Chinese Dynasties
Belief Systems
Colonization
Space
Oceans/Environments
100
Sing the song to help us remember the order of the dynasties.
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing
100
What belief system was founded by Siddhartha Guatama?
Buddhism
100
What tiny Southeast Asian country is located at the southern tip of western Malaysia?
Singapore
100
Which famous astronomer was first able to see that Saturn had rings?
Galileo
100
Name one place salt comes from to get into the ocean.
volcanic activity or erosion
200
During which dynasty did the Mandate of Heaven become an accepted way of determining Chinese Emperors.
Zhou
200
What was Siddhartha trying to find on his "journey"?
Enlightenment or Nirvana
200
What country colonized New Zealand?
Britain
200
What is the name of the theory that explains how our universe came to be?
Big Bang Theory
200
Name one of the three most abundant gases found in the ocean.
carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen
300
Name one famous invention from China's history
Many acceptable answers... silk, moon calendar, sundial, seismograph, acupuncture, paper, gunpowder, woodblock printing, movable type printing
300
Which belief system used the symbol of the yin and yang?
Taoism
300
What is a unique fact about Thailand regarding its history of colonization??
It was never colonized.
300
What is believed to create a black hole?
Supernova from a very high mass Red Giant or Super Giant
300
What gas do fish breathe and how do they get it?
Oxygen- in through gills and remove it from water
400
What was the name of the emperor who build the Terra Cotta Warriors?
Shihuang Di
400
What physical activity to do many Taoists practice to help them be one with nature?
Tai chi
400
What language do people in the Philippines speak and why?
Spanish because they were colonized by Spain
400
What is the least dense planet?
Saturn
400
What is Nekton?
organisms that swim
500
Which dynasty was the only dynasty ruled by foreigners?
Yuan
500
What belief system was founded in Japan and focuses on serving the Kami, or many spirits present in all things?
Shinto
500
What country took over most Southeast Asian countries after European Colonization?
Japan
500
What special "belt" is Pluto located in?
Kuiper Belt
500
What word describes a special adaptation that many animals have in the abyssal zone?
Bioluminescence
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