Words of Power
That One Family
Wonders of China
Physical Education
Extra Credit
100

A light fertile soil that yields bountiful crops

Loess


100
The first dynasty of China

Xia

100

This was built over many dynasties

Great Wall of China

100

Mt. Everest is part of this physical feature

Himalayan Mountain Range

100

First emperor of China

Qin Shi Huang

200


Oracle Bone

200

The terracotta army was built during this dynasty

Qin

200

These were made out of clay. About 8,000 of them

Terracotta Warriors/Army

200

Longest River in China

Yangtze (Chang Jiang)

200

Metal made out of copper and tin

Bronze

300

A trade route that stretched thousands of miles

Silk Road

300

“Golden Age of China" dynasty

Han

300

The Great Wall of China was this many miles long (Total -- all parts of the wall combined)

13,000

300

The physical features hurt China in these ways

1. Made Trade Difficult

2. Prevented Expansion

300

An economic/political/social structure where peasants worked the land in exchange for protection from a lord

Feudalism

400

This granted the king or emperor of ancient China the right to rule

Mandate of Heaven

400

This dynasty created the first writing system across China

Shang

400

You’ll need a lot of Silk Worms to operate this wonder of China

Silk Road

400

The sea where the Yellow River ends

Yellow Sea

400


Yin and Yang

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Daoism

500

A philosophy that emphasizes ethics and morals

Confucianism

500

The Warring States period ended this dynasty

Zhou
500

A large, relatively flat piece of land in southwest China that is at high elevation

Tibetan Plateau

500

Desert to the north

Gobi

500

Who conquered the Qin?

Liu Bang

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