Early China
Religion in China
Dynasties and Rulers
Inventions and Innovations
Geography of China
100

Chinese farmers in the south grew this grain.

What is rice?

100

The art of trying to tell the future by using rituals and magic.

What is divination?

100

This dynasty was first in China and led by Yu the Great.

What was the Xia?

100

This development allowed soldiers to quickly fire arrows at the enemy and retreat without getting hurt.

What were cavalry archers?

100
The geographical feature on China's eastern border.

What is the Pacific Ocean?


200

Chinese farmers in the north grew these grains.

What are wheat and millet?

200

The natural order of how the world works.

What is Dao?

200

This dynasty was led by King Tang and practiced divination.

What was the Shang?

200
This system of money helped to unify the economy of China during the Warring States Period.

What was bronze coinage?

200

This geographical feature separates China from India.

What are the Himalayan Mountains?

300

These sources of meat were most common in early China.

What are chicken, pork, and fish?

300

The principle of sympathy for others or human-heartedness.

What is ren?

300

This dynasty introduced a feudal system to China, as well as the belief in the mandate of heaven.

What was the Zhou?

300

These innovations used water for power and telling time.

What were water wheels and water clocks?

300

This geographical feature is found on China's northern border.

What is the gobi desert?


400

Ancient China developed one of the oldest systems for this in the world.

What is writing?

400

The religious and philosophical belief in abiding by the way the natural world is balanced.

What is Daoism?

400

This dynasty won the Warring States Period and was led by Yeng Zheng.

What was the Qin?

400

The invention of paper and ink led to this development.

What is the art of calligraphy?

400

The longest river in China.

What is the Yangzi River?

500

This luxury commodity was produced by the silkworms that lived in Chinese mulberry trees.

What is silk?

500

The religious and philosophical belief system following the teachings of Kong Qui that focuses on treating others the way you want to be treated.

What is Confucianism?

500

This dynasty saw the conquest of Korea and Vietnam by Emperor Wu and developed the Silk Road.

What was the Han?

500

The growth of this group came from the need to provide supplies for the larger armies fielded in the Warring States Period.

What was the merchant class?

500

Early evidence of civilization in China was found in this river valley.

What is the Huang He (Yellow River) Valley?