Asian Geography
China: Cities and Countryside
Dynasties
Odds and Ends
The Mongols
100
It's the country with the most people (1.4 billion)
What is China?
100
China's capital city
What is Beijing?
100
Of the four dynasties covered by tomorrow's quiz, it's the first
What is the Tang?
100
It was built (dug!) to improve trade between north and south China.
What was the Grand Canal?
100
It's what the Mongols called their Chinese dynasty
What was Yuan?
200
Country with 1.3 billion people. New Delhi is its capital.
What is India?
200
The world's highest mountain range, it separates China from India and Nepal.
What are the Himalayas?
200
Zheng He, the great Chinese explorer, lived during this dynasty.
What was the Ming?
200
It was built to keep the Mongols out!
What was the Great Wall?
200
His named meant 'great leader' He conquered lands all the way to Europe.
What is Genghis Khan?
300
It used to be called "Siam" and Bangkok is its capital.
What is Thailand?
300
China's largest city. (It's near the Yangtze River mouth.)
What is Shanghai?
300
Two Tang and Song inventions that helped China explore the world.
What were the compass and rudder? (maybe rice paper for maps?!)
300
It's 20% of the world's total
What is China's population?
300
He conquered China and started the Yuan Dynasty.
Who was Kublai Khan?
400
A rich island country. Tokyo is its capital.
What is Japan?
400
This busy city in south China is China's richest (most famous?) port. (And it's Jackie Chan's hometown)
What is Hong Kong?
400
China published the first 'printed one' during the Tang Dynasty.
What is a book?
400
It made getting a government job more fair. China made the first one.
What was the civil service exam?
400
It's the Italian city that was Marco Polo's home town.
What was Venice?
500
It's a poor landlocked country between Vietnam and Thailand.
What is Laos?
500
The Huang He (Yellow) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze).
What are China's two longest rivers?
500
The Chinese used this invention for celebrations. The Mongols used it to make a weapon!
What is gunpowder?
500
It's a Chinese religion based upon the teaching of a great 'teacher' ("People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones")
What is Confucianism
500
It's the trade route that brought Marco Polo to China.
What was the Silk Road?
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