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100
A hard, green, gem stone found in China.
What is Jade?
100
The longest dynasty in ancient China's history.
What was the Zhou dynasty?
100
The reason the Great Wall was built.
What is to protect against Mongol invasions or invasions from the north?
100
What Liu bang was before he established the Han dynasty.
What was a peasant?
100
The most popular export produced in ancient China.
What was silk?
200
The two rivers along which Chinese civilization began.
What are the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) and the Huang He (Yellow) Rivers?
200
The material used to make weapons.
What is iron?
200
Shi Huangdi means...
What is "the first emperor"?
200
The method Wudi used to select government officials.
What was a test on Confucianism or civil service exam?
200
The number of miles covered by the Silk Road.
What was about 4,000 miles?
300
The first historically proven dynasty in China.
What was the Shang dynasty?
300
Confucius' goal for Chinese society.
What was a return to ethics or moral behavior; everyone knowing their place in society?
300
One thing Shi Huangdi did to unify China.
What is created a monetary system, built rods, standardized writing, or standardized weights and measures?
300
One achievement or invention the Han dynasty is known for.
What is seismograph, acupuncture, sundial, poetry, loom, etc.
300
Two hazards faced by Silk Road travelers.
What were icy blizzards, desert heat, sand storms, and/or bandits?
400
The number of symbols in the writing system of ancient China.
What is around 2000?
400
The most famous Daoist teacher.
Who was Laozi?
400
The number of years the Qin dynasty ruled China.
What was 15 years?
400
The two types of poetry created by Han dynasty writers (with definitions.)
What are Fu (poetry and prose combined to write long works or stories) and Shi (short lines of verse that can be sung)?
400
The major idea that spread from India to China during the late Han dynasty.
What is Buddhism?
500
The number of square miles covered by China.
What is almost 4 million?
500
Laozi means this in Chinese.
What is "old baby"?
500
The approximate number of Terra Cotta soldiers buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb.
What is about 6,000?
500
A historian who wrote the first complete history of China.
Who was Sima Qian?
500
The spread of ideas from one culture to another.
What is diffusion?