Ancient China
What is the name of the country to the north of China from where a lot of the raids on China were undertaken?
Mongolia
How many animals are there in the Chinese zodiac calendar?
12
How did the ancient Chinese make the most of their land in the steep mountains for planting crops and to keep it well-watered?
They cut terraces into the hillsides.
What is the study of the solid earth, its rocks and minerals called?
Geology
Is humus or clay best for plants to grow?
humus
What was the name of the trade route between major cities and trading posts that went all the way from Eastern Europe to Northern China?
The Silk Road
Does the Chinese form of writing "sound out words" like we do?
No, they use ideographs, characters based on meanings.
What is the name of the desert to the north of China?
Gobi desert
What type of rocks are created by intense heat, such as when molten magma cools.
Igneous
What is the chemical or physical process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces at the Earth’s surface?
weathering
What is it called when one family rules a country or region over a long period of time?
a dynasty
What do you call a community of people who live and work in a place, have a government to make laws for the group, and organizations for educational and other social purposes?
a civilization
What did the Ancient Chinese build in the north that was intended to protect China from invasion.
Great Wall
What kind of rocks formed when sand, mud, and pebbles were deposited by water, air, or ice and over time were pressed together and cemented.
Sedimentary
Are minerals organic or inorganic?
Inorganic - Minerals don't come from plants, animals, or other living organisms
Who was the merchant and explorer, born in Venice, who traveled throughout the Far East and China for much of his life and whose stories were the basis for what much of Europe knew about Ancient China for many years.
Marco Polo
What was the name of the ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher? One of his quotes is, "Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius
Name the two main rivers in China (for 200 points for each river's name)
Yangtze and Yellow Rivers
What kind of rocks went through a change in structure, composition, or texture due to pressure and heat?
Metamorphic
What is the softest mineral?
Talc
Who was the first Emperor of China in 221BC?
Qin Shi Huangdi
Which was the last of the great Chinese dynasties? (1368 - 1644)
The Ming Dynasty
Name five inventions of the Ancient Chinese
Magnetic compass, Paper, Fireworks and matches (gunpowder), Block printing, Kite, Paddle-wheel boat, Umbrella, Suspension bridge, Wheelbarrow, Fishing reel, Paper money
Name 5 the ways that rocks can be weathered.
freezing, water, wind, acid, friction
What is the hardest mineral?
diamond