Transcript Chapter 7 Section 1 Geography and Early China

Chapter 7 Section 1
Geography and Early China
China’s Physical Geography
• China covers an area of
nearly 4 million sq. miles,
about the same size as
the United States.
China’s boundaries
isolated it from the rest of
the world for thousands of
years. What are China’s
physical boundaries?
(look in your book,pg
182)
Physical Boundaries
• Mountains
• Deserts
• Oceans
• Characteristics: rivers, plains, plateaus
Physical Map of China
Regions of China
• What is the weather like in the different regions of
China?
• Northwest
• Northeast
-Southeast
Weather
• Northwest
• Northeast
• Southeast
Huang He River
What is its other name?
• What was important
about the Huang He
river?
It flooded and layered the
ground with silt.
The Chang Jiang River
• What did the Chang
Jaing River do?
What is another
name
for this
river?
• It helped connect
eastern and western
China.
• Flooded and provided
silt.
Flooded rivers in China left silt
deposits.
• What happened as a
result of this?
• Farmers were able to
farm:
• Along the Huang He
they farmed cereals
like millet and wheat
• Along the Chang
Jaing they farmed rice
Civilization Begins in China
Huang He
river produced
farming and
civilizations.
Mountains
and desert
made travel
difficult and
isolated
China.
• Good farming
• Lg. amts. of rain
• Rice is main crop
Summary
The Xia (Shah) Dynasty
What was significant about the Xia dynasty?
Dynasty: series of rulers from the same family.
Their stories helped explain geography, and told
about how kings worked with people to help
solve problems.
Yu the
Great
Shang Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
How was their social hierarchy
organized?
What was significant about the
oracle bones?
What advances did the Shang
dynasty make?
Check your Shang facts!!!
• *The social order under the Shang Dynasty was:
nobles, artisans, farmers, slaves. *
• *Priests carved questions about the future on
bones or shells which were heated, causing
them to crack, Priests believed they could
predict the future by interpreting cracks on
oracle bones. *
• *The Shang were the first people in China to
develop a writing system. *
China Today
Large cities
Of China
Summary…
Write Your Own!!!!
Huang He
River