influenced
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food and diet
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Chinese Yuan ren men bi (RMB)
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illustrates cultural diversity
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how many ethnic minorities
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55 ethnic minorities
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how many different dialects
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206 different dialects
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mandarin spoke by
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70% of people
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how many characters in official language
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56,000 characters
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cultural isolation
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limited access from one to another to due to the geography of China created many distinct cultures
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diversity
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difference, variety; a condition of having many different types or forms
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dialects
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separate languages
