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lesson 1 china
china lesson 1 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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North China Plain | A large low land region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang River birthplace of Chinese civilization |
Huang River | A river that flows from the Tibetan Plateau across northern China and into the Yellow Sea |
famine | A widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation |
steppe | A dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and Eastern Europe |
erosion | the gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers or water |
levee | A wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding |
loess | A fine yellow soil that is easily carried away by wind, rain and found in China |