HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rivers destroyed natural resources.
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Seasonal flooding made the soil very fertile.
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Salt water was a valuable trading resource.
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Rivers made travel difficult.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over the years, the Chinese have tried to control the Yellow River by building higher levees, digging channels and building dams. Dams have tended to be the most helpful in controlling floods, but the river’s thick silt has clogged many of them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 3, 395-mile-long Huang He lies in northern China. It is also called the Yellow River because of its high concentration of yellow silt, or fine, fertile soil. The river deposits this silt along its floodplains, creating good farmland.
Detailed explanation-3: -Like the other early civilizations, Ancient China developed along rivers. There were 2 important river valleys in Ancient China: the Huang He or “Yellow” River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south. The Yellow River gets its name from the yellowish tint of its water.
Detailed explanation-4: -Two great rivers run through China Proper: the Yellow River in the north, and the Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south. In fact, most of China Proper belongs to the drainage-basins of these two rivers.