Dynasties
This is the dynasty responsible for starting the Great Wall of China project.
What is the Qin dynasty?
This is the only woman to rule China during the Tang Dynasty.
Who is Empress Wu?
This famous place is the tallest mountain in Japan and is a sacred place in Shinto. It is also an active volcano.
What is Mount Fuji?
What mountain range is in the southern part of China?
What are the Himalayas?
This is the number of soldiers in the Terra Cotta Army.
What is 8,000?
This is the dynasty that lasted for 800 years and introduced feudalism to China.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
This is the emperor who began the Great Wall of China and built the Terra Cotta Army.
Who is Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi?
This famous place was home to the emperor and his family during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Outsiders and peasants were not allowed to enter this space.
What is the Forbidden City?
This major river is in the north of China. It is also called the Huang He River and is known for its unusual color.
What is the Yellow River?
This is the color most closely connected to emperors of China.
What is yellow?
This is the dynasty that unified China after the Period of Disunion and built the Grand Canal.
What is the Sui Dynasty?
This is the emperor of the Sui dynasty who lost to the Koreans but was known for his other building projects.
Who is Emperor Yangdi?
This famous place is known for its 1600 limestone islands with rainforests.
What is Ha Long Bay?
This desert separates China from the Mongolian Plateau in the northern part of the country.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This was built to connect Northern and Southern China via a waterway.
What is the Grand Canal?
This is the first known dynasty of China that led it into the Bronze Age and introduced silk culture.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who is known for developing a strong military and new laws.
Who is Emperor Taizong?
This famous place is a temple complex in Cambodia that began as Hindu, but is now Buddhist.
What is Angkor Wat?
This major river is in the southern part of China and is the 3rd longest in the world.
What is the Yangtzi River?
For 100 points each, name four of the countries that border China.
(14 total)
Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.
This is the dynasty that ultimately fell to the Mongols because it asked them for help to remove an enemy. This dynasty is also known for culture and the arts.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This is the emperor of the Song Dynasty who unified China after the time of 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. He weakened China's army by hiring scholars instead of experienced fighters.
Who is Emperor Taizu?
This famous gate in Japan represents both the physical world and the spiritual world in the Shinto faith.
What is the Shrine of Itsukushima?
This desert is in the western part of China and is dangerously known for poisonous snakes and extreme weather.
What is the Taklamakan Desert?
This is the nickname of the Great Wall.
What is "the world's longest cemetery"?