Geography
What is loess?
yellow soil
Emperors
What animal is being celebrated this Lunar New Year?
the snake
The Mongols
True or False: The Silk Road was a series of trade routes that spanned over Africa, Asia, and Europe.
TRUE!
What mountain range borders China in the South?
Himalayas
What culture advances were made by the three dynasties?
Poetry, art, music, and religion
February is selected to celebrate the birthdays of two important people who assisted in the ending of slavery. Who are they?
Kobe Bryant & Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass
Jim Crow & Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass
List two major engineering projects of the Ming.
Grand Canal construction completed, Great Wall of China completed, building the Forbidden City
What was a popular item people wanted from the Persians?
Carpets & perfume
What body of water provides a natural border to China's east?
Pacific
What major achievements were made by any of the three dynasties? Give three examples.
Gunpowder, magnetic compass, continuing Great Wall Construction , building the Great Canal
True or False: The Silk Road encouraged people to find quicker ways to travel during the Age of Exploration.
TRUE
How did isolationism affect the Ming?
It prevented them from advancing technologically and making overall progress.
What was a popular item people wanted from the Romans?
glassware
How do deserts act as natural barriers?
The extreme conditions, lack of water/ food and drastic temperatures discourage invaders from traveling through deserts.
What were three factors that led to the decline of any of the three dynasties?
High taxes, corruption, weak military/conquering, harsh leadership
The first black American to serve on the Supreme court was...
Clarence Thomas
John Roberts
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
How was Zheng He unique?
He brought back a giraffe from his exploration in Africa.
What was a popular item people wanted from the Chinese?
Silk
Why was it helpful for the Chinese to settle along major rivers? Why could that be harmful?
Rivers provided water for food, traveling, and drinking.
Rivers can flood sometimes which can cause injury, death, and destruction.
Which of the three dynasties, Sui, Tang, and Song, lasted the shortest?
Sui
What was a negative aspect that the Silk Road spread?
the Black Plague
List three major factors that led to the Ming Dynasty decline.
Isolationism
High Taxes
Corruption
Epidemics
What invention led to the end of the Silk Road?
The magnetic compass; people switched to more sea routes for faster trade