WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the natural border of China that was an ocean?
A
Atlantic Ocean
B
Pacific Ocean
C
Arctic Ocean
D
Indian Ocean
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bohai Sea is China’s continental sea, while the Yellow, East China and South China seas are marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean. A total of 5, 400 islands dot China’s territorial waters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Luzon Strait, the main deep channel connecting the South China Sea with the Pacific Ocean, lies between Taiwan and the Philippines and has a depth of about 8, 500 feet (2, 600 metres).

Detailed explanation-3: -China Sea, part of the western Pacific Ocean bordering the Asian mainland on the east-southeast. The China Sea consists of two parts, the South China Sea (Chinese: Nan Hai) and the East China Sea (Chinese: Dong Hai), which connect through the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China.

Detailed explanation-4: -China f.e. has names for the seas on its coast-today they are called the Bo Sea, Yellow Sea, East & South China Seas. But the Chinese did not have a name for the entirety of the Pacific Ocean, because the Pacific is an arbitrary division of the World Ocean we settled on by convention.

Detailed explanation-5: -Map of Pacific Ocean between the coast of California and Mexico and Japan, Philippines, and the coast of China .

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