Chinese Cuisine
Geography of China
Chinese Festivals
Chinese Inventions
100

This noodle dish, often stir-fried with vegetables and meat, is popular worldwide.


 What is chow mein?

100

This is the longest river in China.

What is the Yangtze River?

100

Known as the Spring Festival, this is China’s most important holiday

What is Chinese New Year?

This festival celebrates the end of the lunar calendar year with a moon-shaped pastry.

Answer: What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

 This holiday commemorates a poet’s sacrifice and is celebrated with dragon boat races.

 What is the Dragon Boat Festival?

On this day, families honor their ancestors by sweeping their graves.

What is the Qingming Festival?

This festival marks the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration.

 What is the Lantern Festival?

100

This invention, essential for fireworks, was created in China over a thousand years ago.

What is gunpowder?

200

These dumplings are traditionally eaten during the Chinese New Year for good fortune.

 What are jiaozi (dumplings)?

200

Known for its giant pandas, this is a mountainous province in southwestern China.

What is Sichuan?

200

This festival celebrates the end of the lunar calendar year with a moon-shaped pastry.


What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

This holiday commemorates a poet’s sacrifice and is celebrated with dragon boat races.

 What is the Dragon Boat Festival?

On this day, families honor their ancestors by sweeping their graves.

What is the Qingming Festival?

This festival marks the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration.

 What is the Lantern Festival?

200

Used for telling direction, this device was developed in ancient China.

What is the compass?


300

300 - Known as the “Five Flavors,” this spice blend is commonly used in Chinese cooking.



What is five-spice powder? (MSG)

300

This desert, one of the largest in the world, lies in northern China and Mongolia.

What is the Gobi Desert?

300

This holiday commemorates a poet’s sacrifice and is celebrated with dragon boat races.

 

What is the Dragon Boat Festival?


300

This invention allowed for the rapid production of texts and books in ancient China.


What is printing?


400

400 - This hot pot cuisine, especially popular in Sichuan, is known for its spicy and numbing flavors.

 What is Sichuan hot pot?

400

This is China’s largest city by population.

Answer: What is Shanghai

400

On this day, families honor their ancestors by sweeping their graves.


What is the Qingming Festival?


400

This everyday item, used for cleaning and hygiene, was first invented in China around the Han dynasty.


What is paper?

500

500 - This fermented food, a staple in Chinese cuisine, is made from soybeans and salt

 What is soy sauce?

500

This mountain, known as the "Roof of the World," has the highest peak on Earth and lies on the border between China and Nepal.

What is Mount Everest?

500

This festival marks the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration.

What is the Lantern Festival?

500

This Chinese invention, made of silk and bamboo, is used to protect people from the sun or rain.


What is the umbrella?