Maps
China is a large country on this continent.
What is Asia?
Both the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers were known for this, a word describing when their water levels would rise over the top of their banks due to excessive rainfall, leaving behind fertile soil.
What is flooding?
In Ancient China, this was a fine, strong, soft fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric that was exceptionally valuable.
What is silk?
The name of the title of the highest ranking member of the Ancient Chinese government, also known as the supreme ruler.
What is Emperor?
Ancient Chinese civilization began along the banks of the Huang He River, which is also called the ________ River due to distinct golden or muddy color.
What is the Yellow River?
The Huang He and Yangtze Rivers were two of the most important pathways used by the Ancient Chinese people for travel and this, the action of buying, selling, and exchanging goods and services between people.
What is trade?
This Ancient Chinese invention was made using gunpowder and a mixture of chemicals that were then heated so they would explode, which produced loud noises, bright lights, and bold colors for celebration.
What are fireworks?
The Mandate of this was a traditional Chinese political philosophy that granted a ruler the right to rule, but that right could be lost if the ruler becomes unjust, corrupt, or fails to care for the people.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This is the name of the mountain range in Ancient China that acted as a natural barrier from invaders from the West. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is also located here.
What are the Himalayas?
This was a huge, ancient network of trade routes connecting China to Europe, named for the luxurious silk from China that traveled along it, but it also carried spices, ideas, and cultures between East and West.
What is the Silk Road?
The name of a brand-new product, idea, or way of doing something that someone created to solve a problem or make life easier.
What is an invention?
An ancient Chinese this was a royal family ruling China for many years, passing power down through generations and known introducing different ideas and inventions to society. Famous examples included the Qin (first emperor, Great Wall), and Han (Silk Road).
What is a dynasty?
Ancient China's deserts included the Taklamakan to the far West and this vast desert located in the North.
What is the Gobi Desert?
In Ancient China, the Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts, Himalayan Mountain Range, and the Pacific Ocean were natural barriers that provided protection from these, people who enter a country, region, or other place to take control over it and its resources.
What are invaders?
Now used mainly for entertainment, these airborne devices were originally invented by the Ancient Chinese were used to send messages and measure distances as weapons of war.
What are kites?
A teacher who lived in Ancient China more than 2000 years ago, his philosophy described how people should treat others the way they want to be treated and that leaders should be kind and fair.
Who was Confucius?
The name of the river located South of the Huang He, but equally important to Ancient Chinese travel, trade, and growth over time.
What is the Yangtze River?
The Great Wall of China primarily provided protection from invaders like the Mongols from this direction.
What is the North?
Ancient Chinese compasses worked by harnessing the Earth's magnetic field using naturally magnetic lodestone (magnetite), and were often shaped like these common eating utensils.
What are spoons?
While the philosopher Laozi (Daosim) believed people should live simply and peacefully, and try to stay balanced, just like nature, another named Hanfeizi (Legalism) believed that people are driven by self-interest and usually misbehave unless there are strong these.
What are laws?