Vocab
Character for cat
This is the famous imperial palace in Beijing where Chinese emperors lived.
What is the Forbidden City
This festival involves boat races, eating zongzi, and honors an ancient Chinese poet and patriot Qu Yuan.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
This river is known as the “cradle of Chinese civilization.”
Yellow River (黄河, Huáng Hé)
The GOAT of basketball in China
Yao Ming
Character for outdoor court or field
场
This Chinese martial art is known for slow, flowing movements.
What is Tai Chi
Write a sentence about what class is your favorite
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This famous trade route connected China to Europe?
What is the Silk Road
What colors are on the Chinese flag? (write the colors in Chinese pinyin)
Red and yellow: hong se and huang se
Character for who
谁
This famous river is the longest in China.
Yangtze River (长江, Cháng Jiāng)
This classical Chinese novel features the Monkey King.
What is Journey to the West?
This dynasty 206 BCE to 220 CE saw the invention of paper (a huge deal for education)
What is the Han Dynasty
What is the population of China?
Approximately 1.4 billion people. It’s the second most populous country in the world, after India, which recently surpassed China.
Character for Friday
星期五
This is the traditional Chinese philosophy that teaches balance and harmony (yin and yang).
Taoism (Daoism)
What Zodiac are these 3 celebrities, extra credit if you get 4 or 5 correct, Taylor Swift, LeBron James, Bruce Springsteen, Kanye West, Ryan Young
This Mongol ruler founded the Yuan Dynasty in 1271 CE and became emperor of China
Who is Kublai Khan?
Present a short dialogue within your group (every person should say at least 2 lines). For ex.
A: 明天几月几号？
B: 我不知道！ 我们问 C 吧！你知道吗？
C: 我知道啊！明天....
A:
B:
C:
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Character for Gu Zheng
古筝
Give as many of the animals of the zodiac in Chinese (pinyin) as you can name, (points for every animal after you’ve named 8)
Shǔ, niú, hǔ, tù, lóng, shé, mǎ, yáng, hóu, jī, gǒu, zhū.
Order these events by how recent they are, Founding of Israel, Death of Mao Zhedong, Return of Hong Kong, United States recognizes China
This war forced China to open trade with Western powers.
What are the Opium Wars?
What are the Four Great Inventions of China?
Papermaking, Printing, Compass, Gunpowder