Geography
What city, also the Chinese capital, is not between the Yangtze and Yellow rivers?
What is Beijing
How many Chinese Zodiac animals are there?
What Chinese invention, a small rocket that exploded colorfully high in the sky (and was originally a warning signal), is still used today, namely on New Year's Day and on the Fourth of July?
What are fireworks
What food, similar to Pasta, was one of the most common eaten foods in Ancient China?
What are noodles
What is the name for a line of kings, used by the Chinese to name the royal family lines?
What is a dynasty
What two rivers run through China?
What was the name of the belief/philosophy named for it's founder, Confucius?
What is Confucianism
What Chinese invention acted as a calculator but was comprised, rather simply, of colored beads on rods?
What is an abacus
During the Qin dynasty, emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered history books to be destroyed so new history books would be made that started history at what time?
When was 221-206 BC (The Qin Dynasty's reign)
From the Qin dynasty to the Ming dynasty, what long project was finished by peasants and other low-class individuals?
What is the great wall of China
The great wall of China spans how many miles across China?
What is 13,171 miles
The Chinese belief/philosophy Daoism (or Taoism) emphasizes harmony with what?
What is Nature
What tree does the sap that goes into Lacquer come from?
What are Sumac Trees
What beautiful, soft fabric was created from the cocoons of a worm of the same name?
What is Silk
What northern group of people, one of the raider tribes kept out of China by the Great Wall (of china), was led, most famously, by Genghis Khan?
What were Mongols
Fill in the blank: The great wall of China protected the ancient Chinese from raiders ____ of China.
What is North
Famous Chinese philosopher Confucius was born in 511 BC, in what Ancient Chinese state?
What was the state of Lu
The Terra-Cotta army was found more than 2,000 years after emperor Qin Shi Huang's burial. When was it found?
When was 1974
What is paper
What name, generally given to an oppressive ruler, was given to emperor Qin Shi Huang due to his cruelty to low-level Chinese people?
What is a tyrant
The Silk Road, a path traveled by Chinese, European and African merchants laden with valuable, tradable items, was disrupted and partially shut down by what empire?
What was the Ottoman Empire
Confucius, a famous Chinese philosopher, compiled his teachings into what book?
What was the Analects of Confucius
The terra-cotta army, a more than 8,000 strong army of clay soldiers built for emperor Qin Shi Huang, have an assortment of bronze weapons. What material, still used today for the same purpose, coated the bronze to protect the metal from damage?
What is Chromium
During what dynasty was the great wall of China completed?
What was the Ming dynasty
What grisly fate met most scholars who tried to protect their books from being destroyed, during the ruling of emperor Qin Shi Huang?
What is being burned alive