The Gobi Desert spans across Mongolia and China. It specifically runs across northwestern and northern China and Southern Mongolia. The Gobi is a large desert region in Asia and is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean from reaching the Gobi territory. The Gobi is most notable for it being the location for several important cities in the Silk Road and as part of the Great Mongol Empire.
Stage 2 because thats when it starts to form like a rope apperance
Folk culture- the culture traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogenous groups living in isolated rural areas. Popular culture- the culture found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.