The Great Wall was constructed from these materials (list three).
What is mud, brick, dirt, and stone?
100
Developed around 5,000 years ago, these were originally invented for cooking, not eating.
What are chopsticks?
200
As the national animal of China, these are cute and cuddly, but did you know they can also swim?
What are pandas?
200
This favorite American summer snack was invented in China, when a soft mild and rice mixture was packed into snow.
What is ice cream?
200
It may seem backwards to us, but the Chinese wear this color to funerals.
What is white?
200
The Great Wall began as a series of these.
What are smaller walls?
200
When we see one in the water, we swim away so we won't get eaten, yet the Chinese consider this part of an animal to be a wonderful ingredient in soup.
What is a shark fin?
300
This color is considered good luck in China.
What is red?
300
Here we write on it, but in ancient China soldiers sometimes wore armor made out of this.
What is paper?
300
These insects sing during summer, but in China they are popular pets. Sometimes they are even forced to fight each other!
What are crickets?
300
The wall was completed during the Ming Dynasty in this century.
What is the 17th century?
300
We like it with fries, but the word for this condiment comes from a Chinese word for pickled-fish sauce.
What is ketchup?
400
Want to know which way is north? The Chinese can tell you because they invented this.
What is a compass?
400
It wasn't mmm'mmm good like Campbell's, but in 2010, a 2,400 year old pot of this was unearthed in Xi'an, China.
What is soup?
400
They fly through the night and are a symbol of Halloween, but in China these creatures are considered good luck.
What is a bat?
400
In order to preserve the Great Wall, China named it this type of site in 2006.
What is a World Heritage Site?
400
We like to eat this with sauce on top, yet it was invented in China.
What is spaghetti?
500
These periods in history marked when a line (or family) of emperors ruled. Ming had one, Qin had one, and so did Han.
What is a dynasty?
500
Yes, they may eat them, but the Chinese give them special treats during one day of Chinese New Year.
What are dogs?
500
Yes, these mythical creatures are commonly seen at Chinese New Year celebrations, but Chinese emperors believed themselves to be direct descendants of them.
What are dragons?
500
These three jof the four groups of people built the Great Wall.
Who were peasants, soldiers, slaves, and criminals?
500
We love to eat these at the end of a Chinese meal, yet these goodies were invented in the United States, not China.