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The Huang He River flows from ___________ to ____________.
Plateau of Tibet to North China Plain
____________ is the muddiest river in the world.
Huang He
When a father died in ancient China, his lands were divided among ___________.
his sons
What is a levee?
A wall that prevents a river from overflowing its banks.
The desert that the Huang He flows around is called ____________.
Ordos Desert
Closely related people of several generations (such as brothers, sisters, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents and great grandparents)that live togather are called ___________,
extended families
A protective wall that controls or holds back water is called a ___________.
dike
To help control flooding, early Chines people built ____________ along the Huang He River.
dikes
Yellow brown soil carried along by the Huang He River is called ___________.
loess
According to tradition in ancient China, men had a higher status then ______________.
women
A household in ancient China might contain as many as ________________ generations living together.
five
In anciemt China, the most imporatnt part of society was _____________.
the family.
Early Chinese civilization began around 5000 BC, when people gave up their wandering way of life and began _____________.
farming
The Huang He River begins in ___________.
the highlands of Tibet.
The Huang He, or _______________, begins in the highlands of Tibet.
Yellow River
People of the north China Plain depended on the _____________.
rivers
The dry northern land of China is called _____________.
North China Plain
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