In 206 BCE, Emperor Qin ordered this enormous structure built to keep out northern Mongol invaders and hungry ghosts.
What is the Wanli Changcheng or Great Wall?
100
This is the world's largest ethnic group.
Who are the Han?
200
This is the province that suffered a major earthquake in 2008.
What is Sichuan / Szechwan?
200
Southern China's climate is good for growing rice. Northern China's is better for wheat, which is used to make this pasta-like carbohydrate.
What are noodles?
200
山 means this & is pronounced that.
What is mountain & shan?
200
In the 9th century, Taoist alchemists accidentally discovered this explosive weapon material while trying to create a potion for immortality (to live forever).
What is gunpowder?
Needless to say, they did not live forever.
200
Horses play a huge role in this ethnic group from north of the Great Wall's culture.
Who are the Mongols?
300
The Dalai Lama is from here.
What is Tibet?
300
This common dish is make of a boiled or fried rice or noodle wrap filled with stuffing.
What is a dumpling?
300
江 means this & is pronounced that.
(make sure it's the right one)
What is river & jiang?
300
The post-WW2 Communist revolution in China was led by this autocrat. (research to answer)
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
Islam is the majority religion among these Western Chinese people.
Who are the Uyghur?
400
This former British colony was transferred back to Chinese control in 1998.
What is Hong Kong?
400
Yak, a cow-like animal found in the Himalayas, is commonly used in this ethnicity's cuisine.
What is Tibetan?
400
北 means this & is pronounced that.
What is North & Bei?
400
The Mongols ruled China during this renaissance-era dynasty.
(research to answer)
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
400
Until the end of the Chinese civil war, Japanese was the most common language among these island people.
(research)
Who are the Taiwanese?
(Taiwan was a Japanese colony from the 1800's until ~1950)
500
This city's name means "City on the Sea."
What is Shanghai?
500
Most American-Chinese food is adapted from this specific Chinese region's dishes.
What is Cantonese / Guangdong / Southern China?
500
海 means this & is pronounced that.
What is Sea & Hai?
500
In mid-2014, a 17 year old Hong Kong high school student led a protest of tens-of-thousands for free elections during this movement.
What is the Umbrella Movement / Revolution?
(the umbrellas were used to block tear gas)
500
This important philosopher's ideas formed the basis for much of North Asia's social norms, manners & etiquette.
(research)