Geography
Yangtze River
government official
Bureaucrat
Who built the Great Wall of China?
Qin Shi Huang, also called the First Emperor
Who invented the seismograph?
Chang (Zhang) Heng’s
Who was the suit made for?
Princess Dou Wan
Often named "yellow" because of the silt in its water.
Huang River
A series of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
What is the wall made of?
made of hard-packed soil called “rammed earth”
What is the purpose of a seismograph?
an earthquake detector
What are two elements it is made of?
Jade and Gold
Mt Everest is part of this plateau
Tibetan Plateau
the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
Mandate from Heaven
What time was it started?
220 BCE
What did the Chinese believe about seismic events?
How many points does the suit link into the body?
9
This desert is in Mongolia and China
Gobi Desert
Generals, rulers of small states - powerful land owning estates
Warlords
Why was it built?
Repel invaders from the north.
Which animal indicated the direction of the earthquake.
The toad
Why is the suit important? What does it allow? to attain immortality.
It allows the person to attain immortality.
China has a coast on South China Sea, the East China Sea and which other sea?
Yellow Sea
a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment; a scholar or a thinker
philosopher
Between 4,000 and 5,500 kilometers
The surface of the vessel was decorated with motifs, name three.
mountains, tortoises, birds, animals and antique writing.
What does the head rest on?
A cushion.