Ancient China True or False
Directions: Read each sentence. Write T if the statement is true or F ifit is false. If the statement is false turn it into a true statement.
______1) Because the Yellow River is shallow, it often floods.
______2) Chinese rulers began to build the Grand Canal about 5,000 years ago.
______3) To invade means to attack or march into another country.
______4) Farming began in China more than 8,000 years ago.
______5) China’s geography isolated it in ancient times.
______6) The Yellow River is the longest and most important river in China.
______7) A canal is a flat area that rises above the land close by.
______8) The Yangtze River has been one of China’s main trade routes since
ancient times.
______9) People have lived in China for thousands of years.
______10) No river flows from south to north in China.
______11) To help build the Grand Canal, Chinese rulers forced all men between
the ages of 15 and 50 to work on the canal.
______12) The Great Wall of China was formed when two rulers joined together
all the walls along China’s northern and western frontier.
______13) Ancient China had much contact with the rest of the world.
______14) The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers are joined together by the Tibetan
mountain plateau.
______15) “China’s Sorrow” is another name for the Great Wall of China.
Write the Correct Answer
Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct term. Choose your answer from the terms in parentheses.
1) The Chinese began to build cities near the ______(Yangtze, Yellow, Gobi) River about 2000 B.C.
2) The Tibetan mountain ______(plateau, range, desert) is a flat area in western China that rises above the nearby land.
3) The Yangtze River flows through ______(eastern, northern, southern) China.
4) We sometimes call the Yellow River ______(Huang Ho, Shang, “China’s Sorrow”) because its floods have destroyed Chinese cities and farms.
5) The Chinese built the ______(Great Wall, Grand Canal, Shang dynasty) to join the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers.
6) The Great Wall protected China from ______(floods, invaders, disease).
7) The ______(Tibetan plateau, Gobi Desert, Himalayan mountain range) lies to the north of China.
8) ______(Invasions, Civilization, Farming) began in China more than 8,000 years ago.
9) China’s ______(geography, Grand Canal, Great Wall) isolated it from the rest of the world in ancient times.
10) Because the Yangtze River is ______(long, shallow, deep), it hardly ever floods