No one alive knows what the tomb of the first emperor of China contains, but some describe it as containing 30 feet high ceilings, crossbow traps, and a coffin floating on a river of this.
What is Mercury?
100
A family of rulers is known as this.
What is a dynasty?
100
The great engineering project that connected both the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers.
What is the building of the Grand Canal?
200
After discovering her plot to assassinate him, Shi Huangdi had this person banished from China.
Who is his mother?
(I guess he was more of a "daddy's boy"!)
200
The terracotta warriors were discovered by farmers looking for this.
What is digging for a place to put a well?
They hit upon hard clay, which turned out to be the head of a soldier.
200
The great engineer, Li Ming, figured out how to do this by using human labor.
What is control flooding?
200
The working conditions of those constructing the Grand Canal were extremely poor, especially because of THIS "grave" result.
What is because many did not survive?
300
The age that Shi Huangdi started planning his tomb
What is the age of thirteen?
(Seventh grade?!)
300
The artisans who created the "ghost army" used these to achieve great hardness of the terracotta.
What are blast furnace kilns?
300
By using these two things, ancient Chinese laborers were able to demolish mountains without gunpowder.
What is by using controlled fires and cold water to break apart the rock?
300
The Great Wall was created to be used as this.
What is a military divider for protection?
400
The goal of Qin Shi Huangdi was to do this for his empire.
What is wanting to unify China?
400
Unique and amazing details like these were included on the Terracotta Warriors. Name at least two.
What are headgear with rank for officers, cleats on shoes, and lacquered leather armor?
400
The main duties of Great Wall guards during the Han Dynasty were to defend, keep beacon towers maintained, keep citizens in, and to do this.
What is gather intelligence?
400
The "not so great" nickname for the Great Wall. Yuck!
What is "The Long Graveyard"?
DAILY DOUBLE:
Why was it called this?
500
These two things helped the Qin Empire expand its borders.
What are wealth from agriculture (farming) and a very strong army?
500
Officially, the Chinese government won't allow Shi Huangdi's tomb to be excavated because of this.
What is they don't feel they have the technology to preserve what is inside and they have fears about Mercury poisoning?
500
The Han dynasty was initiated by this man.
Who is Liu Bang?
500
Both the Grand Canal in China and the Nile River in Egypt connect the northern parts of their civilization to the southern parts. That fact can help a civilization do these two things.