1) How long is the Great Wall of China?
5,500.3 miles

2) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?
to keep invaders out
hushan to jiayuguan

3) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
mountains, deserts, and cold climates

4) How large is the Gobi Desert?
500,000 square miles

5) List two plains in Northern China.
north china plain
manchurian plain
 
6) Name three rivers in China.
yellow river
chang jiang
xi jiang

7) Where does the Huang begin and end?
kunlun mountains to the yellow sea

8) How long is the Chang Jiang?
3,900

9) What is the southernmost of the three great river systems of China?
xi jiang

10) What are the natural resources of China?
rice, trees, tungstesn

11) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
southwestern china

12) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
good ones

13) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
a tropical storm in the indian and western oceans

14) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?

15) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
dry zones

16) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
northeast coast of china


17) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?
taaifung, its like a cyclone