China

United States

Russia

Canada

Upper China + Lower China

Inner China + Outer China

Northern China + Southern China

Western China + Eastern China

True

False

Indus

Huang He

Euphrates

Chang Jiang

True

False

Sahara Desert

Gobi Desert

Taklimakan Desert

Thar Desert

Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau

Chang Jiang Basins

Northeastern Plains

North China Plain

wheat

rice

coffee

quinoa

access to rivers like the Huang He that provided rich silt and fertile soil.

a flat plain that was covered in grass and other vegetation.

huge mountains that that surrounded it from the north.

a moderate climate that was ideal for living conditions for settlement.

Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau

Gobi Desert

Chang Jiang Basins

Taklimakan Desert

people in the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau became herders

people in the Northwestern deserts build mud homes next to oases

people in the Northeastern Plains were nomadic herders who followed their animals.

people in the Chang Jiang Basins grew rice since farmland was limited

it was covered in deserts which made it difficult for people to invade

it was surrounded by mountains that provided a cold climate

it was a land of river valleys and plains that provided fertile soil and access to water.

it had a warm climate with wet lands that were ideal for growing rice