Chinese Dynasties
This Lady was a military leader, priestess, queen, and mother
Who was Lady Fu Hao?
This artifact offers spells and prayers to guide the soul to the afterlife (in Egypt)
What is the Book of the Dead?
The sport that Ms. Janower "played" throughout High School and College
What is crew/rowing?
This mountain range is most famous for housing Mount Everest
What are the Himalayas?
This system of government was born in ancient Athens, Greece, and is now used in the US today
What is democracy?
This dynasty started as a feudal state
What is the Qin?
These statues were designed to be in constant worship
What are votive figurines?
What is the University of Pennsylvania?
This river is full of a substance called lowess, giving it a distinct color
What is the Yellow River?
This popular, recently-released movie was most well known for its Broadway production and earned $163 Million at the Global Box Office on opening weekend
What is Wicked?
This dynasty was known for writing on bones in order to communicate with the ancestors
What is the Shang?
This artifact, depicting two dragons, was used for executing human sacrifices
What is the Bronze Axe?
The type of food that Ms. Janower is allergic to
What is gluten?
This area of China is the agricultural center of the region and where many ancient dynasties developed
What is the North China Plain?
This bird's distinctive pink hue is not present at birth but rather comes from its diet of shrimp and algae
What is a flamingo?
This dynasty invented the creation of silk textiles
What is the Zhou?
These artifacts were discovered accidentally by farmers and demonstrate the decrease of human sacrifice in China
What were the Terracotta Warriors?
Ms. Janower's favorite unit (hint: we haven't covered it yet)
What is Greece?
DAILY DOUBLE: This desert spans between China and Mongolia
What is the Gobi desert?
In this popular social media app, 34 million videos are posted every day, which is 272 videos per second.
What is Tik Tok?
The mythological dynasty created by the Shang to legitimize their rule
What is the Xia?
Ms. Janower left this bronze artifact, used for offering sacrifices to the ancestors, off of the Art Assessment by accident
What is the Bronze Ding?
Ms. Janower's favorite holiday tradition
What is making latkes?
OR
What is: this is her first Christmas and she's very exited about it?
This desert in China is often a cold climate and can even receive snow
What is the Taklamakan Desert?
This Neil Diamond song is played in the eighth inning of every Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park
What is "Sweet Caroline"?