India
What is the name of the main river in India?
Indus River
Name at least two things invented in China.
Paper, block printing, silk, gun powder, matches, plows, kites, fireworks, rockets, and compasses.
Are folk tales fiction or non-fiction? Explain why.
They are fictional. They have talking characters that are animals, they feature magic, and they are not entirely real or factual.
What word describes the soil that surrounds a river that often floods due to runoff from a nearby mountain?
Fertile
What is the name of the Continent that both India and China are located on?
Asia
Why are floods good and bad?
Good- makes the soil fertile so crops can grow
Bad- destroys homes, kills people and animals
What river is in the northern part of China that floods often and gets its name from the Bayankala Mountain silt?
Yellow River
Explain how the Jackal was a trickster in "The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal".
He pretended to be confused by what the tiger was saying and made the tiger replay everything. The tiger fell for it and went back into the cage.
Complete the sentence:
The children jumped off the dock and ________ into the lake.
Plunged
What is the name of the structure built in Northern China to defend against invaders?
The Great Wall of China
What is the mountain range that is the highest in the world and stretches for miles across Asia?
The Himalayas
What river was used for trading goods and was surrounded by ancient civilizations in China?
The Yangtze River
Name 2 of the 6 things that the blind men mistook in the story "The Blind Men and the Elephant".
The legs were tree trunks.
The tail was a rope.
The trunk was a snake.
The side was a wall.
The ears were fans.
The tusks were spears.
What word means to look like something or is similar to something?
Resemble
What material was invented in China using the caterpillar form of a moth?
Silk
What did the people who lived in the Indus River Valley create in order to control the flood water?
irrigation canals
What is the main crop of China?
Rice
How is the date of the Chinese Lunar New Year determined?
It is based on the cycles of the moon. It begins with a new moon and the start date ranges from the end of January to the middle of February.
What word means something that is strong and is made to last for a very long time?
Durable
What is the name of the trading route that expands across China and to the West?
Silk Road
What ancient city was formed near the Indus River?
Mohendo-jaro
Before the invention of paper, what materials did ancient Chinese civilizations use to write on?
Bone, pottery, silk, metal and bamboo
How did Confucius believe people should live their lives?
People should live their lives by not treating one another in ways they would not like to be treated.
What landform has high, flat ground?
Plateau
Name the 5 components of a civilization.
Cities, leaders, religion, writing, and jobs.