Geography & Environment
Dynasties & Rulers
Philosophies & Beliefs
Inventions & Achievements
The Silk Road & Trade
100

This country has the largest population in the world.

What is China?

100

This dynasty came after the Shang Dynasty.

What is the Zhou Dynasty?

100

Confucianism teaches that this is the most important value in society.

What is respect?

100

Ancient Chinese wrote on this material before paper was invented.

What is silk and bamboo?

100

The main purpose of the Great Wall was this.

What is keeping invaders out?

200

This natural event enriched the soil in Inner China.

What are floods?

200

Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, was originally this.

What is a prince of one Chinese state?

200

Daoism teaches that happiness comes from this.

What is living in harmony with nature?

200

This invention helped increase silk production.

What is a larger silk-winding reel?

200

This group of people threatened China from the north during the Han dynasty.

Who are the Huns?

300

This geographic feature made governing China as a unified state difficult.

What is its large size?

300

The Han dynasty shifted its government philosophy to this belief system.

What is Confucianism?

300

Legalism was the philosophy that most influenced this emperor’s rule.

Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?


300

The chain pump helped farmers by doing this.

What is bringing water up to their fields?

300

The Silk Road helped spread this religion from India to China.

What is Buddhism?

400

The Huang He River was important for this reason.

What is its ability to fertilize soil for farming?

400

This dynasty ruled China before the Han.

What is the Qin Dynasty?

400

Oracle bones were used during the Shang dynasty for this purpose.

What is asking ancestors for advice?

400

The Han dynasty improved warfare with advancements in this material.

What is iron?

400

Silk was so valuable in the West because of this reason.

What is the fact that only the Chinese knew how to make it?

500

Nomads settled in the Northeastern Plain because of this resource.

What is prairie grass for their animals?

500

This Chinese leader is called the “Father of the Silk Road.”

Who is Zhang Qian?

500

This symbol represents balance between opposing forces, such as pleasure and pain.

What is the yin and yang?

500

Archaeologists found life-sized terra-cotta soldiers in this location.

What is the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi?

500

The Emperor of Qin ordered all Confucian books to the capital for this purpose.

What is to destroy them?