Geography
Name the river which ancient Chinese civilizations developed since 2070 BC.
What is the Yellow River?
This was China's first dynasty on record.
What was the Shang Dynasty?
Name the ethnic community, ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan that became the first non-Chinese ethnic group to rule ancient China.
What are the Mongols?
This invention was traded along the Silk Road and was one of China's most sought after goods. HINT: It is made from the cocoon of a worm.
What is silk?
The Silk Road trade route extended as far as this continent.
What is Europe?
Farmers used this type of farming because of hilly conditions in the mountainous parts of China. HINT: Think of how you get up to the second floor in a house.
What is step farming?
Yu the Great built canals to control flooding of the Yellow River and stopped the Great Flood during this period.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
Kublai Khan began international trade with the western world by welcoming ............ (this famous Italian explorer) to ancient China.
Who is Marco Polo?
Gunpowder was invented in China but originally used to make .........
What are fireworks?
The Silk Road was extremely popular during this particular dynasty.
What was the Han dynasty?
Ancient Chinese dynasties existed for over .......... years.
What is 5,000-years?
The longest ruling dynasty in the history of China that ruled for 8 centuries.
Who is the Zhou Dynasty?
Name 3 very large civil engineering projects that the Ming dynasty completed to make Beijing a very successful ancient capital city.
What is:
1. Finished the Great Wall
2. Built the Forbidden City, imperial palace / residence of the Emperor in Beijing
3. Rebuilt the Grand Canal for international trade
This ancient Chinese custom for women is banned today but became extremely popular during the Song dynasty.
What is foot-binding?
Cultural diffusion along the Silk Road meant that people did not just trade goods, but they also traded .........
What are beliefs, ideas or cultural traditions?
Early Chinese civilizations first developed along ............ just like the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. HINT: The most important thing for a civilization to survive.
What are rivers?
Shi Huangdi became the first Chinese Emperor during this very short but very successful dynasty.
What was the Qin Dynasty?
The Qing dynasty fought against ............. in the Opium Wars and also went to war with ............. that all led to famine and a poor economy in ancient China.
What is Britain and Japan?
This Chinese invention was used in sea navigation and still is used for today for the same purpose.
What is the magnetic compass?
What major religion travelled to China on the Silk Road?
What is Buddhism?
This part of China was a natural barrier which was barren (dry) and separated early civilizations from the rest of Asia.
A. Northern China
B. Western China
C. Eastern China
D. Southern China
What is western China?
The name of this dynasty represents the dominant ethnic group in China and the world.
What was the Han Dynasty?
The last Emperor of China was only ............ years old.
What is 6?
Which of these four objects below was invented in ancient Chinese:
A. CompactD
B. Stapler
C. Notebook paper
D. Automobile
What is notebook paper?
This city was the beginning point of the Silk Road in China and a former ancient capital city.
What is Xi'an?