Geography
Located along the southern border of China, this geographic feature contains the highest point on Earth.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
Used to tell time, this invention will create different length shadows depending on the position of the sun.
What is a sundial?
This philosophy teaches that people will naturally do evil, and that only strict rules and harsh punishments will prevent it.
What is legalism?
These people were who the Great Wall was built to protect against.
Who are the Mongols?
92% of modern Chinese people consider themselves to be ethnically members of this dynasty.
What is the Han Dynasty?
With a name that translates to "long", this feature, located in Southeastern China, features some of the highest levels of biodiversity on Earth.
What is the Yangtze River?
Making up the majority of the population, these people are also known as the commoners of Ancient China.
Who are peasants?
This philosophy teaches that people need to have respect for their elders/ancestors and to practice proper morals.
What is Confucianism?
The Tang dynasty generated vast amounts of wealth because of this.
What is the Silk Road?
The first dynasty of China, there is debate as to whether this actually existed or was mythological.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
Despite what you might think, this feature, located in the northern region of China, does not have much sand, instead featuring mostly bare rock, gravel, and dirt.
What is the Gobi Desert?
Known as a symbol of luxury, this material could only be created by a certain worm found in China.
What is silk?
This philosophy teaches that all of nature is connected and that maintaining balance was most important.
What is Daoism/Taoism?
This system was created to explain why the Emperor had a divine right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This was the longest lasting Dynasty in Chinese history.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
This location, which features large amounts of tall, deep sand dunes, is considered to be extremely dangerous.
What is the Taklamakan Desert?
Used for pain relief, this practice involves inserting very fine needles into the muscle fibers.
What is acupuncture?
This man founded the philosophy os Daoism.
Who is Laozi?
This was how the Tang organized their military.
What is focusing on a small but highly trained military force called the Fubing?
This is the Dynasty that emerged out of the Warring States Period.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Despite it's name, this most Southern of the three major Chinese rivers does not have any clams or oysters.
What is the Pearl River?
This device was invented to be able to track the force created from earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
This man founded legalism.
Who is Hanfeizi?
This was the name given to the system used by the Han for how they picked government workers.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
He was the Emperor who created the Terracotta Army.
Who was Shi Huangdi?