Ms. Catsos Name: ______

China Map Date: ______

Class: ______

Directions: Using maps on pages 60 and 94 of your text, label the following locations:

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. North and South Korea
  4. Mongolia
  5. India
  6. Huang He/Yellow River (draw a line)
  7. The Silk Road (draw a line)
  8. The Great Wall (draw a line)
  9. Himalaya Mountains (draw a jagged line)
  10. Gobi Desert
  11. Yellow Sea
  12. East China Sea
  13. South China Sea
  14. Sea of Japan
  15. Pacific Ocean

Answer the following questions in complete sentences using pp. 59-60 of the text:

1.  What three major landforms create natural borders for China?

2.  How did the early Chinese make contact with other people?

3.  What are the major regions of China?

4.  Which area of China has the largest population and why?

5.  How did the Huang He (Yellow) River get its name?

6.  What is its other nickname? Why?