Question

How did the location of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts, the Himalaya Mountains, and the Pacific Ocean impact early settlement in China?

(1 point)
Responses

It meant early peoples had to trade along the Chang River.

It meant early peoples had to trade along the Chang River.

It meant early peoples had to develop into a seafaring civilization.

It meant early peoples had to develop into a seafaring civilization.

It meant early peoples developed in isolation.

It meant early peoples developed in isolation.

It meant early peoples fought for fertile land as there wasn't very much.

Answer 1

It meant early peoples developed in isolation.

These deserts, mountains, and the ocean acted as natural barriers that limited contact with other societies, leading to relative geographic isolation.