A geography class is doing a research report on China. Each group is assigned a different theme of geography. Match each fact to the relevant theme of geography.

Gunpowder was invented in China. It then spread to the Mongol Empire, the Middle East, and other parts of the world along the Silk Road.|In some parts of China, layered terraces have been carved into hills to make rice growing more efficient.|More than 70 percent of Chinese people speak Mandarin.|Western China is made up of 12 provinces and is more remote than other areas.|China is west of Japan and south of Mongolia.