Kings instructed priests to scratch questions on the bones, such as "Will I win the battle?" The gods revealed answers after they were burned.
What is another name for the Huang He?
The Yellow River
What are pictographs?
Characters that represent objects. For example, the Chinese characters for the sun and the moon are pictographs.
What is loess?
Rich, yellow soil that is suitable for farming
Who was Yu the Great?
Yu was able to control the waters of the Huang He River with channels he dug with the help of dragons.
How many years did it take to construct Qin Shi Huang's tomb with the terra cotta soldiers?
38 years
An early version of the helicopter was in around what year in China?
400 BC
What are ideographs?
Another kind of character used in Chinese writing. They link 2 or more pictographs to express an idea. Two tree pictographs represents a forest, for example.
What is the name of the publisher of our textbook?
McGraw-Hill
Temujin became known as
Buddha
Confucius
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan
Who wrote “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop"?
Confucius
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods-- The Mandate stated the idea that the gods chose a wise and good person to rule.
Who wrote “When anger arises, think of the consequences"?
Confucius
The artistic writing called WHAT was invented in China?
Calligraphy
What chapter in our textbook are we studying?
Chapter 5
What is another name of a pass at the Great Wall of China?
gate
Name three inventions attributed to the ancient Chinese.
paper, gunpowder, typesetting, the compass, porcelain, silk, iron plos
What is the name of the tallest mountain on Earth? (It sits between Nepal and China.)
Mount Everest
1.4 billion, 2 billion, 2.4 billion-- which is the correct population (approximately) of China?
1.4 billion
Mongol warriors became known for their cruel fighting and use of ____.
kindness
drama
friendship
terror
Sculptures, daggers, vases, cups, and urns were made of WHAT?
Bronze
Which is the correct spelling: Daoism or Taoism?
Both are fine!! Either way!!
Who was Wu Zetian?
The only female emperor of China, dating back to the 600s
Qin Shi Huang was the emperor of WHAT dynasty?
Qin
On what continent is China?
Asia
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